Skydomes and Iray

SaintOfTheDragons

I searched the forums briefly and didn't see any relevant results, so I thought I'd post.

Whenever I have a set light source and a skydome, the scene gets incredibly dark when rendering in Iray. There is no issue when I render the scene using 3Delight. The lighting is no problem if I remove the skydome in Iray. Does anyone have a similar problem or know how to fix this one?

vwrangler

Traditional skydomes don't work in Iray. They're solid objects that don't emit light, so it's basically putting a fitted cover over your scene.

If you want to use skydomes, you'll need something like http://www.daz3d.com/iray-worlds-skydome

Otherwise, you'll need to use some sort of HDR environment; there should be a lot in the forums about that.

Fishtales

There are a few threads about this but using the forum search doesn't work well. Try using Google instead.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?client=opera&q=using+skydomes+in+iray+daz+studio&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

One or two to start with.

http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/56724/iray-and-skydomes

http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/68494/skydome-not-showing-in-render