Light Manager - working?

[KeeWe]

Hi,

Before I waste more time in try and error: is the light manager supposed to do ANYTHING?

The idea to include and exclude geo via the manager instead of the tedious Tag system is great. But when creating a light, open the light manager, delete all from "include" and add one specific object it doesn't do anything and by reopening the manager all looks the same as before .

Am I missing something? Sadly I couldn't find any forums post or anything else explaining the new feature.

Edit: Cinema 4D R25 and Octane 2021.1

[hazenkind]

Sorry for the stupid Question but where do i find the Lightmanager?

[KeeWe]

shift+c and type light manager. You can dock the icon somewhere to access it quickly

[hazenkind]

shift+c and type light manager. You can dock the icon somewhere to access it quickly

Ah thx.

[aoktar]

It's specially not announced because it's still WIP and uncomplete. I'll spend more time to improve the interface soon.

[KeeWe]

Yeah, thats what i thought. But am I right that it simple doesn't do anything? Or cann you, even in a limited way, work with it?

[Vivimagic]

It's specially not announced because it's still WIP and uncomplete. I'll spend more time to improve the interface soon.

Is this still in the works to be completed?

[ShivaMist]

Looks like it's still in the works but over at boghma they made a pretty nice light manager : https://www.boghma.com/c4d/document/Oct ... %20Manager

[e-s]

A better workflow / interface for light linking would be great to have. The implementation in redshift is quite intuitive in comparison, where each light has a list of objects that are excluded.

[ShivaMist]

This workflow is accessible if you enable C4D Light linking in the Octane options, but you can't really control light IDs.