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Best Preview Render - Shadows and AO Not Rendering (solved!)

I have selected Shadows and AO in the Render menu, but the BPR does not render for the Shadows and the AO. The other renders are fine.

Any ideas why? Is this a bug or misinformation? I see nothing documenting any other necessary steps to get the Shadow and AO to render.

Would anyone like to risk a guess as to why I do not see the Shadow map and the AO map when using BPR? I’m happy to try to answer any questions, but I’m following the directions I’ve read in the documentation and am following what I’ve seen others do on YouTube. It isn’t working and I need to complete what I’m creating.

My guess is that you have Shadow turned off in the Light palette for the lights you are using.

Thank you, Marcus. You were right. Somehow, the main light had turned off its shadows - it actually was grayed out. I’m not sure how that happened, but thanks for the help!

Glad you got it working. :slight_smile: It’s possible you had the Radial button turned on in the Light>Type menu. This will disable the Shadow button. Also, note that for BPR Shadows you can only use the Sun type light.

HTH,

Good to know this is how it works. Thanks again for your helpful attention. This has been great.