vray problem

[carlangas]

hello all,

 

I have this problem with shadows. as you can see in the pic, Im getting these blackened areas where shadows are cast. It wasnt doing it before, i dont know what I did that makes it look like that. little help??? anybody please.

 

im using max6 vray 1.47.03

 

thanks

[TommyJ]

It doesn't seem to like applying shadows to that sand material.

 

Is the sand material a Standard or Vray Material?

 

I've had similar problems using Standard materials whilst rendering with Vray

 

If it is a Vray Material then have you accidentally applied some type of troublesome bump map?

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

....just a stab in the dark, but are there coplanar faces for the sand?

[carlangas]

hi, the material is a vray, I was using a bump map at first and later removed it. there are no coplanar planes.

[jow]

hi,coplanar faces are where the object has no thinkness,like a plane.

looking at the white canopy beyond the problem area,this has coplanar faces on it, the bark squares that are all over it.

try to give the objects some thinkness by extruding...

cheers.

[carlangas]

Hi Justin, adding thickness to my polys solved the problem. thanks a lot!