Parkie opened this issue on Jan 28, 2004 ยท 13 posts
Parkie posted Wed, 28 January 2004 at 2:02 AM
Nicholas86 posted Wed, 28 January 2004 at 10:31 AM
The pipe is a single piece? I assume you are rendering raytrace and not GI? I did a quick test and didn't have a problem. Not sure what could be causing it, unless your sections of pipe are not sealed together, and light is passing through. Brian
mateo_sancarlos posted Wed, 28 January 2004 at 2:03 PM
Maybe this is another glitch caused by interpolation.
beetle-car posted Wed, 28 January 2004 at 2:24 PM
Possibly your bulb light is set to not cast shadows. Make sure the bulb is set up to cast shadows and see if that gets rid of the light inside the pipe.
rendererer posted Wed, 28 January 2004 at 4:22 PM
Yes, shadows is probably the answer. If the bulb doesn't cast shadows, then it will illuminate any surface that's facing it - even if that surface is inside a pipe.
sfdex posted Thu, 29 January 2004 at 12:35 AM
Are you using C3? C2 has a problem with the soft shadows -- that might well be the problem, too.
Parkie posted Thu, 29 January 2004 at 1:09 AM
I knew someone would have an answer. It was the shadow option on the bulb. I had it turned off. Turning it back on has solved the lighting problem Thanks Beetle-car and Rendererer. Now I wonder why turning off "Casts shadows" will illuminate a surface that is hidden from the light source. Hi sfdex - thanks for the reply. I Am using C3 and the shadows thing fixed the problem. Have fun Neil
ShawnDriscoll posted Thu, 29 January 2004 at 1:17 AM
Carrara calculates lighting first. Shadows are placed during rendering. If shadows are turned off, rendering doesn't include them in the scene.
rendererer posted Thu, 29 January 2004 at 12:20 PM
Parkie, You answered your own question - if a surface is hidden from a light source, that means it's in the shadow of something else. In this case, the inner floor of the pipe was supposed to be in the shadow of inner ceiling of the pipe, and therefore dark. But if you turn off shadows, these natural laws are ignored, and the interior of the pipe is "seen" by the light. It's confusing because it contradicts reality, where there's no such thing as not casting shadows.
GabrielK posted Thu, 29 January 2004 at 3:44 PM
Was this one of the fixes mentioned in the update? I thought I remembered it being listed but I'm not sure. I haven't actually gotten around to installing the update myself.
Parkie posted Fri, 30 January 2004 at 12:37 AM
Thanks, now it is explained, I can see why it happens. Gabrie1k, I'm not sure what was fixed in the update but I have the "03" update installed. So much to learn in a new program. :) have fun Neil
ShawnDriscoll posted Fri, 30 January 2004 at 12:24 PM
It was never a bug. It was an object property that Parkie had disabled. I've done it too, not knowing its meaning at first.
Animoottori posted Mon, 02 February 2004 at 2:49 AM