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« on: 2018-11-21, 23:46:25 »
Hello Jan. I sent you a message with a dropbox link to the file, but felt like posting here this update. So, I played a bit with the file, trying to come with a night scene. You are correct, the lamps based on emiters are showing somewhat correctly, but I found out their intensity differs greatly from the CineRender results to the point on my first few attempts I did not notice they were there. Actually, two lamps models from the same manufacturer, which in CineRender show with similar intensity, here show very diferently.
But some lamps don't show at all.
Also, the number of lights/groups on the Stats don't match, and not all lights are showing. I noticed a common denominator on those, as some lights are, as in many architectural projects, actually hidden behind beams, or behind walls, and so on. I am not sure Corona is making a sweep to check which light sources are visible from a certain viewpoint and only rendering those, but in this image ( I am attaching ) I can see a faded view of some IES lamps on the base of the swimming pool, stronger ones on the stairs going up, two glares showing lamps inside the living room glass box, but many others, which in this image are occluded by geometry or solids, and the even tho the lamp itself cannot be seen, it's projected light should.
The image is closer, but in a similar position as the "reference" done in CineRender shown on the first post, so you can see what I mean.
From here on I am not sure what I am doing wrong fumbling with controls I am not yet used to, as I am finding out about the software as I go on testing. This is of course, without altering materials, or changing it in any way. Some materials look better on the CineRender because I assume they have a "improved" version of the same material ( if I remember correctly these are all native AC22 materials, I did not get to custom editing those ), the glass looks a bit off and so on, but I could edit the materials to adjust for that. But for example, a lamp under the bedroom portion of the house on the far right of the image, meant to light the grass, doesn't show.
I am sure you will experiment a bit with the file. I hope it will help :) Let me know if I can be of assistance,
Jessica