how to activate lights in render maya software 2.0 ?

[Anonymous]

I can't see any light I added after I batch render, the lights turn on only when I select them, any clue?

maya persp viewafter batch rendered

[mspeer]

Hi!

Please upload a scene-file.

[Anonymous]

here's the file

[mspeer · Accepted solution]

Hi!

This scene is messed up and seems to be corrupted.

Multiple hundred empty and unused nodes, more than 100 lights + one corrupted light (you can't render so many lights in Hardware) more than 40 legacy render layers,...

There is nothing easy that i can suggest to remove these problems.

What i would maybe try is to export parts of the scene and import them back into a new scene.

To answer your question:

All lights are active in Maya Hardware 2.0, but not all can be rendered (because of light limit and and some broken nodes/connections in your scene).