Squirrelly Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 I have a complex choreography set up with a number of original models. I included a lamp with a shade that I modeled and located a lamp at the location of the bulb in the choreography with the bulb being transparent glass material and the lampshade with a custom material with varying transparency values. I once had the choreography setup to cast shadows from the lampshade across the scene. I made changes to the choreography and lost the settings now I can't get it set so that the lampshade casts a pattern. Does anyone know how to do that correctly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted November 21, 2016 Hash Fellow Share Posted November 21, 2016 Welcome to A:M, Jonathan! There are several possibilities... perhaps the transparency in the material has been changed, perhaps the shadow casting of the light is OFF... If I could see the chor I'm sure it would be apparent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelly Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 Welcome to A:M, Jonathan! There are several possibilities... perhaps the transparency in the material has been changed, perhaps the shadow casting of the light is OFF... If I could see the chor I'm sure it would be apparent. Thanks for your response! Your comment got me thinking so I took another look at the settings -- AGAIN!-- and there it was. The width setting for the light in my choreography was set to something over 4 feet which meant that the light was emanating from outside of the shade. I reduced the width to 2 inches and it rendered as I wanted it to. I'm not really new to A:M or to the forum for that matter. I've been playing with A:M off and on for more than 10 years but I've always just been a lurker, no posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted November 21, 2016 Hash Fellow Share Posted November 21, 2016 Hooray!When you have more questions, this is the place to ask 'em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted November 21, 2016 Admin Share Posted November 21, 2016 Looking good Jonathan! Great tip on changing the light size. That's sure to be useful. Glad to see you got that sorted. I'm not really new to A:M or to the forum for that matter. I've been playing with A:M off and on for more than 10 years but I've always just been a lurker, no posts. Sometimes we tend to forget the silent majority that stop by the forum but don't post often (or at all). It's always good to be able to put a face (or post) with our fellow A:M Users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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