Afrodite-Ohki posted at 3:56 PM Thu, 6 April 2023 - #4461050

hborre posted at 2:47 PM Mon, 3 April 2023 - #4460642

It has come down to the point that future Poser versions will drop the PoserSurface node for the PhysicalSurface node.  The PhysicalSurface node will render in both Firefly and Superfly and is a cleaner, more efficiently consolidated node to work with.  It is still a little quirky but if you set it up correctly, you will have a better-looking Material Room.

Metallic in physical Surface renders black in Firefly though, and I think there are also other limitations. It's a bit tricky to translate the fake-material of firefly to the more true to reality calculations of Superfly. (... There are actual words for this, but I forgot, my brain is in vacation mode LOL)

I believe that BB always stated that you need a background for the metallic material to reflect, otherwise they will render black.