RenderToTexture support

[Kif]

Is it possible?

[Oltskul]

will render to texture be even possible in this type of render?

[Tweekazoid]

bump this ... I am interested also

[Ondra]

do you have a use-case how it is used, what it has to produce?

[Oltskul]

do you have a use-case how it is used, what it has to produce?

- "baking texture"
- making textures for lowpoly objects
- prerendering lights and shadows

In general it bakes various render elements (GI, DIFF, BEAUEAUATY, LIGHT, SHADOW) on UVW layout of selected object

and here is some basic tutorial with exaplme:
http://www.3dtotal.com/index_tutorial_detailed.php?id=529&catDisplay=1&roPos=1&page=1

[cecofuli]

Very important for gaming environment (UDK for example) for create a lightmap. UDK Lightmass is very poor

[vicnaum]

Bumping this up. Great for fly-by's, if not much shiny objects in the scene - rendering one time to texture, baking GI, lighting, etc. Then just can render it to animation of any length with scan-line in near-realtime.

[maru]

It is also useful if you simply want to bake a texture without switching to scanline, which would also require setting up a new material.

[maru]

Warning: pressing 0 (render to texture) when Corona is selected as current renderer makes max crash. At least this happens for me.
It was caused by another plugin - NOX renderer.

[Ondra]

what build, what max version?

[maru]

Aug 20 2013 21:58:35
Max 2013

Already submitted to Mantis.

[Polymax]

Very need and useful!!!

[agentdark45]

+1 on this feature. If this was implemented I could leave vray for good! It's absolutely crucial for creating lightmaps for 3D games (can you imagine a 3D walkthrough with Corona quality in real-time?)

This would also speed up fly through animations by thousands of percent!

[hglr123]

+1000 for this feature :)

[fellazb]

I'm on the board for this one too. For an nearby future I think it'll be a crucial thing to have under the hood.