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Dragan

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Light Instances not visible in Viewport
« on: December 11, 2025, 09:26:15 am »
I haven't used FP in a while. I noticed that the light instances don't show up in the viewport unless an FP Object is selected. Is this normal?

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Re: Light Instances not visible in Viewport
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2025, 09:59:24 am »
No, it's not normal. We used some tricks to draw lights using their native geometry, but it seems that causes problems in latest Max versions.
Please, use the Display->Proxy mode. That draws light instances as a marker dot.

If we cannot fix it, probably we'll remove that drawing method in next updates, to avoid problems.
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Dragan

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Re: Light Instances not visible in Viewport
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2025, 10:14:47 am »
Yes, I noticed that proxy converts to a dot.
Ok. I'll use some geometry (Cone, Pyramid) in a Group with a Light Source to display.
Thank you.