Interior MR problem

[portisgreg]

Hi all,

 

I've just started figuring out the puzzle that is mental ray in Max8.

 

Here's an interior of a room i'm working on, I cant figure out why my scene is coming out like this. Any ideas?

 

I've attached my scene too.

 

Thanks

 

Greg

[Ravendark]

I've just opened your file in Max 9, so not sure if that will mess things up but i think you need to check the scale of the drawing. I think the room is about 60 metres wide in the max file. Change your units to metric and scale everything down to the size they should be, this will help a lot with realistic lighting.

 

Also, your daylight system is below the room which probably doesn't help.

 

Having never worked with DGS materials before, i couldn't say if these are causing the problem. Try applying a simple standard grey material to everything and a transparent standard material to the windows. See what your render looks like now.

 

I do remember that i avoided MR materials before i got max9 and the templates it includes!

[Andy Park]

if your using daylight system, check to make sure you have exterior lighting unchecked, i think this is in the enviroment rollout.