Lightmaps Not Working

[aaronmwolford]

Hello Everyone, I have a question in regards to my light maps. I've decided to light my scene with the daylight system in Max, I've uved the model in channel 2 and baked my lightmap, but my shadows aren't showing up at all... Do daylight systems work? It seems weird that it would have baked the lighting out and they not work at all. Thoughts?

[tonyd927]

In your "render setup" options under rendering, make sure light tracer is activated and cast shadows is on.

[aaronmwolford]

okay both were done and no luck. I have the lightmap under the self illum slot with channel 2 selected.

[maxthebest685]

do render scene. is shadows visible in render ? than it should come in bake as well.. Checkout Shadows Parameter. Is shadow on ? what is your shadow method ? i have tries and use Scanline as a Rendered and chose Ray traced Shadows in Shadow parameter of Daylight. So use Ray Traced Shadow if you are using Scanline and Mental ray Shadow map if you are using Mental ray. and yes don't forget to activate Light Tracer in advance lighting panel in render setup.