This page offers information about imported and native Point lights in Chaos Vantage.
Overview
The Max Point Light is the representation of the Point light from 3ds Max in Chaos Vantage. It can be either created using the Create new Light object tool from the Toolbar or imported with a .vrscene file.
The Point Light is the representation of the Point light that is imported from any application except 3ds Max. It has fewer parameters than the Max Point Light.
You can use the right mouse button click to reset the parameters numeric values to defaults.
Lights that have [G] in front of their name are grouped and share properties. Changing any value will be instanced in all the grouped lights. You can ungroup lights by clicking the checkbox in front of "Grouped with ## other lights".
Listed parameters can be filtered by using the Compact, Basic, and Advanced buttons.
Max Point Light Parameters
Point Light Parameters
Examples
The following examples demonstrate the effect that individual Point Light parameters have on the scene. Click on any image to view it at a higher resolution.
Color
This example shows the effect of the Color parameter.
Color is red
Color is green
Color is blue
Intensity
This example shows the effect of the Intensity parameter.
Intensity = 50
Intensity = 100
Intensity = 200
Intensity = 300
Shadows
This example shows the effect of the Shadows parameter.
Shadows is off
Shadows is on
Affect Diffuse
This example shows the effect of the Affect diffuse parameter.
Affect diffuse is off
Affect diffuse is on
Affect Specular
This example shows the effect of the Affect specular parameter.
Affect specular is off
Affect specular is on