How to prevent 3DS Max viewport from darkening model with certain angles?

beefaroni

Hi all, I've had this issue for a bit but I finally figured I'd post about it.

When rotating my model in 3ds Max, it gets pretty damn dark under certain angles. Is there any way to prevent it?



same viewport

Eric Chadwick

Yeah, Viewport Configuration, set default lighting to 1 light instead of 2. The 1-light setting keeps the light facing (nearly) the same direction as the viewpoint.

beefaroni

Eric Chadwick wrote: »

Yeah, Viewport Configuration, set default lighting to 1 light instead of 2. The 1-light setting keeps the light facing (nearly) the same direction as the viewpoint.

Hmm, I tried that and it didn't solve the problem.

A co-worker recommended changing the ambient light (rendering > enviornment > global lighting > ambient) to a dark gray instead of black. Works perfectly!

Thane-

beefaroni wrote: »

Hmm, I tried that and it didn't solve the problem.

A co-worker recommended changing the ambient light (rendering > enviornment > global lighting > ambient) to a dark gray instead of black. Works perfectly!

Thanks, that helped me too

I sometimes get helpful results with unchecking lights follow camera. Sometimes...

Obscura

The reason is that by default, you have a light attached to the camera (when you don't have any placed light), and the phong shading works like that. Placing some lights in the scene would also prevent this.