So I solved the second problem of the dark background by adjusting the BG Colour and intensity settings, but still stuck on the lights. The problem with creating an emmissive material and applying it to a tube shape is that you can see where the tube ends, and I would like the light to kind of fade away as in the image if possible..

@dcauldwell said: Ooops! my misreading of the question. Vray only shows the time it has taken to render, and not how long it is going to take. Despite this missunderstanding, im looking for this info actually... thank you Sir

A related follow up: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=54220

Nice! Amazing the resources Nomer has pulled together @valerostudio said: Sorry for the late response, but I just came across this site, which is pretty incredible. http://www.sketchuptexture.com/search/label/VISMAT%20VRAY%20SKETCHUP

We don't respond to all bug reports necessarily. Only if we need additional information, much like sending a bugsplat off to Trimble, or a crash report off to Apple or Microsoft. Due to the volume of reports, and the level of technical knowledge required to give a productive response, we just can't respond to reports very frequently. We thank you for your feedback, and I can assure you it was not lost in the system. We link related cases together, and your report was likely closed with the other cases related to it. The dome light editing issue was addressed in this release, as were the other issues mentioned in this thread. If you check the changelog of our current 2.0 public release (it's out of beta now) you should see those issues noted as being resolved.

are you able to open them if you open sketchup and then use file->open?

no... it doesn't work. I used Ambient Occlusion with normal settings but the result is not ok. What can i do? [image: Qw3R_modello16b.jpg]

If you've changed the color but it still shows as white, you might try reducing the intensity of the light. The light is probably just too bright to see the color in your render.

@cuttingedge said: hey guys , had this similar problem and had not found solution. mine looks even worse..I posted this somewhere in this site but none was able to explain. Now Im thinking to shift rendering to another software because of this issue. Can anyone help please. i think i found a solution for this as i have also experienced this with close up shots. you have to uncheck "use light cache for glossy rays" in the light cache rollout. i hope that this tip would help you out.

glad that worked, we encountered this bug about a week or two ago and fixed it.

Try RC3

Thank you very much for reply, i am not sure if it will be limited if i use textures greater resolution than 1024 pixels

Okey,I see Thank you very much again

On OSX there is an issue that requires you to specify the file extension. Aside from that, the only thing I can think of, is that the path specified either is located in a folder that doesn't exist, or there is an permissions issue preventing you from saving anything there. Choose another path and try again. Use a small scene with just a box or something.

Yup was match photo... I was able to delete the photo, revert to the same camera view and it worked. So weird, it was starting to frustrate me a bit.

but it's either/ or. You can't use both.

@andybot said: You should save out a snippet of your model with just the problem lights and part of the interior volume (delete and purge everything but the lights and some of the space) then submit a bug report to chaosgroup. You could also post it here and those with the beta could look and see if the same issue is happening. Sorry for the delayed response - I had to move on to another project for a few days, but am now back working on lighting again. I realised that this issue is replicated in all of my sketchup files, so have made a miniature file which I will upload with this post. [image: Gdn7_TestSkp.png][image: CCZd_Test.jpg] As you can see, the rectangular light clearly moves back further inside the building between sketchup and final render. If someone could try it for themselves and tell me if this issue repicates for them in either 1.49 or 1.6 that would be fantastic! @valerostudio said: Very strange. I assume the lights are components. This was an issue with the early 1.6 beta that was quickly fixed. Have you thought about trying 1.6 beta? I would love to be using 1.6 Beta already, but unfortunately I missed the registration period, and the Beta is now closed. I am happy to buy 1.6 as soon as it comes out though - so hopefully that will be any day now! Test.skp