Hi, guys. I have a problem with maya 2015. I have to create a scene with some fire in it. I created the scene, with fire and all, but when I try to render it, you can’t see the fire. Why is that? I can see it as a 3D model, but it doens not appear in the final render. :sad:
Fire rendering problem?
vandam
#2
go to window>general editors>attribute spread sheet and under render tab make sure primary visibility is on, if its reflected or refracted visible in refra/refle option should also be on. also check if it has a shader assigned, if it does not - it will simply not show up in your render. other than that - I have no idea 
Schempp
#3
what type of fire is it?
Is it geo? polygons/nurbs
Is it done with maya fluids?
Is it done with particles?
If you are using particles the only 2 renderers capable of rendering it in vanilla maya is software and mentalray.
I think we need more info to be able to help you.
LordKamikaze
#4
Well… I used another method and now it works. I was checking a tutorial from digital-tutors, because I’m new in maya, so I can’t tell you what kind of fire it was. I wanted to apply that fire paint effect on a poly cone and it didn’t work why I tried to render it. Now I checked some videos on youtube and I found another way to use a similar effect. Thanks anyway. 