Animator not rendering the sky with Vray after crash

Dave R · 3 Jan 2023, 15:08

What version of SketchUp are you using? Your profile indicates a version that doesn't and never has existed. What version of Vray?

DarkParadise · 3 Jan 2023, 18:05

Hi Dave,

profile updated !

Sketchup 22
Vray for sketchup 6.00.01

PC, Dell 7820 tower with Intel xeon bronze 3204 cpu @1.9 ghz, 48 GB Ram, 2 Nvidia Quadro P1000 graphic cards (4 GB GDDR5. Memory Interface. each)

Let me know if you need other infos.

Best regards,

Olivier

fredo6 · 4 Jan 2023, 10:14

Animator does not interact with the rendering settings of VRay. So, the problem might be in the VRay API. As you had a crash, it might be that some hidden processes are alive.

So, I will suggest that you reboot the computer and try again.

DarkParadise · 4 Jan 2023, 10:33

Dear Fredo,

thanks for your reply.

Actually, I did restart my machine, but the issue persist this morning.

Any other idea ?

All the best,

Olivier

fredo6 · 4 Jan 2023, 14:20

What happens if you create a new animation from scratch and render it?

DarkParadise · 4 Jan 2023, 17:09

The problem remain...

DarkParadise · 7 Jan 2023, 15:09

Hi Fredo,

I still haven't found a fix to the problem... I'm getting

Is the setting of the sky in vray correct ? Should I try to re-install vray ? Could I send you the files so that you could do a test on your machine ?

Any help greatly appreciated,

Thanks in advance,

Olivier

fredo6 · 7 Jan 2023, 18:01

If you do a Natural render, do you get the sky displayed?

DarkParadise · 8 Jan 2023, 15:25

Thanks again for your help Fredo...

Yes I do... so strange...

here is a comparison of natural vs vray render through animator...

but within vray alone, everything works...

DarkParadise · 12 Jan 2023, 19:18

Hi Fredo,

I'm desperate... Do you think that a reinstall of Vray would change something ? Any other idea ?

Best,

Olivier

fredo6 · 12 Jan 2023, 20:35

This may be an idea. On my side, I am short of clues to understand how Animator could prevent things to happen (or not) in VRay....

DarkParadise · 12 Jan 2023, 20:49

Thanks...

That's why I'm desperate, What other renderer would you use ?

I'll keep you posted for the re-install.

ntxdave · 12 Jan 2023, 20:59

You might try Twilight Render. I have used it with Animator and never had any problems.

DarkParadise · 13 Jan 2023, 16:58

Hi Dave,

thanks for the tip ! I'll give it a try with the hobby version... Are you aware of any limitation with this one ?

All the best,

Olivier

DarkParadise · 13 Jan 2023, 17:08

Dear Fredo,

I also tried with a prior version to the crash and the problem persits. So it's not due to some file corruption of some sort.

I uninstalled Vray and re-installed it, and the problems remains as it is:

It is so strange. Should I also try to uninstall/install Animator ?

thanks again for your support.

Olivier

ntxdave · 13 Jan 2023, 17:21

@darkparadise said:

Hi Dave,

thanks for the tip ! I'll give it a try with the hobby version... Are you aware of any limitation with this one ?

All the best,

Olivier

Not really. I have used it many times with Animator. They also have several tutorials and a good support team.

Let’em know I recommended them.

DarkParadise · 13 Jan 2023, 21:28

Dave, hi again !

I've installed Twilight 2 in Sketchup. Rendering seems fine with the render engine from the software itself, but I can't see it in the Generation of Video in Animator.

Any way to fix this ?

Thanks again,

Olivier

ntxdave · 13 Jan 2023, 22:34

I am having problems with my laptop so I cannot currently explore this for you, but Twilight Render should show up in the Generate Video toolbar. It has always been there for me. It has been quite a while so I cannot remember how to add it.

I would suggest you post in the Animator thread. Fredo is always pretty good at responding. You might also post the question in the Twilight Render forum.

Sorry I cannot run it to help you.

ntxdave · 15 Jan 2023, 00:25

Any resolution to your issue?

fredo6 · 15 Jan 2023, 11:57

@darkparadise said:

I also tried with a prior version to the crash and the problem persits. So it's not due to some file corruption of some sort.

I uninstalled Vray and re-installed it, and the problems remains as it is:

[attachment=0:3b2vx4d8]Vray vs vray and animator 20020113.JPG[/attachment:3b2vx4d8]

It is so strange. Should I also try to uninstall/install Animator ?

I don't think you need to uninstall Animator (the video management is in LibFredo6 anyway).

Likewise, if this happens with any model, I don't think this is useful to send me the model.

There must be a setting left in VRay which is used by the VRay API. So, I would recommend you post to the VRay forum, asking whether the API has a separate configuration versus the direct rendering within VRay.