Need help with hypershade maya2012

n88tr

So I'm trying to set up a render and when I try to link up a surface shader to an amb_occlusion map the amb_occlusion has a little red bar over it's name. I'm thinking that means something is wrong. I have evidence to this because when I try to render nothing comes out, just blackness.

Can someone help me with this please?

couette

The red bar means that the node won't work with the renderer you have set for the scene. If you want to use the mib_amb_occ texture node, you'll need to switch to mental ray.

n88tr

in my render settings window i have it set to mental ray. is that what you were asking?

couette

Yes. If the renderer is set to mental ray, the mib_amb_occ node should be purple-ish and your surface shader should work.

Is it still red, even though you have it set to mental ray?

n88tr

I'll try it again and see.

n88tr

well now my amb occ node works ok but when i render all i see is my wireframe and it's transparent but for the wires.
what's up with that?

n88tr

silly me i had on fast_amb_occ instead of the regular amb_occ
works fine now