I created a set in 3DS Max and imported it into Poser. Three objects are supposed to be mirrors, which I added reflections to, but when rendered the reflections wash out toward the figure's feet and it does not show the room behind it. I've re-configured the lighting several times and no change.

Any ideas on this I would appreciate-- Thanks!
I've included pics to show what I mean, if I am not clear enough.

Are you ray tracing shadows?  I believe mapped shadows will cause this problem.

John

There is a culling bug in Poser when using depth mapped shadows. However, you do not need to switch to ray-traced shadows. Simply enable shadow map caching. For some reason the bug is not evident when you use a cached shadow, only on a freshly generated shadow.

Enable shadow caching. Start a render - this one will be bad so you can abort it as soon as the shadow map is generated. Then start another render - this time let it go. As long as Poser is using the cache, it works fine. If you move lights, clear the cache, start a render, cancel it after shadow map is generated, then render as many times as you like.

You only need to clear the shadow map cache if you move something. You do not need to clear if you're changing light strength or material settings.

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I am using ray-traced shadows, but I will also try out the shadow caching option too. I'll let you all know what happens.

Thanks for the advice.