display lightmaps in max?

dolemite

hi guys,


Do any of you know a good way to display lightmaps in 3ds max? Like if I have a scene, with many objects and I want to blend the lightmap on top of their textures?


thanks!

r_fletch_r

set selfillumination to 100%
put diffuse into multiply RGB node, or composite node and mulitply the lightmap over the diffuse.
you may need to increase the output of the lightmap it the bitmap node.

dolemite

awesome thanks!

dolemite

wow thanks!

Great help guys, I kind of racked my brain around this for a while. It's not something I normally have to do.

dolemite

pern, is there a way to view the map and the diffuse at the same time? WIth the two different UVW channels?

thanks