Rayscaper New Releases

pixelcruncher

Hey guys,

Looking into the crashes.

Hello, if I leave Rayscaper open and import a texture directly onto a face (with the import tool) it crashes

Was this on the first texture, or after multiple imports?

I can't create an emissive material with an image, if I increase the power the image disappears and the texture is white. I can't make a monitor screen. Can someone help me?

Currently, Rayscaper doesn't support emission with a texture. Which image are you talking about? Maybe a screenshot of your setup helps me understand it better.

Another crash when reopening RS and trying to apply a texture

Looking into the crashes, I think (I hope) I found the root cause.

I understand the frustrations, and I appreciate your help in making the software a lot better!

Cheers,
Thomas

Krass

Nice render Mike!

@pixelcruncher said in Rayscaper New Releases:

Was this on the first texture, or after multiple imports?

I created a surface and imported a texture

I found a solution to make an image emissive: for example for PC screens on the following images I make a copy of the face that must receive the image and I place it in front 2 or 3 millimeters of the initial face to which I applied an emissive. On this copy of the face I put my image as texture and I increase the Transmission slider, and it works well. (I just discovered this feature!)
ci-dessous 3 rendus avec un upscale KREA.AI

Krass

for the record, all the furniture is really at my house, but I tried to see in these images what I could fit into this apartment that I could buy....
the character is not contractual, I have a shaved head!

pixelcruncher

@Mike-Amos Very nice render!

pixelcruncher

@Krass Great renders! Glad you found a workaround. That computer screen looks believable to me.

(www.krea.ai)

You render it grainy in a low res, and then let it upscale? Or do you enhance the images in other ways with AI?

BTW, I found the issue, will post a fix shortly. The crash occurs when you load too many thumbnails in the asset browser.

Cheers,
Thomas

Krass

I use AI Upscale to get a sharper render and correct details, characters, it improves materials, wood, etc.

pixelcruncher

Hey, Rayscaper users!

Another release!

Rayscaper 0.9.69 Beta is available in the SketchUcation store. As
always, I recommend upgrading to the latest version.

What Changed?

Fix a crash when scrolling the asset browser. - @Krass can you let me know if this version behaves better for you?

Help Me Build the Community

If you like Rayscaper, please share your renders (final or work-in-progress, it doesn’t matter)! This is motivating
and helps me showcase its capabilities to new users.

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Happy Rendering!

Mike Amos

@pixelcruncher

Oh well, that lasted a long time did it not.

I cannot run Rayscaper, it is installed but, when I start the app the !render! window will not open.

All this happened post a diffusion update.

Report below.

Extension Errors Report
SketchUp: 24.0.594
OS: Windows 11
Ruby: 3.2.2

Extension: SketchUp Diffusion (1.2025.09.28)
Error: LoadError (127: The specified procedure could not be found. - C:/Users/mike1/AppData/Local/Temp/SketchUpDiffusion.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/mike1/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/su_diffusion/su_loader.rbe:28:in <module:SketchUpDiffusion>' c:/users/mike1/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/su_diffusion/su_loader.rbe:1: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/mike1/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/su_diffusion.rb:21:in register_extension'
C:/Users/mike1/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/su_diffusion.rb:21:in <module:SketchUpDiffusion>' C:/Users/mike1/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/su_diffusion.rb:5:in <top (required)>'

Krass

Hello, Pixelcruncher,
I'have installed RS 9.6.9
I'm testing it. When I hide a SU tag it stays visible. The only way seems to Hide a group so that it will not be visible. So: we can't use Hide/reveal Tags?

Mike Amos

Going cold turkey, sketchup is completely uninstalled for a while.

Krass

This time I have a scene that is a bit heavy, I copied an entire apartment in duplicate and when I open RS, it is active but the window does not want to enlarge and remains stuck in the taskbar. We can see in the thumbnail that it is working on the project, it is rendering... but I also did not have a Rayscaper loading window

Krass

The latest version is broken for me... I installed it and I don't think I restarted SU and it worked. But now the window is stuck in the taskbar;
I'm going to reinstall 9.6.4 to test.

Krass

Ok, rayscaper is back if I use 9.6.4

Mike Amos

Need a revert version button.