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Chaos Corona for 3ds Max => [Max] Feature Requests => Topic started by: kseniya on 2020-12-23, 17:41:46

Title: Automatically keeping light from sun when isolating objects
Post by: kseniya on 2020-12-23, 17:41:46

Hello,

I have a small request, which could be very useful when working on isolated objects in the scene and running IR.

I want to see the light from the CoronaSun when I isolate an object and not manually select the sun to isolate it with the object. This is useful to quickly isolate the object and work on its material and still see the sunlight effect.

I know there is an option to render hidden lights, but I don't want to see all the lights.

If there is already an option for this, please pinpoint it for me:)

Title: Re: Automatically keeping light from sun when isolating objects
Post by: denisgo22 on 2020-12-24, 23:26:02

Quote from: kseniya on 2020-12-23, 17:41:46

Hello,

I have a small request, which could be very useful when working on isolated objects in the scene and running IR.

I want to see the light from the CoronaSun when I isolate an object and not manually select the sun to isolate it with the object. This is useful to quickly isolate the object and work on its material and still see the sunlight effect.

I know there is an option to render hidden lights, but I don't want to see all the lights.

If there is already an option for this, please pinpoint it for me:)

render hidden lights

Title: Re: Automatically keeping light from sun when isolating objects
Post by: kseniya on 2021-01-04, 09:37:41

I mentioned in the post that I know about render hidden lights, thank you for the obvious reply without reading through my post.
And that is not a solution I want, only the sun to be active, not all the other lights.

Sun is a part of the environment, so it could be nice to have an option to keep only the sun active in isolation mode.

Title: Re: Automatically keeping light from sun when isolating objects
Post by: maru on 2021-01-14, 13:48:57

Makes sense, logged:

(Report ID=CRMAX-186)

Title: Re: Automatically keeping light from sun when isolating objects
Post by: kseniya on 2021-01-26, 07:22:08

Thank you!

Title: Re: Automatically keeping light from sun when isolating objects
Post by: clemens_at on 2021-01-27, 09:47:54

try the maxscript attached. Go to "scripting" > "run script"