light instancing not illuminating the scene

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Morning,

i cant figure out what the problem is but a setup with point instancing and geometry light isn't illuminating my scene. Copy stamp works perfectly though, anybody care to take a look?

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eitht.

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I haven't opened your file, but I once had a setup with point lights being instanced using “fast” mode and didn't work at all. I had to switch to “full” to get some result.

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Hey rafaels,

i've been using full mode the whole time, appreciate yr reply.
the strange thing is, i downloaded the hip file back at home and tried again - its actually working now. Praying it will do the same tomorrow, else i'll be back here!

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I'm back, got too excited… the problem is still there. Apparently the light came from the single geometry light i had and not the point-instancing where i had animated points.

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I was fiddling with your file and found that your ground plane had a weird light mask pattern. I just deleted everything but the “*” and it worked fine…

Brace yourself for render times though!
And make sure you reduce the light intensity before you try to render.

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Would had took forever to figure out, this was an old file im reworking on!
THANKS!

eitht.
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