Rayscaper, My trip down the road to adjumacation.

[pixelcruncher]

@Mike-Amos Sorry to hear that you are running into this.

Which version did you try to reinstall? Can you provide me with the filename of the *.rbz file? Could it be that you tried to install one of the older versions that is not SU2024 compatible? Nevermind this, I think the ones downloaded from SketchUcation are all named Rayscaper.rbz.

Can you try to reinstall Rayscaper using this guide: https://rayscaper.com/getting-started/installation-guide/#download-and-install-via-the-sketchup-extension-manager?

It's not a licensing issue like you mentioned in your email; I think the installation is broken.

Cheers,
Thomas

[Mike Amos]

@pixelcruncher

Extension Errors Report
SketchUp: 24.0.594
OS: Windows 10
Ruby: 3.2.2

Extension: Rayscaper (0.9.30 Beta)
Error: LoadError (126: The specified module could not be found. - c:/users/user/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/rayscaper/installed/Windows/3.2.2/0.9.30 Beta/resources/SUEX_Rayscaper.so)
<internal:C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in require' <internal:C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in require'
c:/users/user/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/rayscaper/main.rbe:97:in <module:Rayscaper>' c:/users/user/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/rayscaper/main.rbe:5:in <main>'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in eval' C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in require'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load' C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/rayscaper.rb:18:in register_extension'
C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/rayscaper.rb:18:in <module:Rayscaper>' C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/rayscaper.rb:6:in <top (required)>'

James at Seeit3d believes the Sketchucation store is broken.

Numerous reinstals and various different plugins fail each time I go through the uninstall plugin folder and reinstall.

[pixelcruncher]

@Mike-Amos

Do you mind trying a direct install? You can download the RBZ file from here: link. This should download the RBZ file directly from my Google drive.

And then install it in SketchUp directly via the extension manager: Menu > Extensions > Extension Manager:

Restart SketchUp after a successful installation.

That should exclude SketchUcation.

Thanks,
Thomas

[Rich O Brien]

@Mike-Amos said in Rayscaper, My trip down the road to adjumacation.:

James at Seeit3d believes the Sketchucation store is broken.

Fake news

[Mike Amos]

@Rich-O-Brien

C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in `load'
C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/DM_artisan2.rb:21:in `register_extension'
C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/DM_artisan2.rb:21:in `<module:Artisan2>'
C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/DM_artisan2.rb:8:in `<module:DM>'
C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/DM_artisan2.rb:7:in `<top (required)>'

All sorts of errors with plugins, weird but the samsung disk scan suggested recovery for the drive which has failed due to an unknown error.

[Mike Amos]

@Mike-Amos

Greyed out, nothing doing anywhere.

[Rich O Brien]

@Mike-Amos said in Rayscaper, My trip down the road to adjumacation.:

Greyed out, nothing doing anywhere.

As I explained in our chat room. Greyed out is not representative of 'not working'.

Greyed out = Installed outside of SketchUp's ecosystem

I think your issues are bigger than 3rd party extensions.

If you run Windows own Disk Check what is the report?

So right click your drive, choose Properties, Tools tab and click Check

[Mike Amos]

@Rich-O-Brien

Weird, this suggests an error on the E drive which the other scanning programs report as healthy.

[Mike Amos]

[Mike Amos]

A little stability at the moment. Not sorted yet but moving forwards.

[Mike Amos]

@Mike-Amos

I think a less ;busy' tile texture will work better on this machine and there is no artificial lighting in that render.

Native Sketchup lighting only.

[Mike Amos]

I think the tile choice HAS mad a difference. Not a true comparison seeing as this render went to 1000 samples and used the GPU for rendering.

Still no artificial light but the lighter tile bounces rays more effectively.

[Mike Amos]

An exterior view of this small home in a hdri.

[pixelcruncher]

@Mike-Amos very nice, I like the concept.

[Mike Amos]

@pixelcruncher

Ta, simple enough which I do like myself. Flat packable too.

[Mike Amos]

Finally got a render without windoze update screaming up the works.
Exposure set at 2.00 and environment to 1.00 so still playing aorund with the settings here.

[Bryan K]

Perfect!

[Mike Amos]

@Bryan-K

Thanks, on the road at least.

A night exterior view, well more near to sundown anyway.

[pixelcruncher]

@Mike-Amos Nice result! Those lanterns could use some sphere lights for extra effect.

[Mike Amos]

@pixelcruncher

Ta, agreed. As could the interior lights. Another D'uh moment in life's drawer full. I just forgot while setting up the scene which means I should think a bit more or render earlier in the evening.....

Oh well, next time I hope I will remember.....