Vantage: exposure and environment settings revert when changing the camera

[edub]

I've already posted this over on the chaos Vantage site, but not sure how much traction that site gets, and figured I'd post here, since it's C4D specific.  Apologies in advance for cross-posting, but I feel like it's a critical issue (at least for me!)

https://forums.chaos.com/forum/chaos-vantage/chaos-vantage-issues/1231241-exposure-nd-environment-settings-revert-when-changing-the-camera

I'm using C4D + Corona 13 daily (Mar 5 2025), and updated Vantage to latest 7.2.1 I have never really tested it before, but running into a huge roadblock right off the bat:

- I have a simple scene with 2 objects, a camera, Corona Sun and Sky.
- I start livelink
- Exposure is blown out - no biggie: I change the exposure from "None" to "Physical" - all good!.
- I move the sun inside C4D - the location updates in Vantage... great!
- I move the viewport camera in C4D... Exposure in vantage now reverts to "None", and it's blown out again. WHY!?

Another example:
- I switch the Environment Mode from "Physical Sky" to "Solid Color"
- any camera move in C4D now reverts the Env Mode... WHY?

I don't understand how I can even get started using this.

[maru]

Hi, as explained in the Vantage forum thread, the thing with exposure resetting is expected (same happens in V-Ray). To overcome this, you can add a new camera in Vantage and set up exposure in it. Then you will need to return to the original camera each time you want to move the camera inside 3ds Max. So you end up with a "live link camera" and a "render from this" camera with different exposure settings.

As to the environment resetting when moving the camera - this doesn't happen in V-Ray so I have reported this to our devs as (Report ID=CMAX-1622).

[edub]

Thanks Maru