Feature Request: All lights default to invisible

V-Ray V-Ray Common Public
1

This seems simple enough to implement, but most of us agree here that lights should default to invisible. Is there a reason they are not?

Thank you!

2

This would be great. Off by default makes a lot of sense for our work, and I’d imagine for others too. I don’t think I can recall any instances where we actually wanted lights to be visible in render.

3

Invisible lights are not physically accurate, and default values in V-Ray are typically set to produce physically plausible results. I understand why having them invisible by default might work better for your type of work, but I’m a bit hesitant to change the defaults for everyone.

Best regards,
Vlado

4

You can always use the our light lister to easily change all lights to invisible or make a simple script to make them invisible all at once (after they’re created of course). Will this work for you?

5

Yes, thank you :slight_smile: We do have some tools in place to help. It is something that I have always felt could be a default, but I understand your feelings of it needing to be physically correct. Worth a shot.