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    • D Offline
      DarkParadise Newcomers
      last edited by

      Hi everyone,

      Sketchup crashed while I was trying to generate a clip with animator with Vray as renderer. After restarting sketchup, vray and animator, loading my file and launching the video creation process, animator doesn't render the sky anymore while vray is (both with the "Test image" button or the general "Generate Video" button). See screenshots attached.

      Any idea ?

      Help greatly appreciated !

      Olivier

      PS I'm speaking french as well.


      Vray rendering sky

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
        last edited by

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

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        • D Offline
          DarkParadise Newcomers
          last edited by

          Hi Dave,

          profile updated ! πŸ˜‰

          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

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          • fredo6F Offline
            fredo6
            last edited by

            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.

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            • D Offline
              DarkParadise Newcomers
              last edited by

              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

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              • fredo6F Offline
                fredo6
                last edited by

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

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                • D Offline
                  DarkParadise Newcomers
                  last edited by

                  The problem remain... πŸ˜•

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                  • D Offline
                    DarkParadise Newcomers
                    last edited by

                    Hi Fredo,

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

                    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


                    Vray sky settings

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                    • fredo6F Offline
                      fredo6
                      last edited by

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

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                      • D Offline
                        DarkParadise Newcomers
                        last edited by

                        Thanks again for your help Fredo...

                        Yes I do... so strange...

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

                        natural vs vray.JPG
                        but within vray alone, everything works...

                        vray-only.jpg

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                          DarkParadise Newcomers
                          last edited by

                          Hi Fredo,

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

                          Best,

                          Olivier

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                          • fredo6F Offline
                            fredo6
                            last edited by

                            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....

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                            • D Offline
                              DarkParadise Newcomers
                              last edited by

                              Thanks...

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

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

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                              • ntxdaveN Offline
                                ntxdave
                                last edited by

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

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                                • D Offline
                                  DarkParadise Newcomers
                                  last edited by

                                  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

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                                  • D Offline
                                    DarkParadise Newcomers
                                    last edited by

                                    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:

                                    Vray only on the left, animator and Vray on the right

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

                                    thanks again for your support.

                                    Olivier

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                                    • ntxdaveN Offline
                                      ntxdave
                                      last edited by

                                      @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. πŸ˜„

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                                      • D Offline
                                        DarkParadise Newcomers
                                        last edited by

                                        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.

                                        twilight missing.JPG

                                        Any way to fix this ?

                                        Thanks again,

                                        Olivier

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                                        • ntxdaveN Offline
                                          ntxdave
                                          last edited by

                                          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.

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                                          • ntxdaveN Offline
                                            ntxdave
                                            last edited by

                                            Any resolution to your issue?

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