Thank you FV, I got them this morning I will give them a try soon (Still rebuilding runtimes)

Thanks Harty

I do have Vue 8 around here somewhere.

Was I right about Genesis 3? Last working DAZ figure in Poser (i.e. if I want to try to use my more current content in Poser it is going to have to go an a G3 figure?)

Thanks Ghost I will try it when I get my feet under me a bit better ;)

Same problem here. I am sure you're working on it, but just thought I would chime in, in case it is on a per account basis and not systemic.

Cheers

That is SO FREEKIN COOL

Thank you ! ALL !

Hi pjz,

You tried to help me with my lights a few weeks back when they were shining through the walls of a building I was trying to use.

I feel your pain. Sorry I don't have any good suggestions, still to new at this.

  :-(

Phuz

What to do???

Morning PJZ,

;-)

Yea that is how I got to where I am. That top picture is all the lights turned off except for 2. But any light I turn on (with all the others turned off) creates one kind of problem or another. I have gotten word from CP that there are known issues with my N-vidia driver and Poser 7, so it may turn out to be that.

Phuz

Where at?

That sounds pretty cool

humm.. nope..

No difference. I went thru and double checked the lights to make sure that they all cast shadows (and they do) and that the shadows were turned on in the rendering settings (and they are) and I went to the materials room and turned on tons of 'normals fordard' check boxes.

Same thing, light leaks in from everywhere.

But at the least everything I (we) try teaches me something new.. so there are good things comeing out of the deal.

Thanks PJZ

Thanks PJZ,

I will go look into that. I have gone through and checked the shadows part. I found that it was turned off in the renders a while back and turning that on helped. In fact I thought that had fixed it until I started trying to do more renders and realized everything was still blue. But I will check the lights again adn I did not know about the materials part. I will give it a look.

THANKS !

Phuz

P.S. Thanks Connie I will look for the .py script. that would be a cool little tid-bit to know anyway.

Cheers

Hi PJZ,

I am using a combination of point, infinite and spots. My problem is that even if I turn off all the lights except the one infinite light (that is outside the structure) the light still comes through the walls and floor.

If I throw the whole project out and start from scratch, when I first load the content "Level 19" everything works fine. None of the outside (3 default infinite) lights shines into the structure. So if I put the camera inside the building and hit 'render' I get mostly darkness (just like I should). As soon as I add my outside terrain part, all the lights start acting weird. The pic I submitted is all the lights off except for one infinite light outside the structure. I put the hi-rez ball inside the structure just so I could have a glossy surface to see where the lights were coming from. There are no open doors the room is (at least should be) sealed up.

I have reinstalled Poser, I have reinstalled my content and tried to load a fresh copy. I finally started the project over and that is when I noticed that everything went wacky when I load my bryce terrain outside. I have gone to the MAT room and darkened my surface on my terrain (just incase my phantom lights are reflections off the terrain). I have taken a hi-res plane and put it under the structure trying to block the lights out. It doesn't seem to matter what I do. I made the plane HUGE and moved it to various positions trying to block out the light and it makes no difference where I put the silly thing.

So now I am doing a cartoon with Xil and ArtemisX camping outside because of the nasty blue rediation in their hangar. They are grumpy (and they don't know it but they are about to be eaten by space monsters).

So its ok... when life throws you lemons.. make lemonaide

 ;-)

Phuz