[JTB]

I want to have a camera moving along a path (it's an arc) so I use walkthrough assistant.
At the same time I want to be able to change the light of the scene so I want it to be like this
start of the arc = 06:00
end of the arc = 20:30

But I can't find the way to animate Maxwell's sun
I use AutoKey method.

Is it possible to do this with Maxwell or is Multilight the only way to make animated sun? Because I need to move the camera too...

[Bubbaloo]

Not sure about Maxwell sun params being key-able, but I know you can animate the daylight system in Max and use that for the Maxwell sky.

[JTB]

Thanks, I already tried that, but it is not working... Have you tried that? Because what I see is that Using Daylight option is probably for orientation and position... I can't make it change... I mean, I know that it works with Mental Ray but it is not possible with Maxwell because even when you choose to use a daylight system, it belongs to the manual set of commands and you can specify a day of time...It seems that the time is not affected by daylight system... Just the other settings...

[Bogdan Coroi]

You should use the daylight system like Bubbaloo suggested. After you select it in the renderer's Geographical Location, make sure to also check the radio button "Use from Daylight system". This will enable the renderer/viewport to use date/time/location etc from the daylight system, instead of the ones in the renderer UI.

You can also animate the renderer parameters using Maxscript, since you have all renderer parameters exposed.

[Bubbaloo]

It seems that the time is not affected by daylight system... Just the other settings...

Once the "Use from Daylight System" is checked, it gets the sun's position from the Max daylight system. The atmosphere settings still come from the plug-in.

[JTB]

That's it! I'm blind!!! Thank you both!