Area Light - Light Mesh Instance and Mesh Op Clone not working.

[Daniel_Ray]

Only the original mesh is being lit. Anyway to get this to work besides merging? Also tried schematic linking but only 1 mesh is allowed at a time. Thanks.

Edit: Figured out how to link them in the schematic but only 1 is showing up still.

[boyan]

Howdy, Daniel,

Not sure, how complex is your scene, but please check main, it works.

Cheers, Untitled.zip

[Daniel_Ray]

Interesting...Well it was not working yesterday and now it works. Thanks!

[vladimir.nedev]

Yes, only one mesh item is allowed per light.
You have to merge them, if you have multiple mesh items.

Greetings,
Vladimir Nedev

[Daniel_Ray]

Yes, only one mesh item is allowed per light.
You have to merge them, if you have multiple mesh items.

Greetings,
Vladimir Nedev

Will merging 20+ mesh items into one mesh item affect how adaptive lights work? Should I assign each of the 20 an area light?

[Muhammed_Hamed]

I don't think this is going to affect how adaptive lights work.. It works and you get the extra speed even if you only have one light in your scene

[vladimir.nedev]

I think it's better to have them as separate lights for the adaptive light algorithm to work better.
Edit: of course, it depends on how the lights are placed and what they are illuminating exactly.

Greetings,
Vladimir Nedev