Load Error, repeated crash after Vray upgrade

brooklynia373 · 27 Dec 2017, 18:28

Hi, I upgraded to Vray 3 (and reprogrammed my dongle).
I am using Windows 8.1 and Sketchup Pro 2018.
I repeatedly get the message below and then SU crashes. It is unusable.
This problem is not happening in 2016 and Vray 3 works fine there.

Error Loading File C:/Program Files/Chaos Group/V-Ray/V-Ray for SketchUp/extension/ruby/init.rb
Error: #<StandardError: Failed to initialize V-Ray>
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in require' C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:inrequire’
C:/Program Files/Chaos Group/V-Ray/V-Ray for SketchUp/extension/ruby/init.rb:1:in <top (required)>' C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/Tools/extensions.rb:197:inrequire’
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load' C:/ProgramData/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/SketchUp/Plugins/vfs.rb:26:inregister_extension’
C:/ProgramData/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/SketchUp/Plugins/vfs.rb:26:in module:VRay' C:/ProgramData/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/SketchUp/Plugins/vfs.rb:4:in<top (required)>’

3dstart · 3 Jan 2018, 11:01

Just in the plugin folder find su_dynamiccomponents.rb (open it with some ruby editor in the plugin store) and add to the beginning of the code: "UI.start_timer (5, false) {"
and at the end of the code: “}”. It will load DC plugins after all other (5 = seconds, false) plugins, as well as Vray. So the Vray load will be normal and you will be able to use all the benefits of sketchup and vray.
Plugin folder on win: C:\Users\User name\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2018\SketchUp\Plugins

ark · 5 Jan 2018, 11:43

Had the same problem, and tried the above solution.
It works partly - at least Sketchup isn't crashing anymore, but i still get an error message:

Error Loading File su_dynamiccomponents.rb Error: #<SyntaxError: C:/Users/dbk/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/SketchUp/Plugins/su_dynamiccomponents.rb:28: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting ')' UI.start_timer (5, false){ ^>

Any ideas what's wrong?

David

brooklynia373 · 5 Jan 2018, 13:57

Update: Chaos group sent a custom build for me to try and it worked with all plugins enabled. I assume this will be an updated release soon.

ark · 12 Jan 2018, 10:33

Regarding problems with sketchup crashing after installing Vray 3,6 I just received this workaround from Chaos group support:

*This error seems to be caused by an incompatibility between V-Ray 3.6.1 and Dynamic Components plugin in SketchUp.
Please try the following:

Uninstall V-Ray
Open Sketchup and from the drop down menu Window --> Extension manager disable Dynamic Components extension. Then create a scene and save it, it doesn`t matter what it will be, the important part is to make a save.
After that close Sketchup, start it again, check in the Extension manager if Dynamic Components is still disabled and close Sketchup again.
Install V-Ray and start Sketchup and try to render with V-Ray.*

And there will be a sub-release fixing this problem!

David

DOg1988 · 21 Nov 2019, 12:04

C:/Program Files/Chaos Group/V-Ray/V-Ray for SketchUp/extension/ruby/base_serializerin `update_plugin_from_json' подскажите пожалуйста в чем проблема как исправит ь

Adrianoz · 28 Mar 2025, 11:36

@brooklynia373 @ark Hi guys, I am having same issue with Vray 7.00.03 so I tried 7.00.02 version and I got the same problem. Before I was using Vray 6 and there was no problem.

Error Loading File C:/Program Files/Chaos/V-Ray/V-Ray for SketchUp/extension/ruby/init.rb

Error: #<LoadError: 127: The specified procedure could not be found. - C:/Program Files/Chaos/V-Ray/V-Ray for SketchUp/extension/vray4sketchup2023.so>

D:/Sketchup 2023/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:92:in `require'

C:/Program Files/Chaos/V-Ray/V-Ray for SketchUp/extension/ruby/init.rb:45:in `block in <top (required)>'

C:/Program Files/Chaos/V-Ray/V-Ray for SketchUp/extension/agreements/agreements.rb:23:in `enforce'

C:/Program Files/Chaos/V-Ray/V-Ray for SketchUp/extension/ruby/init.rb:37:in `<top (required)>'

D:/Sketchup 2023/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in `require'

D:/Sketchup 2023/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in `load'

C:/ProgramData/SketchUp/SketchUp 2023/SketchUp/Plugins/vfs.rb:18:in `register_extension'

C:/ProgramData/SketchUp/SketchUp 2023/SketchUp/Plugins/vfs.rb:18:in `module:VRay'

C:/ProgramData/SketchUp/SketchUp 2023/SketchUp/Plugins/vfs.rb:5:in `<top (required)>'

Rich O Brien · 28 Mar 2025, 12:39

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