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Aleksandar Kocic asked ·

aiSkyDomeLight and light groups

Hi,

mtoa 3.0.1, core 5.1.1.0

Something weird is going on when doing a batch rendering of a scene which has aiSkyDomeLight assigned to a light group. If for an AOV "All Light Groups" is checked, said light group does not come out. It is there in RenderView, but not in a output file. Heres example:

aiSkyDomeLightShape:

aiAOV_RGBA:

Arnold RenderView:

Output EXR layers:

On the last image, you can see EXR file opened in RV and clearly "RGBA_sky" light AOV is missing even though light group was specified and All Light Groups for RGBA AOV was checked. Other light AOVs get exported properly.

Any ideas why?

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Adrian Williams answered ·

Hey @Alexander Lee,

Uncheck the "AOV Indirect" on your Skydome light:


And that will now fix the Problem you have and allow your dome light to go into the custom AOV.


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Aleksandar Kocic answered ·

Actually, no. SkyDome light contribution goes into default light AOV no matter what you do.

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Aleksandar Kocic answered ·

Interestingly enough, specifying groups explicitly, outputs everything properly:


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Aleksandar Kocic answered ·

It should be noted that "RGBA_default" light AOV seen in last image is not, in fact, the missing "RGBA_sky". This is just a layer that gets contributions from the lights that dont have group assigned.

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