Self Illuminated Objects With Texture

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I need to illuminate a concrete floor in order to get an even lighting throughout the space, but I still need to see the texture of the floor. If I am not mistakenI have been able to do this in the past by just applying self illuminance to the material, but when I do this now, the material just renders as white. Please advise and your help is greatly apprecitated.

Thanks

[L.Maas]

Recently there was a thread (HERE) about glowing builidngs, which discussed self-illuminance. This might enlighten you and give you some pointers in the right direction.