Animator not rendering the sky with Vray after crash

Dave R

What version of SketchUp are you using? Your profile indicates a version that doesn't and never has existed. What version of Vray?

DarkParadise

Hi Dave,

profile updated !

Sketchup 22
Vray for sketchup 6.00.01

PC, Dell 7820 tower with Intel xeon bronze 3204 cpu @1.9 ghz, 48 GB Ram, 2 Nvidia Quadro P1000 graphic cards (4 GB GDDR5. Memory Interface. each)

Let me know if you need other infos.

Best regards,

Olivier

fredo6

Animator does not interact with the rendering settings of VRay. So, the problem might be in the VRay API. As you had a crash, it might be that some hidden processes are alive.

So, I will suggest that you reboot the computer and try again.

DarkParadise

Dear Fredo,

thanks for your reply.

Actually, I did restart my machine, but the issue persist this morning.

Any other idea ?

All the best,

Olivier

fredo6

What happens if you create a new animation from scratch and render it?

DarkParadise

The problem remain...

DarkParadise

Hi Fredo,

I still haven't found a fix to the problem... I'm getting

Is the setting of the sky in vray correct ? Should I try to re-install vray ? Could I send you the files so that you could do a test on your machine ?

Any help greatly appreciated,

Thanks in advance,

Olivier

Vray sky settings

fredo6

If you do a Natural render, do you get the sky displayed?

DarkParadise

Thanks again for your help Fredo...

Yes I do... so strange...

here is a comparison of natural vs vray render through animator...

natural vs vray.JPG
but within vray alone, everything works...

DarkParadise

Hi Fredo,

I'm desperate... Do you think that a reinstall of Vray would change something ? Any other idea ?

Best,

Olivier

fredo6

This may be an idea. On my side, I am short of clues to understand how Animator could prevent things to happen (or not) in VRay....

DarkParadise

Thanks...

That's why I'm desperate, What other renderer would you use ?

I'll keep you posted for the re-install.

ntxdave

You might try Twilight Render. I have used it with Animator and never had any problems.

DarkParadise

Hi Dave,

thanks for the tip ! I'll give it a try with the hobby version... Are you aware of any limitation with this one ?

All the best,

Olivier

DarkParadise

Dear Fredo,

I also tried with a prior version to the crash and the problem persits. So it's not due to some file corruption of some sort.

I uninstalled Vray and re-installed it, and the problems remains as it is:

Vray only on the left, animator and Vray on the right

It is so strange. Should I also try to uninstall/install Animator ?

thanks again for your support.

Olivier

ntxdave

@darkparadise said:

Hi Dave,

thanks for the tip ! I'll give it a try with the hobby version... Are you aware of any limitation with this one ?

All the best,

Olivier

Not really. I have used it many times with Animator. They also have several tutorials and a good support team.

Let’em know I recommended them.

DarkParadise

Dave, hi again !

I've installed Twilight 2 in Sketchup. Rendering seems fine with the render engine from the software itself, but I can't see it in the Generation of Video in Animator.

twilight missing.JPG

Any way to fix this ?

Thanks again,

Olivier

ntxdave

I am having problems with my laptop so I cannot currently explore this for you, but Twilight Render should show up in the Generate Video toolbar. It has always been there for me. It has been quite a while so I cannot remember how to add it.

I would suggest you post in the Animator thread. Fredo is always pretty good at responding. You might also post the question in the Twilight Render forum.

Sorry I cannot run it to help you.

ntxdave

Any resolution to your issue?

fredo6

@darkparadise said:

I also tried with a prior version to the crash and the problem persits. So it's not due to some file corruption of some sort.

I uninstalled Vray and re-installed it, and the problems remains as it is:

[attachment=0:3b2vx4d8]Vray vs vray and animator 20020113.JPG[/attachment:3b2vx4d8]

It is so strange. Should I also try to uninstall/install Animator ?

I don't think you need to uninstall Animator (the video management is in LibFredo6 anyway).

Likewise, if this happens with any model, I don't think this is useful to send me the model.

There must be a setting left in VRay which is used by the VRay API. So, I would recommend you post to the VRay forum, asking whether the API has a separate configuration versus the direct rendering within VRay.