Rendering gobos

[Brandon Wardell]

OK I keep running into this problem and I'd really like to know if it's a quirk of the system or if I should be doing something differently. Whenever I have a complex Set that I'm lighting, at a certain point textures stop rendering in the Viewport Camera. They'll work in the design layer no problem, but not on the sheet layer. If I "Edit Design Layer" through the Viewport, they render fine, but not when I return to the sheet layer.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[zoomer]

What render mode are you using ?

Just to exclude that it has to do with limitation of numbers of Lights in Open GL mode.

[PVA - Admin]

It may be the render mode, sometimes for a viewport the mode can become stuck, but switching it to Wireframe background rendering and then back to the desired Renderworks mode should unstick it. Zoomer is correct that OpenGL will not show gobos/lit fog.

However, if you create a new viewport from the design layer, does the new viewport have the same problems?

[Brandon Wardell]

I generally use Fast Renderworks while working and then switch to Final Quality once I've got things looking the way I want. Generally I get a few full renders in before it stops showing fog and texture.

Making a new viewport sometimes works, but usually stops working after 3 or 4 renders.

[Brandon Wardell]

I just encountered a similar error where Renderworks refused to recognized Sheet Layer-specific lighting changes (specifically color and intensity). Once restarting the program things seem to be back on track. Once again, working with Fast Renderworks, DPI of 200 in a Viewport. The file is 153.2 Mb

[Brandon Wardell]

One more occurrence today, shutters won't render in the viewport. FYI viewports are from Cameras. I can't seem to attach screenshots because of a website error.