Can't get GI to activate.

[intuition]

Hello Kray team. I have time to jump back into Kray.

So, I was testing it out today and I noticed that Kray is not using GI when I have it set. Its definitely using Kray as the render engine but when I select photon mapping, preset high, using progressive pixel order, or any method, it will not use the GI engine.

This is Kray 2.0 using LW 9.6. I tried re-adding the plug-in a few times just in case.

[jure]

There must be something wrong. Did you save your scene? Did you run Kray by F9 or by "render frame" button...?

[intuition]

I was using the render frame button in the kray GUI. I also had Kray selected in the render engine dropdown.

Hey Jure, I just downloaded RC2 just now. Will get back to you with results.

[intuition]

OK, RC2 made the GI work again. Thanks

The f9 doesn't render GI but the render frame button does.Any ideas?

Will that impede the network renderer to work?

[jure]

OK, RC2 made the GI work again. Thanks

The f9 doesn't render GI but the render frame button does.Any ideas?

Will that impede the network renderer to work?

Problem is that when you press F9 Kray cannot save the scene before it exports it for rendering otherwise only your last saved scene settings will be used. So you *must* use render frame button (or map it to a shortcut key).

[intuition]

Ok, thanks.

I do have another question. I can't seem to get the area light to be visible in the renders even though I use the option in the kray gui. ANy thoughts?

Thanks for all your help. We are setting up up for farm use at Digital Domain.

[jure]

It looks like it renders invisible if light falloff is not set to inv^2. I'll report this bug to G.

Good to hear you are setting up kray on your farm. Please report if there are any issues so we can fix them ASAP.

Thanks!