DGS material

[Shadowwave]

Everywhere on the internet it says to use DGS materials to create a reflective surface. It said to go to lighting/shading > Assign new materials and it would be there, but its not. Does everyone else have or do i have to DL it somewhere?

Thx.

[danlefeb]

First, check to make sure you have your mental ray plug-in loaded...

Go to "Window > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager" and make sure "Mayatomr.mll" is loaded (if you put it on auto-load, then you won't have to reload it next time you use Maya).

Second, I don't believe mental ray stuff is under the "Lighting/Shading" tab. Open up your Hypershade (Southwest in your hotbox) then go to the "Create" menu and "mental ray Materials" and you can create a DGS material there.

Once you have it created, then you can go under "Lighting/Shading" and "Assign existing material" and you should see your DGS material in there. Hope that helps!

[Shadowwave]

Sorry it took me so long to respond. I turned on mental ray, but the mental ray materials isn't there still. I think that my maya was only half-installed because none of the cloths or hairs work either.

[laxman]

check this out from the FAQ:

http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/knowledgebase.php?faq_id=306&category_id=&parent_id=

or

http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/knowledgebase.php?faq_id=8&category_id=&parent_id=

also the hair and cloth are separate modules that also need to be loaded in the plug-in manager.

[Shadowwave]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I found out how to do it now, and now i'll be able to increase the quallity of my projects.

Once again, thank you.