Spot light not working

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Hi

I’m trying Enscape but I have lots of problems with lights, Here is my settings :

Auto Exposure : Off

Exposure Brightness : 60% ( I tried to change the brightness but it did not solve the problem )

Artificial Light Brightness : 100% ( I tried to change the brightness but it did not solve the problem )

Time : Dusk ( Minimum sun light , It is almost dark without lights )

Some times i can see the light but it works as sphere light , i cant see the cone.

Thanks

Win 10 64bit

RAM : 16GB

CPU: Core i5 4460

GPU : ASUS Nvidia GT730 2GB

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Try dropping the cone by a few mm: it may be that if it’s actually on the surface that it can’t shine out because the surface blocks it.

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Thanks for reply , but unfortunately it did not worked

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If the top of the cone is above the ceiling, it won’t work…

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Thanks for your reply but it is under the ceiling nearly 5" or more.

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The other things to check are:

  • Atmosphere | Illumination | Sun Brightness (turn down a bit)

  • Atmosphere | Illumination | Artificial Light Brightness (turn up a bit)

  • Image | Contrast | Highlights (turn up a bit)

  • Image | Contrast | Shadows (turn down a bit)

  • Image | Ambient Brightness (turn down a bit)

  • Rendering | Camera | Exposure (Toggle auto exposure on/off to see the difference)

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@saeedfar_h , could you kindly send in that scene real quick? The .skp file itself, that would be great. This way I can check this behavior out myself to find the cause behind why the spotlight is not displaying light as it should.

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Sure… , I appreciate your help.
spot light test scene.skp.zip (94.9 KB)

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@saeedfar_h , I was not able to reproduce this problem. The light emits light just fine on my machine - in this case, please also make sure that you’re using the latest graphics card drivers for the GT730. In case you’re already up to date GPU driver wise, please submit a feedback report as described here so that we can further troubleshoot the cause behind this.

In the submission form, please also include your forum name so that we know it’s from you.

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I have the latest Geforce Graphic driver 391.35 as the Nvidia ceased updating Fermi GPU’s. Also I have been sent the feedback 2 or 3 days ago with a link to support ticket that i sent before.

Also I will add this forum link to the ticket too.

Thanks.

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Saeedfar_h

Did you ever get this figured out? My spot lights won’t show up either. I’ve tried it on multiple machines, gone through the above checklists. The self illum, and sphere work but not the spots. I am at a loss.

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I’m very new to this. Just started yesterday. I had the same problem and one thing that solved it for me was changing the settings for Units inside the V-Ray Asset editor. I just changed from “Default(Scalar)” to “Radiant Power(W)” and BOOM. BRIGHTNESS EVERYWHERE!

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hi
what do you mean on “setting for unit inside vray”? is there anything to do with vray?

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For anyone trying to use VRay lights with Enscape - these are not being registered as Enscape lights! Please refer to this article on how to use Enscape lights in SketchUp

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hi thanks for the reply

im new to this enscape

im using enscape 2.8 for sketchup pro 2020

i have same problem with lighting. when i put some lighting like cone or sphere light it wont showed up in real time render. i’ve been increase the luminance but it did not work.

is there any solution?

thank you!

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did you check your light at night? Switch the daytime by using Shift + Right Mouse Button and move the mouse.

If your light shows up during night, it can do so during day as well, just increase the brightness further. You will not see the “light bulb”, however, only the light arriving on surfaces.

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yes i have
but it still the same, theres no light at night too

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Okay, can you please check what value you have set for Visual Settings / Atmosphere Tab / “Artificial Light Brightness”? Can you set it to 100 or 200%?

Does that change anything? If not, can you please send me a screenshot of your light in SketchUp?

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I am having the similar problem i added lights in sketchup model but don’t see any light in enscape

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Hi @1718110025bvcoa

Welcome to our forum!

Can you verify you have followed any of the above mentioned steps like:

  • Make sure your graphics card driver is up to date

  • Make sure the light is not inside any geometry

  • Make sure the light is not to far away from a surface

  • Check if there is any light showing at night

  • Try increasing the Artificial Brightness in our Visual Settings / Atmosphere Tab

If so, please share a screenshot as an example so we may help you further