How do I stop the sunlight and other directional lights from following the camera every time I move it? I'm tired of repositioning the silly lights every time I move the camera to get a different view in a scene. Is there a way to lock them in place without pointing them at a specific object? Kate

Just select your directional light and then uncheck in the material window (at top of the world browser) the box "ALWAYS POINT AT CAMERA". :-) Guitta

Opps, I forgot : Directional light is very special. You should read page 58/59 of the manual. It is important to understand how works directional light. Not to confound with any other light source ! Guitta

Thanks Guitta. I tried unclicking the "point at camera" box, but it didn't work for some reason and every time I move the camera, I have to move the sun back so it shines in through the window or I lose the shadows from the curtains on the walls. Could it be a memory problem, you think? Kate

Kate, there is also a setting on the Sun panel that you may need to check (or un-check). It's usually not set, but yours may be, so take a look at that one. (Click the Sun/Light icon across the top of the screen, then choose the Sun tab, and it should be clear what setting to look at.) :) Varian -- Treasures d'Esprit http://www.varian.net/dreamview/dreamtools/vue/

Have you got it, Kate ? If not, does this happen even in a new Vue file ? Guitta

Ok, I tried all your suggestions. It didn't work, but when I shut down, defragged, rebooted and started back up, it was fine and everything stayed where it was supposed to. I guess my system just got tired? :) Either that or I've got a huge memory problem somewhere that I need to track down. sigh One thing I did discover in all this, a point light in the right place works wonderfully to simulate the morning sun shining in a window. It gives off just the right amount of glare if you set the power between 20 and 40 somewhere. Kate

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Thanks for the tip Kate. I'll be very happy if they fix the memory leak or whatever in Vue. Plus having to manually close that winhlp32 thing every time I shut down Vue is a pain too. Gail

Yeah, I'm with you on that one, Gail. Oh well, I have stuff that loads up every time I boot up that I have to do an end task on (video card and sound card stuff) so the winhlp is a minor irritation. Kate who wishes they would give you an option to turn off some of these darn TSRs when you install new stuff