MADO setting

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can anyone tell me, when i use Mado setting to render, why it can produce shadow in the output, i found no shadow altough default light is turn on ??? ???

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I’m not familiar with those settings, but the missing shadows can be caused by many things.
What kind of lightning are you using?
Did you used Physical Camera?

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Also, it could be the time of day which your scene is set to. I’ve seen a few people ask similar question where it turned out the sun was located at around noon and the shadows where nearly invisible due to that.

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Definitely, there are lot’s of reasons that can cause shadows invisible. And by the question asked here there’s just not enough info to figure out what’s the issue.

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i used phisycal camera, usually when i set up my own setting (with no physical camera, default light on)it can produce the shadow, but when i used the MADO setting (which i download from download section) i can’t see the shadow

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What kind of lightning are you using? GI or Rec light ?
If you want, you can send me the .skp file and ill check it. (If you using VfSU v1.00)

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very kind 40th, but i dont know how to post my skp file  ???, sorry i’m new in this forum ;D, i use only the GI without any rec light or omni light.

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Send it by eMail AtTop@Live.com
Or if it’s larger than 10mb you can upload the file at www.rapidshare.com

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very kind 40th, thanks for your help, here is my skp file.

http://rapidshare.com/files/205483279/DC-090222-01\_v4.71\_WAT\_Sri\_Beach\_Cottage\_Render\_EKA2.skp.html

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No problem.
I rendered the scene without changing any settings.
the shadows appear just fine.

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very kind 40th, ya i’ve tried to, but how can i change the shadow setting(time setting) because i set up the shadow from sketchup shadow setting but the shadow didn’t change according my time set up.

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It’s a known issue in the original release of vfsu. Every time you change SU’s sun location you need manually update Vray’s sun. Just go to Environment>GI>Sun>press the ‘default’ button and reapply the default setting (witch are Su’s sun Location).

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thanks so much,very kind of you 40th, so helpful. now i think i should improve my skill on texture to make it more realistic. thanks… ;D :smile: ;D :smile: ;D

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:wink: No problem

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I still get this issue in the version I am using, v1.5

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Hate to bring up an old thread but, using the Madoext. setting as well as an HDRI in the environment slot doesn’t produce Sketchup shadows. I am using SU7 Pro, and the latest release of VFSU. Any ideas??

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If you use an HDRI both for the GI and the BG, and using physical camera- the shadows won’t be sharp but will be vague (very soft)

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Thanks 40th!, I had physical camera on but searching further in the forums I found that resetting the sky would make the sketchup shadows sync with Vray. I hope this helps anyone searching for this same answer.

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IAmarchitecture, I would be very interesting in your settings if you manage to use an environment HDRI on an exterior scene without ‘blotching’. I could never really get it to render clean.

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Hey edonk! I will try a quick render on a project from school to test it out. Check back soon.