HI everyone,

I´m using the 29.18 build and have two questions regarding the object Layer node inside the analytic lights.

a.)
I dont notice any changes when uncecking the checkboxes e.g. camera visibilty, shadow visibility and so on. Is there something else to do to make the node work?


b ...

Hi there,

do you still need some guide for recreating this shader or did you find a solution in the meantime?

I cannot excatly tell how to setup the speficic shader correctly but what I most do is just playing with the values until it looks good. And there some different ways to make a proper sss ...

In the meantime I found a workaround by using the opacity node in the material node and it works fine.
But maybe the devs can give a short explanation about this context. Just for understanding. Anyway it works now

camera.png I always use the ray visiblity option for specific octane lights. For example if I dont want to see the lightscource by the camera I check the button in the octane object properties. But this is not working any more in the latest build 29.15. I get the message "This object is used by ...

thx so much, Lino.

Works like a charme. What I missed was the last medium value to adjust correctly.



THX!!!

Thx lino,

this is what I have been looking for. Thx


edit:

Hi Lino

I'm really sorry but I'm not sure how to get the light beams to work. I've tried all the settings and played around with the parameters but nothing happens. I could have sworn I got them working by accident a couple of weeks ago ...

Hi all,

does someone know what the LightBeams options are used for?

The fog works wonderfull but I do not get any effects when the Lightbeams checkbox is active.
Anyone knows?


thx alot!!

Argh, ok thx!

Hi there,

im encountering some strange behaviour regarding the Analytic Lights. So I checked Camera Visibility and General Visiblitiy and the Light is still shown in the viewport. Is it a bug or did I missed something.


Thx

After reading all these posts I gave the feature a re-try and now it works perfectly. The Viewport experience is doubling up for me. whoop thx.






win 10 - RTX 4080 - Octane 28.8