i'm using bryce 5 and i have a 3d model of text that i would like to have light coming from behind it streaming thru the letters with actual light rays showing. i would like to have everything else black/shadowed, with the only bright being the light. the text model is sitting on a simple black plane, with the sky being black as well. i have alternated between all of the falloff options and a million different position (*slight exageration, lol).

i have tried several tutorials so far with no success including Peter Sharpe's two (not that some of the effect didn't look neat). i am at a loss as to what i am doing wrong where this effect is not working. =/