Inverse Square Falloff on Toon Light? Tweet

[Rico_uk]

It is possible to have toon lights with falloff on their efficiency? At the moment I'm rendering a toon pass and then another pass with area lights and using one to mask the other in post.

[paride4331]

Hi Rico_uk,
I'd say no, but this is a first toon material version.
Regards
Paride

[Rico_uk]

Is there any news on this? Attenuated toon lights seems like a necessary function of the toon shader / lights system. Perhaps doable with OSL? Or if there's a way of working out the distance from the light and plugging that into the light colour map slot?
The power value of toon lights seems to do nothing as well.

[paride4331]

Hi Rico_uk,
https://youtu.be/6ChweQETKTE?t=8m19s
Regards
Paride

[Rico_uk]

Thanks Paride, impressive stuff. after watching that I suppose my question is do I look for a different solution on current projects, or are these things likely to be implemented soon? Octane 4 seems to not quite be fully functional yet and with no plugins, so I guess this link you've sent is at least 18 months away?

[paride4331]

Hi Rico_uk,
I have not ETA; developments shown in video will be will be gradually introduced after Octane V4 will be released, in a few days RC4 then stable,
About 3dsMax plugin, I suppose will be directly released RC4 or stable version and skipping RC3.
Regards
Paride