Maya+Vue problem with Mental Ray (shadow cast)

#1

Hello,

i’ve got a problem with maya+vue rendering with mental ray.
Mental ray casts shadows of maya obejcts only on maya objects and vue obejcts shadows only on vue objects.
But vue objects don’t cast shadows on Maya objects and vice versa.
Mental Ray settings were changed according to the vue manual without any change. :frowning:

I have no idea why it won’t work.

Maybe any solutions?

so long, OmWiener

#2

have you enabled shadow mode SEGMENTS?

if not, that should work just fine…

hope this helps…

#3

Ofcourse, segments are enabled.
Still no change. :frowning:

#4

Hi!
Can you show your settings?
I have same problem in 3DS MAX. Send bug report and wait for answer…
But my problem is more funny… :slight_smile:

#5

Same settings are enabled in vue, still the same issue.
Meanwhile i replaced the vue plane with a plane in Maya.
Now it works.

so long, OmWiener

#6

If I turn-off shadow-mapped, it’s work much better, but flickering on small objects and plants appears…

#7

@Wisky
Did you solve that problem?
Now i have to dark images after rendering with the batch render.
In the previw it looks fine. :cry:
How did you export something (e.g. object) from xstream to maya?
I don`t know how to do this?
Meanwhile i am desperate. I have no idea how to do solve that.

EDIT
I copied the whole scene in a new maya file and now it works.^^

P.S.
Sorry for my bad english.

#8

I’m not export objects to my 3D-soft - only full scene.
I sold through export ALL objects to Vue and set them “shadows only” material.
After that it’s all OK in 3DS MAX. :slight_smile:

#9

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