Maya AO 'inside' rooms

Jeremy Lindstrom

I've created AO maps in Maya before but I'm trying to do a room thats pretty much fully enclosed, I was told by someone there's just a number I mess with, is it the spread? What it is, is a room with one opening and one window, it's pretty much completely black in my AO, if I zoom out I can see the AO worked great on the outside of the model but I need it for the maps inside the room..

pliang

Its a little hard to tell without images but anyways...I would cut a small opening for the lighting and jack up the spread...the default number will get you nil.

rebb

"Max Distance" is what you want to play with.

warby

depending on which bake-method u use the value you look for might also be called falloff