# Problem with Light Linking **URL:** \ **Category:** Issues\ **Created:** [March 26, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/problem-with-light-linking/40847 "2012-03-26T00:00:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dmarques1177](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@dmarques1177](https://forums.chaos.com/u/dmarques1177)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/problem-with-light-linking/40847/1 "2012-03-26T00:00:40Z")
I recently started to have problems with my light linking, it was working fine earlier, now when I click my “selection” in the relationship editor (light centric or object centric) to choose what will be affected it does not highlight or show me what is going on. I thought it might be the scene, but even on a brand new scene with just a couple of objects it still happens. My relationship editor is working fine, just not with my vray lights. Anyone care to shine a light on this… ta dah dah Regards, DM ---
**Author:** ![t.petrov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@t.petrov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/t.petrov)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/problem-with-light-linking/40847/2 "2012-03-26T08:10:31Z")
Hi, What version of maya and v-ray are you using? Does it work with maya’s standard lights? /Teodor ---
**Author:** ![dmarques1177](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@dmarques1177](https://forums.chaos.com/u/dmarques1177)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/problem-with-light-linking/40847/3 "2012-03-26T13:54:05Z")
Hi petrov, it works fine with maya lights, just not on v-ray lights. maya 2012 vray 1.5 SP1 ---
**Author:** ![vlado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/779978/32.png) [@vlado](https://forums.chaos.com/u/vlado)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/problem-with-light-linking/40847/4 "2012-03-27T18:52:54Z")
Do you have a scene for this? Best regards, Vlado ---
**Author:** ![dmarques1177](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@dmarques1177](https://forums.chaos.com/u/dmarques1177)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/problem-with-light-linking/40847/5 "2012-03-28T21:41:40Z")
It has happened in all my scenes, if you want I can send you one to your email? ---
**Author:** ![dmarques1177](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@dmarques1177](https://forums.chaos.com/u/dmarques1177)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/problem-with-light-linking/40847/6 "2012-08-05T16:49:48Z")
Hi I am still having problems with light linking, it is an important feature and I have no idea why it is not working. ---
**Author:** ![Zdravko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ba8739/32.png) [@Zdravko](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Zdravko)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/problem-with-light-linking/40847/7 "2012-08-06T14:40:38Z")
Is this a nightly build? We do not have an official V-Ray 1.5 for Maya 2012 build. Can you attach an example scene or send it to [support@chaosgroup.com](mailto:support@chaosgroup.com) ? ---
**Author:** ![dmarques1177](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@dmarques1177](https://forums.chaos.com/u/dmarques1177)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/problem-with-light-linking/40847/8 "2012-08-06T21:17:45Z")
Scene was sent to the email provided! thanks ---
**Author:** ![FSGFX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@FSGFX](https://forums.chaos.com/u/FSGFX)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/problem-with-light-linking/40847/9 "2012-08-18T17:09:44Z")
shouldnt light linking work with selection sets..? its doin nothing here… ---
**Author:** ![Zdravko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ba8739/32.png) [@Zdravko](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Zdravko)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/problem-with-light-linking/40847/10 "2012-08-22T14:39:00Z")
This is not supported yet, but we added in our “to do” list. Thank you for your feedback. ---
**Author:** ![vlado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/779978/32.png) [@vlado](https://forums.chaos.com/u/vlado)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/problem-with-light-linking/40847/11 "2012-08-23T15:01:47Z")
Hm, is this still about light linking, or about the VRayLightSelect element? You are talking about light linking (which works fine for me here), but I see an issue about the VRayLightSelect element in our bug tracker. Best regards, Vlado ---
**Author:** ![Zdravko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ba8739/32.png) [@Zdravko](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Zdravko)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/problem-with-light-linking/40847/12 "2012-08-24T08:53:14Z")
There was a bit of misunderstanding here. > shouldnt light linking work with selection sets..? > After all it seems that even the Maya native lights can’t be light linked with selection sets. So this is probably Maya limitation. ---
**Author:** ![FSGFX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@FSGFX](https://forums.chaos.com/u/FSGFX)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/problem-with-light-linking/40847/13 "2012-08-26T14:20:29Z")
maybe its a maya limitation… but it would be very handy to get selection sets working with light linking… its much easier to add an new imported objects to a selction set than do all the light linking… this could also be working with object IDs for multimatte renderelements… just add a vray ID to the selection set and add all the objects to that set… the object itself should keep there own IDs… ---
**Author:** ![Zdravko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ba8739/32.png) [@Zdravko](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Zdravko)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/problem-with-light-linking/40847/14 "2012-08-30T12:42:40Z")
Thank you for the feedback. I will forward your requests to the developers for consideration.