HDRI problem- missing materials

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# 1 25-02-2006 , 07:10 PM

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Its pretty obvious that the interface in diffrent in maya 7 as opposed to maya 6.5. But i was doing this tutorial and it said to creat a dgs material and a dielectric material. when I look through the menus, I can't find it anywhere. Does anyone know either where to find it or the maya7 equivelant(sp?)?

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# 2 25-02-2006 , 07:32 PM

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its in the mental ray options in the material list.

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# 3 25-02-2006 , 08:14 PM

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I can't find it, do you have a screen shot?

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# 4 26-02-2006 , 11:32 AM

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here u go, its in there just keep looking. user added image

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# 5 26-02-2006 , 01:56 PM

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I don't seem to have that...I guess I'll go looking for something to download...

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# 6 26-02-2006 , 06:16 PM

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lol if u have Mental ray then u have this.

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# 7 26-02-2006 , 07:19 PM

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I thought I had mental ray but I guess I don't (...)

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# 8 26-02-2006 , 10:37 PM

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you have to go to preferneces - plugin manager- and enable the mental ray one

every maya (even pirated, i think (i wouldnt know)) has Mental RAy, its built in, you cant get the program without it

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# 9 27-02-2006 , 01:41 PM

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AHHHHHHH

I activated every single plugin and none of them were mental ray

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# 10 27-02-2006 , 01:48 PM

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edit ure post.... the simplymaya team really dont like the pirated word mentioned in here.

Also heres the plugin i circled the one u need on.

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# 11 27-02-2006 , 01:52 PM

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... buy the full version asap...

also, I have the plugin activated yet there is no dgs material

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# 12 27-02-2006 , 01:59 PM

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all of the materials seem to be just gone:

all of the mental ray materials are the same way:
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# 13 27-02-2006 , 02:03 PM

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hmm that is weird. but u can select mental ray as ure render ?

try this. 2
right click where i have circled and select "Create mental ray nodes."
and go down to photonic materials when the new menu appears.

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