Rayscaper, My trip down the road to adjumacation.

[Mike Amos]

@Rich-O-Brien

Another little 'lesson' todays crash provided some ino at least.

Crash #298860

It looks like there might be an issue with Microsoft Visual Studio. The Microsoft Visual Studio C++ Redistributables are required for SketchUp to run and may need to be reloaded. Please try the following:

Check to make sure your graphics drivers are up to date: https://help.sketchup.com/en/sketchup/how-can-i-update-my-computers-graphics-driver

Quit SketchUp (and LayOut)

Go to Add/Remove Programs and uninstall the Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2015 and above Redistributables (there may be a 32-bit and 64-bit version)

Uninstall SketchUp from Add/Remove Programs

Re-run the SketchUp installer. You can download it here if you need it: https://www.sketchup.com/offline-download

Restart your computer

If you continue to experience issues please reach out to our support staff at: https://help.sketchup.com/en/contact-support/technical-question/form

[pixelcruncher]

Hey Mike,

I hope you are doing alright!

I believe this older pc is just outclassed by Rayscaper so while I try to lay out this flat, post window replacement I will be limiting myself to Twilight and Maxwell for rendering.

Your specs should be good for rendering with Rayscaper. CPU rendering, in particular, should require nothing beefier than what's needed for Twilight Render.

I apologise for asking questions which probably should be simple to 'know', I'm going to do what I can. This place remains important to me for the joy we share on building and rendering whatever the hell it is we make.

Echoing Rich's statement, there is no need to apologize! It's indeed a complex matter, and you have already produced great results. Having you as a user definitely makes Rayscaper better. You have the patience to tolerate beta software and have helped me squash a lot of bugs so far.

Cheers,
Thomas

[Mike Amos]

@pixelcruncher

I'm doing OK, Thomas.

Certainly finding there are system wide issues, no matter how small they are, reduces my "I am so stoopid" sensation a fair bit and I am looking in to ways to understand and work round this.

The disk issue and the visual studio ussues point out there being life in the old pc yet.

I am talking to various people around hardware and software issues and hope to get a solution within a few days.

All jokes aside and despite 'issues'. I am still a lucky barkeep.

[Mike Amos]

@Mike-Amos

2024/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in `eval'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in `require'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in `load'
C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/rayscaper.rb:18:in `register_extension'
C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/rayscaper.rb:18:in `<module:Rayscaper>'
C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/rayscaper.rb:6:in `<top (required)>'

[pixelcruncher]

@Mike-Amos Sorry to hear that you are running into this.

Which version did you try to reinstall? Can you provide me with the filename of the *.rbz file? Could it be that you tried to install one of the older versions that is not SU2024 compatible? Nevermind this, I think the ones downloaded from SketchUcation are all named Rayscaper.rbz.

Can you try to reinstall Rayscaper using this guide: https://rayscaper.com/getting-started/installation-guide/#download-and-install-via-the-sketchup-extension-manager?

It's not a licensing issue like you mentioned in your email; I think the installation is broken.

Cheers,
Thomas

[Mike Amos]

@pixelcruncher

Extension Errors Report
SketchUp: 24.0.594
OS: Windows 10
Ruby: 3.2.2

Extension: Rayscaper (0.9.30 Beta)
Error: LoadError (126: The specified module could not be found. - c:/users/user/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/rayscaper/installed/Windows/3.2.2/0.9.30 Beta/resources/SUEX_Rayscaper.so)
<internal:C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in require' <internal:C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in require'
c:/users/user/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/rayscaper/main.rbe:97:in <module:Rayscaper>' c:/users/user/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/rayscaper/main.rbe:5:in <main>'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in eval' C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in require'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load' C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/rayscaper.rb:18:in register_extension'
C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/rayscaper.rb:18:in <module:Rayscaper>' C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/rayscaper.rb:6:in <top (required)>'

James at Seeit3d believes the Sketchucation store is broken.

Numerous reinstals and various different plugins fail each time I go through the uninstall plugin folder and reinstall.

[pixelcruncher]

@Mike-Amos

Do you mind trying a direct install? You can download the RBZ file from here: link. This should download the RBZ file directly from my Google drive.

And then install it in SketchUp directly via the extension manager: Menu > Extensions > Extension Manager:

Restart SketchUp after a successful installation.

That should exclude SketchUcation.

Thanks,
Thomas

[Rich O Brien]

@Mike-Amos said in Rayscaper, My trip down the road to adjumacation.:

James at Seeit3d believes the Sketchucation store is broken.

Fake news

[Mike Amos]

@Rich-O-Brien

C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in `load'
C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/DM_artisan2.rb:21:in `register_extension'
C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/DM_artisan2.rb:21:in `<module:Artisan2>'
C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/DM_artisan2.rb:8:in `<module:DM>'
C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/DM_artisan2.rb:7:in `<top (required)>'

All sorts of errors with plugins, weird but the samsung disk scan suggested recovery for the drive which has failed due to an unknown error.

[Mike Amos]

@Mike-Amos

Greyed out, nothing doing anywhere.

[Rich O Brien]

@Mike-Amos said in Rayscaper, My trip down the road to adjumacation.:

Greyed out, nothing doing anywhere.

As I explained in our chat room. Greyed out is not representative of 'not working'.

Greyed out = Installed outside of SketchUp's ecosystem

I think your issues are bigger than 3rd party extensions.

If you run Windows own Disk Check what is the report?

So right click your drive, choose Properties, Tools tab and click Check

[Mike Amos]

@Rich-O-Brien

Weird, this suggests an error on the E drive which the other scanning programs report as healthy.

[Mike Amos]

[Mike Amos]

A little stability at the moment. Not sorted yet but moving forwards.

[Mike Amos]

@Mike-Amos

I think a less ;busy' tile texture will work better on this machine and there is no artificial lighting in that render.

Native Sketchup lighting only.

[Mike Amos]

I think the tile choice HAS mad a difference. Not a true comparison seeing as this render went to 1000 samples and used the GPU for rendering.

Still no artificial light but the lighter tile bounces rays more effectively.

[Mike Amos]

An exterior view of this small home in a hdri.

[pixelcruncher]

@Mike-Amos very nice, I like the concept.

[Mike Amos]

@pixelcruncher

Ta, simple enough which I do like myself. Flat packable too.

[Mike Amos]

Finally got a render without windoze update screaming up the works.
Exposure set at 2.00 and environment to 1.00 so still playing aorund with the settings here.