Rayscaper New Releases

Mike Amos

He is away for a week, a well earned break but he believes there is an issue with the latest build which he aims to fix when he gets back.

I got a new office chair today, supposedly good for bad backs.

If anyone suggests this, https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D2HB14FK?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

DON'T. More wobbly than a bathtub in the ocean.

Hence headache/backache etc. Jolly good fun. Actually I could give it a pass.

I had a notification of a noo Sketchup build, downloaded it and the only way forwards was repair or delete. Not much of anything working today and Maxwell which WAS working, off on hols too.

Mike Amos

OK, after a LOT of faffing, it seems that .92 is being installed adjacent to .91 rather than over it.

I uninstalled .92 today and did a pc restart.

Rayscaper is still present.

Started to render to, on checking it is .91.

Also, not finding the graphics card so reverting to cpu rendering.

.91 errors.jpg

Mike Amos

pixelcruncher

Hey, Rayscaper users!

Rayscaper 0.9.93 Beta is available. You can get it via:

The SketchUcation store.
Direct download: Rayscaper_Win_0.9.93_Beta.rbz.

I recommend upgrading to the latest version.

What Changed?

Fix SketchUp tag visibility updates for nested groups and components. Nested geometry now appears and reappears correctly in Rayscaper when you toggle tags in SketchUp, matching the SketchUp viewport more reliably.
Fix material picking when hidden or invisible objects sit in front of visible geometry. The picker now selects the material you clicked instead of the hidden object blocking it.
Fix crashes after exploding SketchUp tag folders and then changing tag visibility.
Improve viewport navigation and panel controls with a simpler pan/zoom path and a fixed panel layout.

Full release notes: rayscaper.com/manual/release-notes

Help Me Build the Community

If you like Rayscaper, please share your renders (final or work-in-progress, it doesn't matter)! This is motivating
and helps me showcase its capabilities to new users.

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Happy Rendering!
Thomas

pixelcruncher

Rayscaper users, a heads up: I accidentally uploaded the previous 0.9.92 version to the SketchUcation Extension Store. If you installed Rayscaper in the last 4 days, you may have reinstalled the previous version. (@mike-amos Thanks for the heads up!).

I’ve uploaded the latest 0.9.93 version now. If you download and install the extension again, it should install version 0.9.93 correctly.

Apologies for the hassle.

Happy Rendering!
Thomas

Mike Amos

No hassle, stuff happens remain chill mate.

Mike Amos

The new build is good, when hiding the 'assets' panel the progress bar is also lost. Not a major issue as when it comes to labelling the render, unhiding the assets is doable.
It would be useful when progress is slow as a stalled render is not so obvious when the progress bar is hidden.

ntxdave

@pixelcruncher said:

Rayscaper users, a heads up: I accidentally uploaded the previous 0.9.92 version to the SketchUcation Extension Store. If you installed Rayscaper in the last 4 days, you may have reinstalled the previous version. (@mike-amos Thanks for the heads up!).

I’ve uploaded the latest 0.9.93 version now. If you download and install the extension again, it should install version 0.9.93 correctly.

Apologies for the hassle.

Happy Rendering!
Thomas

Is there a way within Rayscaper to update to the latest version? If not, is this something you could add to the ui?

Mike Amos

On a few occasions I have downloaded the latest build and used the sketchup extension manager. This it what I have used for rollback to last version to check behaviour.

Rich O Brien

@ntxdave said:

Is there a way within Rayscaper to update to the latest version? If not, is this something you could add to the ui?

If you install extensions using Sketchucation Tools then it will prompt you to update. It has been that way for years.

Krass

hello, I'm trying this new version but I get a bugg, It doens't want to render anymore. I get this error message

I will send you my log file

ntxdave

@Rich-O-Brien said:

@ntxdave said:

Is there a way within Rayscaper to update to the latest version? If not, is this something you could add to the ui?

If you install extensions using Sketchucation Tools then it will prompt you to update. It has been that way for years.
I agree @rich-o-brien but when I went there yesterday it said it said all my extensions were up to date. I will look again today. That is what prompted my post.

Mike Amos

There was an issue where the posted version of Rayscaper was incorrect, it had .92 as the latest. If you try again you will get .93 as the uploaded file has been corrected.

I can certify to this as I have now got the updated .93 installed.

Rich O Brien

@ntxdave said:

when I went there yesterday it said it said all my extensions were up to date.

If you installed extensions manually. That is you grab the RBZ off the site and install it via Extensions > Extension Manager then don't expect Sketchucation Tools to flag an update.

If you install extensions via Sketchucation Tools dialog then we prompt you to install future updates

ntxdave

Not sure now how I originally installed the extension, but I feel pretty confident I have updated it before via SketchUcation Tools. When I go to the SketchUp Extension manager, it says I have 0.9.92. I would like to update to the 0.9.93 version. Does this mean I need to download the new version and install if "from scratch" or is there some way I can do it via SketchUcation Tools?

Krass

I should point out that I initially succeeded with a project in version 93. Then this problem occurred.

Rich O Brien

@ntxdave said:

Does this mean I need to download the new version and install if "from scratch" or is there some way I can do it via SketchUcation Tools?

Open Extensions > Sketchucation > ExtensionStore

Search for Rayscaper and click install.

ntxdave

@Rich-O-Brien OK, got the latest version installed now.
I should have known this myself. DUH!

gabrielaher

How its takes to give the license via email???