Self Illumination map not rendering

[Anonymous]

Hi, I have 3d studio max 2017. Im pretty new to all this, sorry for the newbie question, i did look to see if others had this problem and couldn't find anything... I have a kiosk model with a TV screen, i put a arch and design material with self illumination checked, All worked ok.

I imported the model into my main scene, and it just stopped working.

Hopefully screenshots can help.

[kennyj]

Hello @Anonymous!

Have you tried ramping up the intensity (or Luminance) of the Self-Illumination?  Run it up high to see if it shows up, then tone it back down to find the balance you need.  It is likely the lighting of your main scene is washing out the self illumination glow.

Hope this helps,

Kenny

[Anonymous]

hi @kennyj I had given up on the problem, started on antoher area on the project and all of a sudden it started working in the render, i have no idea what happened but i must have done something, ha... Thanks for your help!

[Alfred.DeFlaminis]

Well done @Anonymous, you managed to solve it before I could even get in here.  Nice work!

Best Regards,

[darawork]

Yeah, usually I have to boost the dimmer by about 10,000,000cd to get it shining. What was once a candle needs to turn into a neutron star for it to appear in a scene with a daylight system.

[Alfred.DeFlaminis]

I have had the same experience on occasion.    Not much different with IES lights in any renderer + daylight, at least in my travels...

Best Regards,

[truckexpert]

I'm having the same problem, and I can't find any control for the luminance intensity. I'm using a basic scanline red material.Here's a screen shot of my setting. Trying to make the tail lamp lenses illuminate.

Thanks,

Dave

[truckexpert]

I have solved my own problem. You have to add a GLOW map to the self-illumination. It is to the right of the self-illumination color. Do NOT add the glow map to the diffuse color.

[Anonymous]

how will I ramp up the level of self illumination????