[abed-sabeh]

Hi,

I am using Maya 2012 on MAC with MaxwellRender 2.6.1 and the latest Maya plugin. Rendering a single frame within Maya by clicking on the render the current frame "MaxwellRender" is working fine "SUN is enable", but when I export the animation "MXS" and try to open it in the render application "setting the amount of frames" I get the below error.

ERROR: - There are no light sources in the scene (emitters, sky, IBL). The render will be black.

ERROR: - Render Failed

I appreciate your help regarding this matter.

Thanks,
Abed

[Mihnea Balta]

Could you send me a Maya scene which reproduces the problem at mihnea.balta@gmail.com?

[abed-sabeh]

Hi Mihnea,

I have sent zipped files to your e-mail as requested so you can check them out.

Thanks!
Abed

[Mihnea Balta]

Thanks for the scene. I've checked it now and it seems to render fine here. How do you export your frames? Did you use file->export? Can you also send me one of the MXS files which produces the error?

[abed-sabeh]

I think your question solved the problem. I was using the Maxwell Plugin export geometry to MXS, and for some reason it is still not working for animation. I tried the Maya export and it worked fine. Is it a bug?

Thanks,
Abed

[Mihnea Balta]

Oh, do you mean the export button from the shelf? That's for creating MXS references; it only exports geometry and materials, no environment or render settings. It's mentioned in the manual here, but perhaps it needs to be made clearer.

[abed-sabeh]

Oooops! Sorry, I think I am working a lot these days and I am not reading at all.
Thanks and I am sorry for any inconvenience this might cause you.

[Mihnea Balta]

No worries. :)