Kitchen/breakfast bar

[Mike Amos]

Well, I think the latest buil;d works well enough. The problem textures have been replaced which seems to fix the non rendered facets issue.

I have added some flame effect underneath the kettle and adjusted the emmision qualities of the pale yellow texture.

[Rich O Brien]

You need to fix the glass materials. You have Thin checked I think which is only meant to be checked for planar surfaces.

On curved surfaces it is causing issues because there is no refraction. Uncheck Thin. If the window glass and the glassware share the same material then use a separate material for the glassware Thin unchecked.

I also think your model is probably completely enclosed with the only entry point for light being the windows. This means the opposite end of the kitchen is struggling and you can see that by the blotchiness on the island counter top, lower cabinets and the backsplash.

Keep digging in things to understand why this happens. Its the best way to learn.

[Rich O Brien]

This is what I mean by enclosed...

The interior is really hard to bounce light around and in the real world there would be more internal light paths happening.

[gullfo]

also, my plates are never that shiny what do you wash them with?

seriously though, spend a bit of time setting the reflections. almost everything in the room seems to reflect... leverage settings like blurred reflection on surfaces which are not polished. and in general, i'd just turn down a bunch of the reflection levels.

[Mike Amos]

One of the issues with reflection settings is, you cannot go lower than 0.

[Mike Amos]

OK, I have a habit of adding an emitter 'face' which infills any missing light and helps considerably.

Dealing with a new health issues (Diabetes secondary to Crohn's) which is complicating life's already complex harmony.
Sorry for my perfidity. Still need to adjust this.

[pixelcruncher]

Hey Mike,

I hope you are doing well. That scene already looks a lot better-lit.

I'm not sure which material you are using, but you can control the roughness of the material:

Feel free to screenshot your material settings, which helps us understand your setup better.

Also, whatever @Rich-O-Brien says goes; he's the number one Rayscaper expert in the world. And I'm saying this without irony.

Regards,
Thomas