Pretty simple question...hoping the answer is just as easy heh. I have created 7 point lights in maya any other type of light I try and create does no illuminate. If I delete one of the point lights the new light that was not emitting turns on. It seems maya is defaulting to only allow 7 lights in hardware, high quality…
The viewport is more of a preview tool, so it wouldn't surprise me. If you are doing that kind of complicated lighting, you should probably be using unreal or something like that.