exterior Rendering night scene. it comes black

[shadabzafar]

I am a new vray user, I have an issue with rendering. I am using 3ds Max2014. I have got a 3d model from the client which needs to be decorated with foliage like bamboo plants etc. currently i am using photometric lights with an IES profile and rendering in vray.Do do so i did some test renders in a new file which were decent looking to me, but when i merged the same objects in my scene the render is black even if I increase the intensity of the lights. 2nd major problem is if i create a new camera or light it is not visible in the view port or the "find by name" rollout what do i do????

[shauncarollo]

Did you check to make sure your layers are all on?

[shadabzafar]

thanks shaun....but yes i did chk the layer my object was going in. but what ever i figured it out...but now there is one more issue that i have to create a disco light kind of effect.....i have some what achieved it but what i m getting is a big patches of caustics how can i control the size of the caustics....I tried reducing the size of the light.

[shauncarollo]

Increase your GI settings - the HSph subdivisions and interpolation samples.

[somipapa]

I think best is to post the image and render settings so that i can see and tell what to do ...or post a link where u have images

[shadabzafar]

thanks again shaun....let me see them, i have know idea about these things.....

[shadabzafar]

yep sure....somi

[shadabzafar]

http://www.4shared.com/photo/UbB6Eixp/Disco_Light.html

 

 

this what i actually want.....the disco ball are hanging from the tree branches and the lights are focusing on them causing the caustics kind of effect.....when i tried i got some this like this

 

http://www.4shared.com/photo/NFS2FmMp/Disco_Effects_04.html

 

but as per the ref. the caustics i need is very small like particles...what if i put a map in a omni light....

[henrygovil]

For lights use deltalights and if you are using 2 monitors u might lose some toolbars when shift to one monitor