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    • andybotA
      andybot
      last edited by

      @stefanq said:

      Guys, don't take it personally

      That was a sarcastic joke. I appreciate that CG is keeping the continuity of the asgvis developer staff, but they could give those developers more resources if they chose to, like, you know, 14 day weeks. πŸ˜†

      @stinkie - what really bugs me is that they have a bunch of bug fixes already done - Devin has said so in posts early last year. I would love to have a beta to play with too. (Hell, we're basically playing with a beta currently...)

      http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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        valerostudio
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        AS I read this forum there's an ad at the bottom of the screen for Twilight which is $100. Why am I wasting my office's money on a $900 rendering plugin that cannot hasn't see an update in 2 years? Seriously guys, this is a big chunk of change to drop on any plug-in for SketchUp, so please take us seriously here.

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        • andybotA
          andybot
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          'cause it's still better than twilight?

          http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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          • StinkieS
            Stinkie
            last edited by

            @andybot said:

            @stinkie - what really bugs me is that they have a bunch of bug fixes already done - Devin has said so in posts early last year. I would love to have a beta to play with too. (Hell, we're basically playing with a beta currently...)

            Early last year? 😲

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            • andybotA
              andybot
              last edited by

              I couldn't find an earlier post, but here's one example.
              http://www.chaosgroup.com/forums/vbulletin/showthread.php?63131-New-version-of-V-Ray-for-SketchUp-has-been-released!-1-49-01&p=535048#post535048
              I definitely recall they were talking about having some bugs fixed back in April.

              http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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              • StinkieS
                Stinkie
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                Thanks. The last post in that thread is spot on.

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                • holmes1977H
                  holmes1977
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                  Im the same. I look forward to new features but can wait. But to wait this long for MAJOR bug fixes is not on. The bugs have slowed my work flow down. Hence I haven't pushed to do any photo realistic renders for my clients. Cos there just isn't the money in it for me. Which is the whole reason i bought the software in the first place. To provide an extra service.

                  Im not disappointed with the Softimage Vray plugin, cos Chaosgroup prob developed that. Not Chaosgroup USA which develops SU and Rhino plugins. Im just liveried about the absence of bug fixes.

                  They have said that Vray for Rhino 1.5 should be released at the end of Feb and then its back onto Vray for SU. So here's hoping bug fixes will be released in the next 2months.

                  Exaggeration makes a dull story better.

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                  • StinkieS
                    Stinkie
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                    @holmes1977 said:

                    So here's hoping bug fixes will be released in the next 2months.

                    Yeah. They ought to release a debugged version prior to adding new features. If they don't, I'll have no choice but to conclude it isn't in my best interest to remain a customer of theirs. I've been eying C4D+Vray for some time now -costs more, but stuff gets fixed.

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                    • andybotA
                      andybot
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                      @unknownuser said:

                      I've been eying C4D+Vray for some time now

                      Me too... along with looking at Thea, various Blender add-ons, and what have you.
                      I wish I didn't have to spend my time looking into other software, I actually have projects I need to get work done on. If anyone figures out what's the best and cheapest way to get vray outside of vfsu, I'm all ears. If anyone knows if the Blender plugin is anywhere close to release that would be nice to know too.

                      http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                      • StinkieS
                        Stinkie
                        last edited by

                        πŸ’š 😲

                        http://i41.tinypic.com/e13k2q.png

                        @andybot said:

                        If anyone knows if the Blender plugin is anywhere close to release that would be nice to know too.

                        Been out for some time, hasn't it?

                        http://vray.cgdo.ru/

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                        • andybotA
                          andybot
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                          Thanks for that link. I was looking at this page. should have looked fruther

                          http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                            valerostudio
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                            Same here - eyeing MAX and Vray. It's the industry standard for a reason. Much more stable and much more support. I am currently testing SketchUp to MAX and seeing how clean that is.

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                            • StinkieS
                              Stinkie
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                              @andybot said:

                              Thanks for that link.

                              You're welcome. I've been keeping an eye on Vray for Blender as well. Might be a better choice than Vray for C4D, considering the plugin and the host app are both free. Also, I own both Indigo and Thea -those have plugins for Blender as well.

                              Hmmm ... 😎

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                              • thomthomT
                                thomthom
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                                V-Ray for Blender require the standalone version of V-Ray - not something that's free...

                                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                • StinkieS
                                  Stinkie
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                                  I know.

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                                  • andybotA
                                    andybot
                                    last edited by

                                    It's still a great value - $490 for a single license...
                                    versus nearly $3.5k for C4d, Maya, 3dsMax...

                                    http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                                    • holmes1977H
                                      holmes1977
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                                      has anyone used Vray stand alone. There isnt alot of info out there. Its not like a software you can import a model, add materials and proxies too, then render is it?

                                      Exaggeration makes a dull story better.

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                                      • andybotA
                                        andybot
                                        last edited by

                                        If I go that route, I'll let you know. Basically from what I understand, the Blender plugin exports a vrscene file, which then the standalone prorgram renders out the image or animation. All the material, lighting, etc, is done in Blender.

                                        http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                                        • StinkieS
                                          Stinkie
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                                          Correct. Vray Standalone will only open .vrscene files. It doesn't even haven an UI, as far as I know.

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                                            valerostudio
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                                            Enough said. forum screenshot.JPG

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