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Chaos Corona for 3ds Max => [Max] I need help! => Topic started by: darrentomkins on 2016-07-11, 20:56:59

Title: 1.4 Background image is not showing?
Post by: darrentomkins on 2016-07-11, 20:56:59
Hi, is there a new method for getting a background image to show in renders / interactive render?

Usual workflow -

Open Render Settings - Scene Tab / Environment Dialog Box / Material Editor.

In the Scene Tab I select Corona Render and choose a General Bitmap (choose a nice image)
Drag that as an instance into the Environment Slot (8)
Drag that into an empty material slot.
ALT - B to open viewport settings and select Environment Background.

I them tweak my tiling and offset in the material slot. This shows in the viewport and used to show in the interactive render a bit more precisely. It now doesn't show in the interactive render and now not even when I do an actual render.

Any help would really be appreciated.

Title: Re: 1.4 Background image is not showing?
Post by: romullus on 2016-07-11, 21:23:35
Maybe you had accidentally turned on direct visibility override in scene enviroment rollout?
Title: Re: 1.4 Background image is not showing?
Post by: darrentomkins on 2016-07-11, 22:12:42
Nope, unfortunately not the answer :( Wish it were though - still hunting...
Title: Re: 1.4 Background image is not showing?
Post by: romullus on 2016-07-11, 22:24:36
So what is rendering then? Black background or something else?
Title: Re: 1.4 Background image is not showing?
Post by: darrentomkins on 2016-07-12, 09:52:00
In the viewport I get the image but in Interactive I get black and final render i get black.

Strange. In Max 2016 with Corona 1.3 I do the same workflow and it works like a charm...
Title: Re: 1.4 Background image is not showing?
Post by: romullus on 2016-07-12, 10:01:24
Could you upload simplified scene with some map in background only? That would be faster to find a problem, then simply guesing.
Title: Re: 1.4 Background image is not showing?
Post by: darrentomkins on 2016-07-20, 15:44:38
Romullus, Thank you so much for the help bud, i do appreciate the effort and willingness. I have rendered out with an alpha and posted the BG in. I have been so busy and haven't had time to post but i haven't had the issue again so hopefully i'm sorted ;)

If I can help you in any way in the future please ask it ;)