notamondayfan Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 hey all been working on a scene over the past months, and its done something really strange this morn. please see attached image. in the vray message box, it says nearly every material is overbright. different camera angles dont mess up, and render how i would expect. in the scene theres 1 direct and 1 omni light, and the skydome has self ilumination. any ideas? cheers, dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesTaylor Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 do you have a earlier version saved that you can test to see if the same problem occurs? maybe a corrupt file if you haven't changed anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfienoakes Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 It looks like either radiosity or environmet has been kicked in, on top of vray, and is influencing the lighting, but that would happen in all viewports.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notamondayfan Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 thats what i thought. once ive hidden some object (mainly planes with people textures and alpha channels) the blothcyness disapears, but the scene is still overlit. ive tried turning off all reflection, and altered with the lighting and GI settings. attached is another render from the same scene, same settings, jus a different camera angle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notamondayfan Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 oh and too add, all my previous versions of the files (even the ones before xmas) are all messing up on that view! i have changed computers since then, could this maybe be the prob? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notamondayfan Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 jus spent a good hour or so checking loads of settings, and figured out that the camera correction modifier on my active camera is causing all the problems, as when i switch it off everything seems to render ok (well, appart from the fact my buildings now pointing at v strange angles) anyway, does ne 1 know y this might b happening, and if so, how the hell do i get around it? i ideally need to use the camera correction to get the image im after, but i could photoshop it later. would b useful to know. cheers, dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesTaylor Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 have you accidentially toggled off Max-compatible ShadeContext in the Vray: System panel? not 100% but was reading something recently about how this converts some aspesct of max's data (maybe including camera correction) so vray can understand it just a thought.......toggling something on and off can occur with the manner in which you grab and scroll max panels and you'll be none the wiser until its a problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notamondayfan Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 ummm its grayed out, so i couldnt change it even if i wanted. im using vray free btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesTaylor Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 ok, what happens if you move the non compliant camera a couple of mm to the side or up/down do you still have the same issue? how far do you have to move it until all renders oks? its strange its only that camera and its all previous files too, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notamondayfan Posted March 20, 2006 Author Share Posted March 20, 2006 i have rotated the camera about 5 degrees anti cw. and adjusted the zoom / distance to get a decent view. jus really bugging me y i was having the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesTaylor Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 yeah, its a wierd one! just the way it goes sometimes...got to accept it and move on to meet the deadline!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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