<![CDATA[Been a while.]]>Lots to entertain outside of rendering etc but looking into things again.
Higher def and more passes for the render 4k x 4k for the render.
Another step up from Rayscaper too with the latest build.

1 5000s 4k x 4k 996268 tri GPU 1h 14m 20s.png

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/topic/164781/been-a-while.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 14:39:16 GMTWed, 18 Mar 2026 19:59:35 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Mon, 04 May 2026 10:30:24 GMT]]>Sorry, missed this response, stuff happening and loudly.
I will not be sending any scene's for a while as onepillockdrive is taking me up the wall. On my tenth circuit of wall, ceiling, wall, floor.......
microsnot wanting me to reinstall the pillock drive to "Experience the full benefit of a properly functioning pc experience, it is only between £20 and £50 per month to home all my files on their 'super safe' servers".

B 3 10240s 2006 x 1240 434867 tri 3m 15s GPU.png

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620501https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620501Mon, 04 May 2026 10:30:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:43:11 GMT]]>

@pixelcruncher said:

Hey Mike,

I'm sorry to hear you're running into these issues with Rayscaper. Would you mind sending me this scene so I can have a look?

Summarizing your woes:

  • Auto-exposure is behaving strangely. Mike, I'm still not sure what you mean by this.

************Auto exposure doing funky things is a fraction where the interior and exterior are mismatched.

The exterior tends towards overexposure when the interior is properly or slightly underexposed**********.**

  • Geometry does not appear in the renders.

Sometimes geometry just fails to export to Rayscaper, that or it is deleted. Restart can fix this sometimes.

  • Viewport shows CPU, while you have enabled GPU rendering.

Simples, Sometimes the render window shows CPU rendering with my selecting it.

  • Rendering fails.

Mostly when the CPU method is self appointed, nothing in the render window at all.

I think it's easier if you send me the scene and, preferably, the logs when such a render failure occurs (https://www.rayscaper.com/getting-help/report-a-bug/#1-export-the-log-files), so I can try to reproduce/fix these problems.

Thanks,
Thomas

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620240https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620240Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:43:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:43:17 GMT]]>Hey Mike,

I'm sorry to hear you're running into these issues with Rayscaper. Would you mind sending me this scene so I can have a look?

Summarizing your woes:

  • Auto-exposure is behaving strangely. Mike, I'm still not sure what you mean by this.
  • Geometry does not appear in the renders.
  • Viewport shows CPU, while you have enabled GPU rendering.
  • Rendering fails.

I think it's easier if you send me the scene and, preferably, the logs when such a render failure occurs (https://www.rayscaper.com/getting-help/report-a-bug/#1-export-the-log-files), so I can try to reproduce/fix these problems.

Thanks,
Thomas

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620237https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620237Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:43:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:36:03 GMT]]>Stuff is expected with a beta release program, not the end of the world in any way.

I have Maxwell render running the scene so the model is not at fault.

I have had some time to finesse the layout and make sure stuff just 'fits' and is doable.

Student Studio Output Ground Floor.jpg

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620202https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620202Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:36:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:03:20 GMT]]>Rayscaper has reverted to cpu rendering method again.

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620200https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620200Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:03:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:45:49 GMT]]>Repeated more than half a dozen times, same subject render.

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620196https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620196Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:45:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:45:13 GMT]]>I cannot do so but it was definitely selected as 'thin' AFIK. Normal habit is to do so.

No render proceeding ATM due to this report.....

Clipboard_04-08-2026_01.jpg

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620195https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620195Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:45:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:44:35 GMT]]>Look here how the refraction distorts with Thin unchecked.

Rayscaper Thin Glass Setting

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620191https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620191Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:44:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:18:19 GMT]]>Your glass is not right. You can see the distortion due to IOR.

Can you screenshot your glass material setup in the Rayscaper dialog?

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620188https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620188Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:18:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:00:48 GMT]]>OK, auto exposure OFF (It will get there) and set at 7.5. I also fixed the blind which was rather abused. I have confirmed to my own satisfaction that when items and finishes/colours go missing, a restart of Rayscaper will fix the problem. Also, do not use cleanup for the whole model, elements in turn. Otherwise you will have your Rayscaper lights deleted.

10 2500s 2015 x 1202 1412211 tri 8m 13s GPU env 0.80 Backplate Auto Exposure off Exposure 7.5.png

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620180https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620180Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:00:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:02:07 GMT]]>Post artificial light death, I have this.

7 2500s 2015 x 1202 1444735 tri 9m 25s GPU env 0.80 Backplate.png

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620179https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620179Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:02:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:24:29 GMT]]>OK, I understand the plague that is removing Rayscaper lights.
"Cleanup", is removing the Rayscaper lights.
Frustrating but at least I got something out of today.

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620178https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620178Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:24:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:56:22 GMT]]>You are getting there, no worries. Hoping you have a decent break mate.

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620173https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620173Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:56:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:28:50 GMT]]>That’s definitely also a bug with software. I’m away this week so the next release will come a bit later, but it I will try to fix this there.

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620172https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620172Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:28:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:59:07 GMT]]>Mike-Amos

I know, inconsistent.

6 1024s 2015 x 1202 1378957 tri 3m 10s GPU env 0.80 Backplate.png

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620171https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620171Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:59:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:02:31 GMT]]>May have needed a restart which cures some content glitches.

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620158https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620158Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:02:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:30:44 GMT]]>

@Mike-Amos said:

Kitchen area, note missing colour/items 2d export versus render.

Is the container(group/component) painted or the raw geometry? What does Entity Info say regards the selected container?

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620156https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620156Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:30:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:35:36 GMT]]>Mike-Amos

May have needed a restart which cures some content glitches.

5 1024s 2015 x 1202 1378808 tri 3m 43s GPU env 0.80 Backplate.png

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620155https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620155Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:35:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 01:06:05 GMT]]>Mike-Amos View too.

Kitchen area, note missing colour/items 2d export versus render.

Student Studio MIA 2.jpg

MIA.png

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620152https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620152Sun, 05 Apr 2026 01:06:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:01:36 GMT]]>Mike-Amos

Ignore that, rong specs.

Auto exposure more artificial lights.png

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620148https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620148Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:01:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:44:20 GMT]]>OK, I have noticed we have different material presets available, you have a lot more than I and help, about. suggests I am using 0.9.92'

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620147https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620147Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:44:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:03:24 GMT]]>@pixelcruncher

As requested.

No Auto Exposure.png

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620146https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620146Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:03:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:43:14 GMT]]>Good stuff mike!

You mentioned that auto-exposure is doing funky things? Is the image below using auto-exposure? If so, what does it look like without auto-exposure?

d4d77b9c-67bb-4359-99c9-7316efe59ff2-image.jpeg

For the window glass, make sure you are using the glass material with thin & transparent shadows:

ff446308-426a-43d4-bf90-a67cff1a6f5f-image.jpeg

Cheers,
Thomas

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620143https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1620143Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:43:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been a while. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:09:34 GMT]]>Thanks mate, not even close, takes me a while to find the sweet spot at the moment. Moving on.

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