Hi Robby thanks for your reply!

Yes I also tried playing with the ior values but didn't quite get the effect I was looking for. Also the glass bulb seems to be 2 sided. Anyways I just decided to copy the correct bulbs again for me to move on. But if anyone can explain how or why this happens that would be great!

A quick fix would be to convert the texture to JPG. It doesn't have an Alpha channel.

Animator uses the FFmpeg executable with parameters on the command line. This is why, at least on Windows, you get a transient black window. I don't know for Mac.

You need the Extension and the latest Fredo Lib both to be installed.
Then you need to restart SketchUp completely, to ensure everything is properly synced.

Also read the Extension's usage guidance - to make sure you understand how its menu is accessed, and also any Toolbar details etc...

Thanks a lot for your answer and another big thank for your great job 😄.

You should contact Chaos Group's Customer Support.

@lasswt said:

The strange thing is that it has worked before, but I can't remember what was different.

May be your setting in VRay. Try to make the rendering not too heavy in calculation. You should test it before.

@andybot said:

My understanding is that the current version of the plugin doesn't activate until you use it, so the loader isn't needed any more.

Oh. Okay. Thanks. 👍

@einstein said:

What was added in v2.1.6? I cannot find an accurate changelog.

Support for SketchUp 2021.

When only the patch version (the third digit) is updated it's only minor fixes/tweaks. Only minor and major version updates contains new features.

I'm facing the same problem. I tried various VPNs like urbanVPN, hideVPN

Is there any good VPN that you would recommend?

Also do I need to change the VPN settings on Windows 11?

Thanks in advance.

Glad to know!
Sure I'll help find other bugs (if there are any!).

Coll new features you added! Can't wait to test them!

@lasswt said:

What I really want to know is if you can pause the rendering process of an animation and continue later on?

This is not supported for the time being, but with rendering, it makes a lot of sense as each frame can takes minutes or more to be generated.

@lasswt said:

Edit: I'm rendering with 60 frames per seconds. Is this too much?

I would suggest you try with Natural rendering (e.g. NO rendering) and see which frame rate is appropriate. To me, a frame rate of 36 should be already quite good for human eyes.
Note that you can also play with the speed of the movie.