Shag Hair Please Help???

Cyrenn · 18-10-2004, 12:04 AM

I'm using Shag Hair for my characters. The only problem is that I want to use Light tracer for the renders. To get that globallumination effect the problem is that the Shag Hair turns completely black. It looks good, but I want it to be able to stay the color I assigned it.

How do I figure this out.

How do I render SHag Hair using Light tracer effectivly.

Chokin Hazard™ · 18-10-2004, 12:55 AM

You must set the shadow type to 'hair shadows' for your shaghair to cast shadows.

Cyrenn · 18-10-2004, 12:58 AM

The problem that I'm having is when I use Light tracer. The sky light sysem. the hair stays black. And doesn't change to its normal color it was assigned.

coolcat83 · 20-10-2004, 07:39 PM

mabe try giving the hair some self illumination.

FutureMan · 21-10-2004, 07:04 AM

Have you tried converting the hair to geometry?

I know for 3rd party renderers GI requires the hair to be geometry, otherwise the hair is rendered by the shag/hairfx renderer and is never actually created as geometry for the 3rd party renderer.

You'll need to select Geometry in the Environment>Atmosphere>Effect>Shag:Hair(or HairFx) rollout, and then select the shag/hairfx view object. In the shag/hairfx view object rollout select convert to editable mesh. Then try rendering, it will take longer since it has to create the hair geometry.

18-10-2004, 12:04 AM	#1
Cyrenn Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,064 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Shag Hair Please Help??? I'm using Shag Hair for my characters. The only problem is that I want to use Light tracer for the renders. To get that globallumination effect the problem is that the Shag Hair turns completely black. It looks good, but I want it to be able to stay the color I assigned it. How do I figure this out. How do I render SHag Hair using Light tracer effectivly. __________________ "If you want to achieve anything in life you have to be Persistent!"

18-10-2004, 12:58 AM	#3
Cyrenn Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,064 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thx Chokin The problem that I'm having is when I use Light tracer. The sky light sysem. the hair stays black. And doesn't change to its normal color it was assigned. __________________ "If you want to achieve anything in life you have to be Persistent!"

21-10-2004, 07:04 AM	#5
FutureMan Feels Good Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 477 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Have you tried converting the hair to geometry? I know for 3rd party renderers GI requires the hair to be geometry, otherwise the hair is rendered by the shag/hairfx renderer and is never actually created as geometry for the 3rd party renderer. You'll need to select Geometry in the Environment>Atmosphere>Effect>Shag:Hair(or HairFx) rollout, and then select the shag/hairfx view object. In the shag/hairfx view object rollout select convert to editable mesh. Then try rendering, it will take longer since it has to create the hair geometry. __________________ Are you a member of the Feelgoods?

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18-10-2004, 12:55 AM	#2
Chokin Hazard™ The One And Only Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,054 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	You must set the shadow type to 'hair shadows' for your shaghair to cast shadows.

20-10-2004, 07:39 PM	#4
coolcat83 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 38 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	mabe try giving the hair some self illumination.

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