@06100143 said: try switching off your physical camera..^^,) No need for that. Just increase the multiplier for the HDRI map. 20-50 depending on the map. The reason is because an HDRI isn't as intense as the Sky light.

Hi Valero ! Thanks in fact i think you were true, the older parameters are overkill. And the only thing which was important for me was the absence of textsky. So i use Default without it but i Put Gi to an higher value than one because the render was too "grey". And it works fine. Thank you !

@broomstick said: just to explain why we are asking for the irmap and light cache settings: those light blots are probably due to small sample values! yes . Increase quality of rendering and spots will be gone.

Hi Have you read the manual? Its really well explained there. To get the manual go to http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/index.html download section.

NAT is not an issue once you're connected to a VPN, because you're connected to the internal network that lives behind the NAT at that point (unless you have some sort of special setup)

Andy many thanks for that seem to have cracked it now.

There is no API to modify V-Ray settings.

Hi All the video's are on youtube.....just search ASGVIS and you will find them. The materials should be avalible at the chaousgroup website soon. I hope.

You are a legend mate I must say that the longer the break the harder it is to get bet to SU and VFSU !

I think the same things happens for files on the same computer... re-opening a file with vray materials it sometimes forgets vray material settings P.s: Devin, the ability to copy a Layer between materials would be awesome!!

I would make sure to have the latest 1.49.01 installed. Now DR does work with this version, but from experience, and the word on the street is that its buggy and might give you issues.

hi valerostudio, thanks for your tips, very much appreciated. i´ll try to play with material and model, and we´ll see. cheers!

Giving up for a while, nothing I've tried so far has done anything. The only way I can do it is to look more down at the model. It's very aggravating for me right now!

There has been some discussion about this http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=37586 it is fixable. I suggest you follow the advice in this thread and post there in the future if you still have problems...

@thomthom said: Are you using the latest version? 1.49.01? Pretty sure I am... I have no trouble with rendering another project but this one won't work..so I am guessing that it's errors in this file?

The textures on other layers rely on the mapping from the diffuse layer. If you don't have a texture in diffuse, you will not have control over the mapping in SU. The best way to have a texture in diffuse that won't show up in your render is this way: In your diffuse layer, next to transparency, select the little "m" button and choose the "TexAColor" and change that color to white (100% transparent.) Add another diffuse layer to your material and make that the color that you want to render. This way, you can position the material in SU, and the maps in the other layers will correspond. (I would have linked you to the post on the vray for sketchup forum, but it's not available, and I couldn't find a description of this method in this forum. Anyone else know where there's a thorough discussion of this on sketchucation?) -Andy

@thomthom said: Avoid using pure black and pure white - they are extreme colour values that can interfere with proper calculation of light. yes, sir, and will change it tonight, thanks thomthom

Yes the site is working perfectly...