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# 1 17-06-2007 , 02:11 PM

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Hi all
am having a bit of parlava with spot light MentalRay attribute i have gone tho all proceedures possible but to no avil. basically i want to generate photons using a spot light however the mental ray control refuse to show in the attribute editor i need some help anyone. i have mentalray active etc . mentalray is sending me mental.....

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# 2 18-06-2007 , 01:07 AM

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go to the render globals and under the mental ray tab scroll down to gi and caustics and check gi.

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# 3 18-06-2007 , 10:48 AM

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thanks for the rely YoungLion but ive already done that in the Render globals and notting is still showing in the attribute editor for the spot ligth i am using maya 7 and am thinking could it be my maya version or something is really wrong somewere

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# 4 18-06-2007 , 10:53 AM

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I cant quire remember off the top of my head but I think that one of the lights you cant get it to emitt photons for GI??

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# 5 18-06-2007 , 11:34 AM

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So jester you think i should try use a diff light than the spot light

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# 6 18-06-2007 , 11:41 AM

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Could do, I think that ther eis one in maya though that cant emitt them, and it could be the spotlight, might be wrong though, give it a go with the area light, jusat convert the spot into an ares (using the dropdown menu in the Attribute editor)

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# 7 18-06-2007 , 12:03 PM

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no the spot light is ideal for gi, i think you should delete the light and create a new new and see if you get the same error

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# 8 18-06-2007 , 12:20 PM

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Like I said, ive not had a look, but i'm pretty sure that theres a light that doest support GI, might not be the spot, could be the point light or something.

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# 9 18-06-2007 , 07:49 PM

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I have tried other lights suprise .... suprise the point light ,area light and directional light does provide mentalray settings . i dont understand so gys if you find a solution to this pls keep me informed

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