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Scene is glowing

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 3:49 pm
by david57
I need help with this version. Looks like the scene is glowing. I dont know how to fix it.

(moved from news - BYOB)

Re: Scene is glowing

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 3:53 pm
by B.Y.O.B.
Make sure all materials are below 0.8 in brightness.
If this is already the case, please upload the scene so we can have a look.

Re: Scene is glowing

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 4:03 pm
by david57
Test scene can be downloaded here:
https://ufile.io/lvifr

Re: Scene is glowing

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 6:50 am
by Racleborg
I have occasionally been getting the same thing.

Re: Scene is glowing

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 7:20 am
by B.Y.O.B.
The visibility map needs 40 seconds to build (usually 1 second), and I get 10 k samples/second during rendering which is extremely slow.

All of this was caused by invalid geometry of the enclosing walls/ceiling.
Select this object, go into edit mode, select all vertices and press W -> remove doubles.
This fixes the issues above.

What I would also recommend is to use a solidify modifier for the walls, ceiling and floor.
Also, their normals are currently pointing away from the camera (to the outside) which is problematic if you want to make one of the materials glossy (for some historic reason, the glossy material in Lux only shows specular reflections on the side where the normal is pointing).

What I also find odd are the windows, why cover them with a face and use a Null material, instead of just deleting the face?
It should make not much difference performance-wise, but it's uncommon.

Re: Scene is glowing

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 8:59 am
by Racleborg
BYOB
Thank you. I'll keep checking for those points in the future.

Re: Scene is glowing

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 5:07 pm
by david57
Thank you, the scene is working now.
The model was a mess.
My mess.