[Neil Evans]

I don't think it is the glass shader itself that is creating the bug, as I have done loads of renders that work fine. But there is something, why are there panes of glass on Ric's first image which are black? This is exactly what I get and it is this that effects the light.

I am going to do some more tests. I have rendered the scenes off with the settings you guys are specifying and I am still getting the same problem. Infact the last test I did the scene was completely black by the time it finished

[iker]

I've done glass tests with soft and hard surfaces, glass in front opaque and transparent surfaces, backwards opaque and transparent surfaces, etc.. and I don't get this black (I'm trying to get this black effect , and I can't) , I took Ric's first scene , delete all his shaders and make new ones ( just to see what causes this black effect ) and everything went ok.
So I'm going to keep trying to get this black "bug" effect, but there's few options left to test
I've also test it with a tv like last ric's scene , and everything was right.

(Desperate searching the bug)

I think mayall is not as advance developed as max plugin... ; (at least last week of february is close!!!
)

(sorry for my bad english)

[Neil Evans]

Iker

Here is my scene with black glass

http://istorage.iomega.com/file.asp?ID= ... T4l1w==url

Maybe this will help....

[iker]

The first thing i'm seeing is that your using an imported geometry, isn't it?
I have change the geometry of glasses and now it renders fine.

So in your scene I think the problem is a geometry problem, maybe caused for import/export questions or a boolean.

http://rapidshare.de/files-en/594030/oa ... ll.mb.html

[Neil Evans]

Hi Iker

There is no imported geometry but it could be a geometry problem. Try something for me, take the right balcony that renders fine and mirror it, it goes black...or it does on my system

Thanks for looking it is most appreciated

[iker]

It renders fine here.