[contact7]

Is it just me, or do you have the same problem? I tried to render with 1.1 and my emitters render completely black. The material editor shows the emitter as bright white as they should be.

Any thoughts?

[michaelplogue]

Is your emitter object still putting out light?

If you are using a plane as your emitter, and you are looking at it from behind, it wll show up as black.

If you are using some sort of closed geometry (like a sphere or box), I'm not sure what could be occuring (I haven't loaded 1.1 yet so I can't experiment). It may have to do with the renumbering of the projector problems everyone has been having with the Max plugin.

[contact7]

Thanks for your reply michaelplogue.

No my emiter is not putting out light and it is completely black, regardless of where it has been applied. I tried spheres, planes, even tried reversing the plane's normals. Nothing.

Anyway, I guess we'll just have to wait a bit longer...

[Frances]

Thanks for your reply michaelplogue.

No my emiter is not putting out light and it is completely black, regardless of where it has been applied. I tried spheres, planes, even tried reversing the plane's normals. Nothing.

Anyway, I guess we'll just have to wait a bit longer...

What are the settings for your emitter material? I just did a quick test in Max 6 and there was no problem getting an emitter material to work.

[contact7]

Sorry for the delayed reply, I was away for a few days.
Well, here is a simple scene that displays the problem. Only a few bubbles inside a box. The black things are emitters.



The emmiter material contains only an emitter layer with the preset attributes of a 100 Watt lamp.

Any ideas?

[tom]

Make sure the Direct Illumination is ON.

[contact7]

If you mean the direct layer, yes it is ON.

[tom]

Have you created the emitter material with v1.1 or it's a previously made scene? It could be helpful if you can send the scene for testing.

[contact7]

WOW!! You are right Tom. The emiter material was created with an older version and that was causing the problem. Thanks a lot!!