Max 7 render to texture - blank output

Rick Stirling

Morning fightfans.

I'm using max7 at work, and rendering out textures and normal maps. They appear fine in the preview window, but I have noticed that all the outputs that are saved (with padding etc.) are pure black.

Any ideas? Have I toggled a "make black images" output or something?

Eric Chadwick

My apologies if I'm pointing out the obvious, but...

Using the correct UV channel?
All UVs within the 0-1 range?

Eric Chadwick

Oh, also wondering if the UVs are flipped. Backfacing UVs will not be rendered.

And make sure there are no overlapping UVs in the 0-1 box. I simply move all my overlaps and mirrored bits 1 unit over (using Chuggnut's UV tools) so they're outside the bake box, and leave them there.

Rick Stirling

Since they appear fine in the preview window, I would expect that its all ok on the model. This is happeneing on every model I try.

There are no overlaps, everything is within the uv box.

Joshua Stubbles

I've had this happen a LOT, though I cannot pinpoint what the issue is. It's happened to me in both max6 and 7, so it's not a version-specific issue. Although, since I've gotten my new PC at work, it's been working fine. No idea

Eric Chadwick

hmmm. I dunno then. Have heard of this happening before too. Can't recall the fix.

Rick Stirling

Reinstall of max seemed to fix it