Environment Light effect not visible in viewport

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May 12, 2019 2:50 p.m.

New user question here: I'm experimenting with lighting and not able to see the effect of an environment light in my scene.
Steps to reproduce:

New scene
Ctrl+click Create|Grid
Ctrl+click Create|Sphere
Ctrl+click Lights|Area Light
Ctrl+click Lights|Environment Light
Display Options|Lights -> Lighting Quality=High Quality Lighting and Shadows, Shadows|Ambient Occlusion=True

I'm not seeing the effect of the environment light or ambient occlusion. What step did I miss?
Thanks!

May 14, 2019 1:24 a.m.

The environment light requires a texture to have a visible effect in the scene viewer.

May 14, 2019 9:55 a.m.

Build 17.5.237 also improves the shading of environment lights without an environment map in HQ Lighting.

May 15, 2019 6:51 p.m.

Thank you! Added an HDRI to the environment light and it does appear to be behaving as expected.

Attachments:
houdini_hdriTest.png (1.3 MB)

                    
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