3DsMax 2012 Lightmap bake with padding problem.

DimensiO

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to bake a lightmap with padding in 3dsmax 2012. Everything seems to work but the final texture file is completely white (with padding) while the preview window shows the correct bake (without padding).


Here is the final result.

Could anyone help me understand why the final texture becomes white? And how I can get the correct lightmap with padding included?

Thanks in advance.

Noors

What engine are you rendering with, what elements are you rendering ? The preview window doesn't reflect the final result.

DimensiO

Default scanlight renderer with Light tracer. Using a standard Skylight. I'm baking a Shadowsmap with Render to Texture.

Noors

The shadowsmap is for projected shadows only (+ i think it's baked in alpha).
The skylight doesn't produce such shadows.
Use the lightingmap or complete if you want the diffuse baked in too.

DimensiO

Awesome the lightingmap gave me the desired result with padding
Thank you for your time and help!