31st August 2008, 05:13 PM | #1 |
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how can you get things shiny/reflective?
how can you get things shiny/reflective like this? this was made with 3DS Max
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31st August 2008, 06:43 PM | #2 |
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Re: how can you get things shiny/reflective?
You need to use an external renderer. Hit F7 for the render config.
AC3D is pre-configured for POVRay (povray.org) or you can try one of these: http://www.independentdeveloper.com/...rendering_soft |
31st August 2008, 06:49 PM | #3 |
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Re: how can you get things shiny/reflective?
ok so i hit F7 but then what do i click, do i click render? i have povray, i clicked render and then povray opened and then i clicked run and i got an error i think, no picture or anything appeared
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31st August 2008, 07:00 PM | #4 |
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Re: how can you get things shiny/reflective?
Do you have POVRay installed to the default location?
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31st August 2008, 07:10 PM | #5 |
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Re: how can you get things shiny/reflective?
this is what i get
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31st August 2008, 10:24 PM | #6 |
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Re: how can you get things shiny/reflective?
What does pov show in the output console?
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1st September 2008, 02:31 AM | #7 |
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Re: how can you get things shiny/reflective?
sorry for all the hassle, iv done it now
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2nd September 2008, 06:51 PM | #8 |
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Re: how can you get things shiny/reflective?
Glad you got it working.
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