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    Time of day wrong in render

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    • G Offline
      gmac
      last edited by

      I'm apparently continually newbie-esque in VRAY and sorry to bother the group.

      This should be easy but of course when you're under a time crunch the answer is hidden. (I've searched...but no luck).

      When I render (vfsu) the time of day is wrong and showing odd shadows that I didn't knowingly create. Its different that what is shown in SketchUP view. Never had the problem before.

      It must be a simple setting? it's a big model though. when I adjust the time of day in Sketchup it has no effect on the render output.

      any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

      Greg

      -The model is located manually and I believe I have the UTC correct for this time zone.
      -The shadows show correctly in the SU view.

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        valerostudio
        last edited by

        Are you using a dome light?

        Provided that you are using the VRaySky, the sun should match SU exactly.

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        • G Offline
          gmac
          last edited by

          I've tried it both ways with and without a dome light and the sun angle seems locked at an odd and unnatural angle of about 5:30 AM.... (the sun is set in vray to +/-5:30 PM in June, in Seattle so trying to shown a little light on the north side of a building)

          I've since tried to turn on/off GI and several other things that might affect it. Maybe its overloaded or corrupt, but I've done bigger models before.

          The rendered angle doesn't change if I change the time in SU.

          Odd. I'm now copying the model into a new environment to see if I can work around.

          thx. ....deadline looming.... Greg

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