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Hiden from camera in shadow pass

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 7:13 pm
by itai bachar
Hi all
This feature is worth the price of version 3.1 alone...
But, in my opinion, it should be on as default. why would I need the object cutting into the shadow pass?
And my question is, how do I turn this flag on for many objects? (Maya)
Its tedious going over all the objects in a scene and ticking this on/off.
Thanks
(*I've tried in the attribute spreadsheet but it doesn't do it)

Re: Hiden from camera in shadow pass

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 12:08 pm
by Mihnea Balta
I'll talk to the engine guys about enabling this by default and unless they point out some obvious reason against it, I'll do it for the next build.

Which version of Maya are you using? I've just tried setting the flag for multiple objects with the attribute spreadsheet in Maya 2015 and it worked fine.

Re: Hiden from camera in shadow pass

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:32 pm
by itai bachar
on 2015, i'll try again, thanks

Re: Hiden from camera in shadow pass

Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 6:22 pm
by itai bachar
where is the flag located? i cant see it in the render tab of the attribute spreadsheet.
im using 2015
thanks

Re: Hiden from camera in shadow pass

Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 10:21 am
by Mihnea Balta
Did you try the latest plug-in version from the early builds site? (http://www.maxwellrender.com/betas/plugin/12)

Re: Hiden from camera in shadow pass

Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 10:22 am
by itai bachar
Ive now installed maxwell_maya_win_3.1.10 from the early builds, i cant say that i see this flag in the spreadsheet, is it there?.
also, hiden from shadow is not yet the default, as you suggested.
thanks
itai

Re: Hiden from camera in shadow pass

Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 12:40 pm
by Mihnea Balta
All the Maxwell flags have the "Mx" prefix in the attribute spreadsheet, so this attribute should be in a column called "Mx Hide To Cam in Shadow", right after "Mx Hide to GI". Make sure the "All" tab is selected in the spreadsheet, since these flags aren't keyable.

Re: Hiden from camera in shadow pass

Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 1:05 pm
by itai bachar
cool thanks!
i was looking for in under the Render tab...