basic light question

[Lord Scales]

Go in Transform > Material Options > Light Transmission, if I am not mistaken, so you can set how much the light will pass through it.

[Florian Herweg]

light transmission is set to 0% … still the light is coming through and illuminates all layers behind it …

even if i set everything to 100% nothing happens … really confused now!

[Lord Scales]

Try setting Cast Shadows to ON

[Steve76]

Is the Layer that is letting all the light through by any chance a 2D Layer? I think lights only interact when you tick the 3D switch.

Cheers,

Steve

[Florian Herweg]

yes … it is a 3d layer … and shadows are activated (both on the light and layers) but still its shining through 🙁

[Kevin Camp]

how about the layers that are receiving the light that is passing through the other layers, are they 3d also?

Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Kevin Camp]

actually not just 3d but also have accept shadows ‘on’

Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Florian Herweg]

yes … everything is checked … all layers are 3d layers and accept shadows is turned on …

try it out by yourself guys … put 3 layers along the z axis (with space between them of course) and put a spotlight with small cone angle in front of the first one so that it just hits the middle of layer … the light illuminates all 3 layers …

if you activate the shadows the illumination becomes darker … but the light is still shining through …

[Kevin Camp]

yeah, i’ve done it, and it worked fine. the back layer and the front most layer were completely black, only the middle layer showed a spotlight. that’s why i was trying to help you troubleshoot your problem.

Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Florian Herweg]

mhhh … thats strange … could you do me the favor and post the ae file … that would be great!