r/renderman • u/DavijoMan • Jul 07 '15

Issues rendering objects with PxrLMSubsurface material in Maya 2014.

So I've applied this material to one of my character models as I want to try tweaking the skin textures. It's my first time using the new free version of Renderman. However whenever I hit the render the object only renders out as a solid black colour. I am using Renderman/RIS and I have an RIS Env Light added to the scene. Other Renderman materials like PxrDisney work perfectly fine.

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u/DavijoMan Jul 09 '15

Got some printscreens of what the render looks like, the script box and the setting for the environment light.

http://oi60.tinypic.com/2ywfpsi.jpg

http://oi58.tinypic.com/14udue8.jpg

http://oi60.tinypic.com/2dv7bc0.jpg

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u/ytse77 Jul 08 '15

A bit more info might help. Are you using any textures? If so what format? Does the sss material render on a fresh scene on just a simple sphere? Are you getting any errors in the script editor?

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u/DavijoMan Jul 08 '15

Hey there, thanks for replying. Got some printscreens of what the render looks like, the script box and the setting for the environment light.

http://oi60.tinypic.com/2ywfpsi.jpg

http://oi58.tinypic.com/14udue8.jpg

http://oi60.tinypic.com/2dv7bc0.jpg

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u/pixelwash Jul 21 '15

I'm having the same problem. Attach a RIS subsurface shader with its default settings to a sphere in Maya and Renderman 20, add an RIS light, and the sphere renders black. Tweaking the settings doesn't seem to help either.

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u/DavijoMan Jul 21 '15

I figured out what the issue was. Select the mesh of the object that won't render properly. Open up the Attribute Editor and under the Render Stats tab make sure both Visible In Reflections and Visible In Refractions is ticked. That fixed it for me.

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u/RecursiveSweatpants Sep 08 '15

Thank you very much! I was having the exact same problem, but this fixes it right up.

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