i remember seeing this problem somewhere?

[dosealas]

pic

[dosealas]

trying to attach image

[dosealas]

did it!:)

as u see the darker part in the engine should not be darker..nor should it create that noise effect...hope i got my answer through:)

[dosealas]

come on guys!
some one should know this???

[fabriciomicheli]

I don't get your problem exactly, but I think you can achieve this effect without volume lighting.
maybe you could try some atmospheric like Fire, or use some plugins for this like firestorm (www.blur.com), or volumetrics like those produced by afterburn (www.digimation.com).

There is a tutorial written by Arild Wiro in www.3dstudio.com that will help you. Find it here (http://www.the3dstudio.com/(fbjncl45o0gcxe553mrux4zz)/tutorials.asp?id=74&mode=Display&name=Engine+Flames&ct=FX&author=Arild+Wiro&email=wiro%40secondreality%2Ech&url=www%2Esecondreality%2Ech)

Hope it helps pal.:thumbsup:

[Dave Black]

Also try just using particles and glowing the hell out of them.

Volumetrics need to be used sparingly. If you can get away with another method, best to do so as it increases your render times substantially.

Just making mention of this, as what you are doing is not wrong, but I would hate to have to work on your scene in a production enviroment. Not to mention, using a volume light won't allow for the engines to "trail". Just some thoughts.

-3DZ

[halo]

dunno whay u need to drop the multiplier but heres a few useful suggestions

1) forget particles

2) if the multiplier needs to be lowered to avoid it lighting parts of the scene you dont want lit then exclude the geometry from the light

3) if you really do need to drop the multiplier value in the scene then simply drop it, then increase the volume lights fill % and if necessary brighten its colour

4) failing all of that, make a cylinder, map the transparency as a gradient inside falloff and give it some colour, falloff and wind up the self illumination

hope this helps

[Dave Black]

Ok, halo, why forget particles?

If he's animating the engines, mapping aint the easy way...And a volume light is'nt either.

Just curoius.

-3DZ

:D

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