topic Re: spot light problem, I cannot renderize it in Maya Forum

spot light problem, I cannot renderize it

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 20:06:52 GMT

Hi,

most likely Im doing something wrong,

but I cannot understand what

basically Im trying to make the effect thats in the video (the yellow one, render window)

but, even following step by step, or editing/playing with the settings,

I cannot obtain the effect in the video, whats wrong?

Re: spot light problem, I cannot renderize it

sean.heasley — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 20:29:44 GMT

Hi @Anonymous and welcome to the community!

From what I can tell from the screenshot is that the tutorial user is working in 2016 where is you are working in 2018?

If so it's possible there have been changes since then that are affecting this workflow.

That said, first you'll want to check to make sure all your lights are set up and have an adequate amount of brightness for the scene.

If nothing changes, when you get a chance can you please zip and attach the scene file here or via dropbox/google drive or another file sharing program so I can take a look at it?

Re: spot light problem, I cannot renderize it

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 22:50:59 GMT

yes..

I have tryed to "play" with various settings, but nothing, same problem

here is the zip files: https://mega.nz/#F!jiZkQSZB!1RLaSLAsY_A1Q5Qfi2TMqA

Re: spot light problem, I cannot renderize it

sean.heasley — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:28:02 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

Thanks for attaching your project!

I took a look at it and something went wrong with your light settings as it wont hold the Light Fog. When you create the light fog and then click back on the spotlight the fog you added is gone.

To fix this, simply delete the spotlight and make a new one and you should be all set!

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Re: spot light problem, I cannot renderize it

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:31:35 GMT

Even trying to do a new spot light, nothing happens,

I have the same problem..

I tryed to reinstall maya, several times, maybe something got wrong, but nothing same problem

Re: spot light problem, I cannot renderize it

sean.heasley — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 19:08:36 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

If that didn't change anything and you are 100% following his steps correctly then it's something with your machine and/or Maya

What GPU are you using and do the drivers match up with our certified hardware list?

Steps to update your drivers can be found here!

While you uninstalled and reinstalled that may have no reset your settings so please make sure to try deleting your settings/preferences.

If the above doesn't work, try exporting everything from your scene as an fbx and re import it into a new Maya scene.

You can also do simply tests by making a light in a plane in an empty scene you can test the light settings.

Re: spot light problem, I cannot renderize it

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 20:07:59 GMT

Im using an rx580, in the compatibily test there is only the old gen one, rx480

Here is a video, maybe Im doing something wrong.. and also it is just me, or the empy of the object isnt6o rendirezed well? https://mega.nz/#!jbxVWQZQ!cLYpM5Zms-1CuvjJB0WISzdRcYIgRvY7hC9uYezzICk

Re: spot light problem, I cannot renderize it

sean.heasley — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 20:38:07 GMT

Hi @lainusgishti2000

Did deleting your settings/preferences not work at all?

I went ahead and made a quick video of my set up and had some tips and steps you can try as well to try and fix this issue.

Re: spot light problem, I cannot renderize it

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 23:03:56 GMT

Thanks solved, using maya render software and not arnold render

curiosity: why does it work with the first render and not with the second one?

just find another minor problem, why, sometimes some texture are randomly missing, from the render/view, but actually they are present even if they are not displayed?

Re: spot light problem, I cannot renderize it

mspeer — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 17:09:46 GMT

Hi!

"Light fog" is not supported by Arnold.