3ds Max 在 Volume Light 下讓 Opacity 物件透明

一般在 MAX 內要做透明貼圖的方法是在貼圖上的 map 內的 opacity 屬性給予黑白分色的貼圖，
如下圖的旗幟、大樓與路樹：

而在加入質量光後卻會因光線透不過去而破功：

在 CG Talk 上對此有一串討論:
A way to shine volume light rays through alpha masked objects?

Use mental ray, and lights with ray traced shadows. It should work.
See the attached pic I did for a test.

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裡面提到改用 mental ray 算圖再將燈光的影子使用 ray traced shadows 可以改善。

後面更有人回應這個現象應該是個 bug，藉由更改 Volume Light 與 Material 的設定可以稍微的減輕此問題。

Looks like its a minor bug. I found a workaround after a bit of wild experimentation.
Pic #1 : Density =1.0, Max Light% = 50. You can see a bright sphere, where there should be none. It must be transperent.

Pic #2 : Density = 1.0, Max Light% = 100. The sphere is gone.

Pic #3 : Density = 1.0, Max Light% = 100, Fog color = (127,127,127). In case you want it less bright, reduce the value of fog color instead of MaxLight or density.

Pic #4 : Density = 0.2, Maxlight% = 100. The sphere reappers, this time a dark one. Changing Maxlight wont do anything.

Pic #5 : Density = 0.2, Maxlight% = 100, Specular Level = 110, Glossiness = 8. Its gone. (Dont ask me why.) This may not work with other nonspherical objects.