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IVY mesh problems
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 7:39 am
by jacobkolady
Hi there,
Im new to octane render and I was trying to get some Ivy generator creepers on to my OBJ model and export it to octane. But for some strange reason the ivy mesh is all blackened. Could someone help me out with this. Im using maya mainly for modelling and texturing. Is there anyone who could advice me regarding plant generating software which I could use with octane. Thanks you!
Re: IVY mesh problems
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 11:23 am
by steveps3
The most obvious answer, have you defined a material for the ivy? If not then Octane will use a default material which is black by default.
Re: IVY mesh problems
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 7:45 pm
by jacobkolady
steveps3 wrote:The most obvious answer, have you defined a material for the ivy? If not then Octane will use a default material which is black by default.
But when i import the IVY mesh I can see that the leaf has got diffuse material applied to it automatically! Please help me out...is it something that I have done really stupid. I know its some simple mistake!
Re: IVY mesh problems
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 8:01 pm
by ello
did you apply the proper alpha textures?
Re: IVY mesh problems
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 8:04 pm
by steveps3
The diffuse material is black, you can see that from the screen dump.
Re: IVY mesh problems
Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 2:24 am
by radiance
Hi,
It's quite difficult to figure out without more information, but usually an OBJ file comes with an MTL file which is created with it and contains the material definitions, colours, textures etc...
See if you exported an MTL file and open it in a text editor.
If the paths to the textures are incorrect, they are not imported and used.
Radiance