#No Auto Reflections!
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I am currently using 3dsr4 on a Pentium 90 with 8 megs of ram and I cannot seem
to get 3ds to recognize any materials with automatic reflections. Under scene
info it shows no references of a reflection map under material definitions. It
does however show the automatic reflection in the materials editor. I am
desparate because I need to get a resturant scene done by Friday and it needs
reflections!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Thomas
did you go into your reflection dialogue box and click on "flat mirror". i had
a
similar problem which was cured this way. also, do you have any objects inter-
secting the reflection surface? do your reflection mapped objects consist of
faces in more than one plane? that would definitly cause problems.
To get the Mirror working, and to check if its okay, do Tutorial 12 in the
Tutorials manual.
Seriously, pay attention the section headed 'Flat Mirror Reflection Mapping'
(Pg 12-30 in R3, I think it's the same pg in R4).
The tutorial will only take about 15 minutes if you start at pg 12-30 and will
explain it in great detail.
It is relatively easy, but a little tricky, and is explained MUCH better on
those couple of pages than I could do here.
-Regards,
-Peter