@L-i-am I would recommend quixel mixer (https://quixel.com/products/mixer/win/2022.1.1), especially now that you can claim all megascans for free for now (https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/access-legacy-megascans-on-bridge-and-quixel-com/2142664).

@sashapepperspray
I have installed an older version of the plugin (1.1.9) and I now can do poligon reduction, but I can't import, I get the following error message
do you have any ideas?

@pixelcruncher I just noticed an improvement I was hoping for: When you open rayscaper and you have the loading screen, it used to be on top of all the windows, so I had to pause whatever I was doing and wait for it to load, but now it functions as a regular window, that I can open another window on top of it. This works a lot better, so I am just saying thanks for this.

@samuel_t nothing happens, a screen pops up for half a second, but disappears, and that is it.

@samuel_t I have the laset visual c++ installed. Do you know how I could fix this security problem?

@samuel_t I am the administrator, and I have windows 11

@samuel_t It happens anytime I try any model, and also when I try importing models, I get this error

This is the complete error:

Universal Importer Error: Command failed: cd /d "C:/Users/tenen/AppData/Local/Temp/Universal Importer" && "C:/Users/tenen/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/universal_importer/Applications/Assimp/Win/assimp.exe" export "export.dae" "export.obj" -tri

C:/Users/tenen/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/universal_importer/assimp.rb:106:in `convert_model'

Universal Importer Version: 1.2.6

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling microsoft visual runtime, and I still have the problem.

@samuel_t do you have any ideas about this? thank you

I have just updated the plugin and tried using it, and I get the following error:
Universal Importer Error: Command failed: cd /d "C:/Users/tenen/AppData/Local/Temp/Universal Importer" && "C:/Users/tenen/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/universal_importer/Applications/Assimp/Win/assimp.exe" export "export.dae" "export.obj" -tri
I tried going to a previous version of sketchup, where I have an older version of the plugin, and I have the same error
Do you know what this error is, and how I could fix it?

@pixelcruncher
thank you for this update, and putting back the noise/ mix/ checkerboard options.

@pixelcruncher thanks!

@pixelcruncher There is no option anymore to change the texture type (color or image or perlin noise). Was this purposely removed, or is this a bug. I found the perlin noise one especially to be useful (for roughness).

@pixelcruncher thank you very much

Is clothworks going to be updated to work with sketchup 2024?
(I get the following error when i try loading it
Error: NoMethodError (undefined method exists?' for File:Class) c:/users/tenen/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/ams_clothworks/extension_manager.rbe:71:in block in require_all’
c:/users/tenen/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/ams_clothworks/extension_manager.rbe:69:in each' c:/users/tenen/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/ams_clothworks/extension_manager.rbe:69:in require_all’
c:/users/tenen/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/ams_clothworks/main.rbe:746: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/tenen/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/ams_ClothWorks.rb:38:in register_extension' C:/Users/tenen/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/ams_ClothWorks.rb:38:in module:ClothWorks’
C:/Users/tenen/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/ams_ClothWorks.rb:7:in module:AMS' C:/Users/tenen/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/ams_ClothWorks.rb:6:in <top (required)>’)

Any updates on when rayscaper will become compatible with sketchup 2024?

What happened to private messaging? (and how can I see my old ones)?

Is it possible to make that if I insert a light in a component, all instances of the component get a light added?

I am talking about components that glue to face and cut an opening

two questions
are bump maps (height maps) planned to be added for materials?
are cutting components going to be supported (once hidden objects are)?
thank you for your work.

is there a way to pan or zoom on the rendered image in the render viewport?