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When implementing a light room preset it removes reach targets

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When implementing a light room preset it removes reach targets

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So I have a scene where a character is crawling and I've used reach targets to insure his hands and feet don't slide. However I wanted to try out some new looks to the lighting so tried dragging in some lightroom presets. Everything still looks find in that the characters still play back fine but I noticed that all the reach targets have gone. Is this correct, does lightroom override these and if so why?

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I don't believe this should happen. 

First, are they no longer in the Scene Manager or are they just invisible? If the latter, try pressing Ctrl+D. This toggles dummy visibility. (The Reach Target props are implemented as dummies.)



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I ran into something similar when applying the Light Room presets. It deleted my exiting scene objects. The suggestion I got was to use the corresponding lighting setups contained in the "Atmosphere" folder just below the "Light Room" folder. Those give you just the lighting without deleting objects in the scene.
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Hmm, if that's the case I wonder what's the point of using Light Rooms? :unsure:



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Hi thanks for the replies. For some reason I didn't get alerted so I missed them.  I still haven't found a reason for this, I guess it's a bug.


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It's not a bug. Let me try to explain.
LightRooms are mini projects, which would replace all lights and props at the scene.
They usually suit well for small character demonstration projects.
Some LightRoom presets include one or more prop such as backdrop, reflector, mask.. etc.
Applying a new LightRoom clears all existing props to ensure correct "room" setup that has nothing else to disrupt the original idea of the setup.

Reach targets usually props and once LightRoom preset is applied, they are gone from the scene, thus your character looses Reach targets.

Conclusion: Either apply LightRoom presets at the very beginning, or alternatively use Atmosphere presets, which would not clear props from the scene.







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