Are you working over a network with DR? Are you running the latest build 2.00.24261(SP1)on all machines? Make sure all machines are running the same version of V-Ray when working over a network. If youre still having trouble you should contact Chaos Group Support at support@chaosgroup.com

OMG - you are a genius! Thank you!!!!!

Andybot is the best!!!

Mates, Thanks in advance for all your kind supports. Due to the fact that my book is dedicated to V. 2x, I decided to reduce the proposed price to $6 and think for those who may find it handy, it is the right time to buy it. The basics concepts on material and lighting in the most recent version are the same as previous( I mean the main concepts such as Reflection, refraction, bump, displacement, light values, light types, etc) and even in some realms, the changes are very subtle. But the interface has drastically changed so if one is going to use the recent versions, my book is outdated and obsolete. I hope to have some spare time to update it to the most recent version if my computer bears it (while seems due to rapid updates, it is not so wise). Just saw that a most recent and comprehensive book for more advanced users is announced on the sub-forum by another user.

The next thing that can greatly slow down a renderings LC is the use of transparent diffuse textures. Always turn them into a VRayBRDF glass material and delete your diffuse layer. If they the material is supposed to represent a soft transparent material use a V-Ray two sided material to simulate a soft transparent (cloth, drapes, lamp shades etc..) Your rendering speeds will be greatly increased.

I have the problem found. after I've tried various ior settings and it was not better, I have the scene checked again. I accidentally two Glasses copied over each other!

it sounds like there may be an error happening. Please contact support@chaosgroup.com

Ben, you need to post the actual error text rather than a description of what you saw.

There is a solution for the bright spots. Under Settings/Color mapping tab uncheck "Sub-pixel mapping". I don't have an answer for the IES problem. If your copy of V-ray is cracked maybe thats the issue, a bad crack...just saying...

@agentorange said: I'm having the same problem too. Ive reloaded sketch up pro 2014 and the latest version of Vray, done this a few times but still have major crash problems. I've had 6 crashes today and the model is 80meg in size, used Cleanup3 a few times to tidy up my file. Also does the 'bugsplat' work on a Mac? I'm on a Mack using 10.9.4. Sketchup Pro 2014 Version 14.1.1283 There is a known Memory leak bug on the Mac Side of Sketchup. Because of the way Mac's allocate memory per program, not per window, if you don't fully quit out of a scene file, the memory builds up until it maxes out the ram. For example; Open 80mb file, close only the window (don't quit Sketchup) and Sketchup holds on to some of the previously used memory. Open your next scene or 80gb, and it adds the unreleased memory to the new used memory. This coupled with the fact that Sketchup is still a 32 bit program, and you get lots of crashes on start up. Suggestions for Mac (OS 10.8/9) users specifically: Always open one scene file at a time. Always open directly from the scene file you will be working in by double clicking. After completing your work on a project or a scene save and quit Sketchup before opening a new scene file. If a crash loop occurs, start with a reboot of the computer, if that doesn't work next step is to re-install V-Ray. Hope that helps. If the problem persists please contact support@chaosgroup.com for more help.

Thanks man! I was just impatient, i'ts working just the way I need it to work. Sorry for thr trouble and thanks for the Plugin!

One quick way to use an LC map for multiple frames is to set it for animation. It will calculate for all the frames at once, then you can use the same map for all your views. You do need to set the samples higher - like 1600 or so (instead of the default 800)

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I would love to see a Mac version too.

What version of V-Ray are you working on? There was a similar bug in the initial release of 2.0 that caused this, but it has since been corrected in Service Pack 1 which can be downloaded here: http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/downloads.html?s=v-ray-sketchup

Yeah, there is no way thats a 8000 pixel image. Your demo limit is only rendering at 600.

you could also try brute force rendering instead of irradiance map. Either way, definitely needs more light.