3ds max 2018 - How to make an object emit lighting / glow

Z3NZY · Jan 2018

My aim is to create solid objects that can emit light.
To the effect of what's in this image with the colored balls. From that point I'll alter the setting for what I need.

Image: http://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/3DSMax/images/GUID-B36E79E0-2A4C-4FBB-B2D1-15AFEF1EC574.png

So Mental Ray is no longer a part of Max, and every tutorial I find uses methods I can't since I'm on 2018.
I've tried fiddling with the render, and the materials settings, but I'm literally just pressing buttons at random now.

Thanks for any help anyone can give. I've been trying all sorts, and have been scouring google without anything but mental ray advice popping up.

jaker3278 · Jan 2018

It looks like the current 2018 render engine is Arnold , So search for that instead. You should be looking for "Self Illumination" or "Emissive" material properties .I cant help you anymore than that

Andy_3d · Jan 2018

In Vray you can make any object glowing by changing it into light object or using VrayLightMtl.

Eric Chadwick · Jan 2018

You need to choose your Renderer, then you can decide how you want to make emissive effects. Each one does it differently.

If u choose Scanline you need to use Radiosity for the Self Illumination to actually cast light.

Arnold isn't free, if you want to render offline.

http://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2018/ENU/?guid=GUID-458D9B76-4378-455D-B59B-E766F254A57A

3ds max 2018 - How to make an object emit lighting / glow

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