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Environment HDRI map is reflected in glass with 'draw dome' off

airlegacy22airlegacy22 Posts: 34
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

Hi there!

So I have a building with huge windows on one side. Basically, the entire wall section is just glass. Now the problem is, even though the "draw dome" option is turned off, there is still a silhouette-like reflection in the glass, courtesy of the HDRI map I'm using. So far, the only way to eliminate it is either using no map for the dome, or using the sun-sky option.

If anyone out there knows how to deal with this issue, your help would be much appreciated! Thanks!

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,941

    That is the expected behaviour - reflective surfaces reflect the light sources. It's the same as turning Render Emitter off for Scene lights, they still show in reflections.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,219
    edited October 2019

    use a plain HDRi with gradients

    I have a few that are basically just light maps

    you might find some here in your library
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\My DAZ 3D Library\Runtime\textures\omnifreaker\Environment

    Post edited by WendyLuvsCatz on
  • JonnyRayJonnyRay Posts: 1,744

    Also, if you don't need ANY reflections in the glass, you can always reduce the reflectivity on the glass surface to remove it. Doesn't work as well though if you want to have some reflections but not the dome.

  • Redgamer369Redgamer369 Posts: 48
    edited October 2023

    Richard Haseltine said:

    That is the expected behaviour - reflective surfaces reflect the light sources. It's the same as turning Render Emitter off for Scene lights, they still show in reflections.

    Well, it wouldn't hurt them to make a complete render emitter off and a draw dome off feature. After everything ease of use was the main reason why this software got massively popular.

    Post edited by Redgamer369 on
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,941

    Hurt who? Daz does not develop Iray. I think it is probably at least partly down to Daz that we have the new ghosting options at all.

  • PetegePetege Posts: 17

    Redgamer369 said:

    Richard Haseltine said:

    That is the expected behaviour - reflective surfaces reflect the light sources. It's the same as turning Render Emitter off for Scene lights, they still show in reflections.

    Well, it wouldn't hurt them to make a complete render emitter off and a draw dome off feature. After everything ease of use was the main reason why this software got massively popular.

    If you don't want the light from the environment map, set the Environment Map value to 0!

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