glass/VRayPhysicalCamera

V-Ray V-Ray for 3ds Max Issues
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Hi-
I’ve looked around the forums, but havn’t found anything about this. If I use glass material on, say, a window, and use VRayPhysicalCamera, the window is no longer transparent, I mean really opaque. It’s an interior shot. With a standard camera (Max 8.0,) everything is OK. I have vray sky/sun active. I’m sure it’s probably something I’ve just overlooked. :sweat_smile: I’m also using 1.5 2.

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please posts your scene for us to look at.

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glass/VRayPhysicalCamera

sorry, can’t. Apparently there’s nowhere to upload to…am forwardfing pics to your email. thanx

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I have used glass quite often without any problems.
I would say its something funny in your settings but hard to say without seeing some renders.

Also you can upload images to www.imageshack.us and files to www.rapidshare.de

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Thanks for sending me the scene. I found the problem. You are overriding the environment with the VraySky which is fine. You also have a separate .jpg for the Max Environment. Just because you override the Max Environment, it still means that whatever is in the main Max Environment there will still show background-wise.

If you want a picture in the background, I recommend positioning a plane near the windows with your bitmap/picture on that. If you are using the Vray Physical Camera, you will probably want to use a Vray Light Material with the bitmap in that. You will also want your multiplier very high - ~200-400. 8)