An Interesting Error


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By RyderHS - 6 Years Ago
Hi,
When I render with indigo, I see an object that is not on the stage.
How i solve this problem? I attached the project file.
Thanks.

https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/4de1e23b-c919-481e-b7bb-3d80.jpg
By Keith_MPS - 6 Years Ago
When you export to Indigo, it will show you all of the objects and their textures in a list.  You can go through that list and see if there's something you don't recognize.

Also, Indigo will make visible any hidden or dummy objects.  I believe you can hide them again inside Indigo, but I just design scenes around that limitation.

Still, that object doesn't look like a camera, point light or anything else common.
By 4u2ges - 6 Years Ago
That is a corrupt spotlight in iClone. Looks like some hidden mesh has gotten attached to it somehow and it bound to the center of scene. Just delete it and create new.
Looks interesting though. It's like a shapeshifter - changing shapes as you change Spotlight parameters and color.
This is a render with only that spotlight in the scene

https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/f0bba5d9-c670-450f-9a5f-2cd6.jpg
By Rogue Anime - 6 Years Ago
It's alive... IT'S ALIVE!!  Laugh  ~V~
By RyderHS - 6 Years Ago
Laugh
By RyderHS - 6 Years Ago
I added a new spotlight and delete previous. But problem is continuing.https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/9af9d565-08bc-4f18-9e60-15c9.jpg
By 4u2ges - 6 Years Ago
Yes, it appears to be an iClone 7.2 bug. Replacing spotlight does not help. And it seems now the "ghost" mesh is nothing
but a deformed spotlight dummy enclosure reveled in Indigo right in the center of the scene (regardless where the spotlight itself is positioned).
I am with Indigo RT4 where spotlight does not work anyway and usually using emissive objects instead.
You can try the same.
By RyderHS - 6 Years Ago
Understood, thank you.
By animagic - 6 Years Ago
4u2ges (2/8/2018)
I am with Indigo RT4 where spotlight does not work anyway and usually using emissive objects instead.
You can try the same.

So you can use iClone scenes in Indigo RT4? I wasn't clear on that since for Indigo 3 RT we used a special iClone-specific version. Using Indigo 4 would make it a bit more interesting. Seems that it is still in beta though.
By raxel_67 - 6 Years Ago
Spotlights and Point lights will always show in indigo, in kai's tutorial he mentions that, also mentions that if you are going to use them they should be out of the camera view
By 4u2ges - 6 Years Ago
animagic (2/8/2018)
4u2ges (2/8/2018)
I am with Indigo RT4 where spotlight does not work anyway and usually using emissive objects instead.
You can try the same.

So you can use iClone scenes in Indigo RT4? I wasn't clear on that since for Indigo 3 RT we used a special iClone-specific version. Using Indigo 4 would make it a bit more interesting. Seems that it is still in beta though.


I have not touched it for a while since the release of IC7, but it seems they now have a stable version available (got to test it at some point). Yes, RT 4 would work with iClone 7. I have both RT3 and 4 installed in different folders and can switch with just pointing to the right executable in iClone. But once you get a taste of 4 you would never go back to 3 (that is if you still use Indigo). Aside from other improvements, the main advantage is a blazing render speed with Open CL. Still not enough to animate complex scenes, but for something simple (simple still needs to be defined in terms of lighting, poly counts, specularity.. etc) it is quite doable.
Here is a speed comparison I made a while ago https://forum.reallusion.com/FindPost329996.aspx



raxel_67 (2/8/2018)
Spotlights and Point lights will always show in indigo, in kai's tutorial he mentions that, also mentions that if you are going to use them they should be out of the camera view


They sure would. But in iClone 6 Spotlight would show up at the point of placement, while in iClone 7 only light ball of the Spotlight would be at the placement location. The dummy enclosure is always at the center and it is deformed. It is a bug.
By 4u2ges - 6 Years Ago
There is actually an easy fix for the Spotlight bug:



By RyderHS - 6 Years Ago
Thank you very much.