Hello community,

have you mentioned that since the 2009 version Max has problems with the “render-to-texture"-feature? When you render a sphere to texture in projection mode the projected objects are also projected to the backside of the sphere, overlapping the frontside projection. In previous versions (earlier than V. 2009) this definetely did not occur.

I have prepared a file to show you the effect. Please download it under the following link:

http://www.loxogon.de/hll5656.html

Can you reproduce the bug? Do you have a workaround?

Kind regards
Arnim

This does happen in Max 2008, I just tested it.

It makes sense… the projection starts from the cage and goes into the surface of the source mesh (the sphere) until it hits all the target meshes (the text), so it’s going to bake both the “front” and the “back” text into the UVs. If you want to prevent this, simply add a copy of the sphere to the Projection list or use “Include Working Model”, then the sphere will intercept the bake rays, so the “back” text won’t be baked.