# VRay render issues **URL:** \ **Category:** V-Ray for SketchUp\ **Tags:** render\ **Created:** [February 8, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-render-issues/189271 "2022-02-08T14:44:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ehlsharp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e68b1a/32.png) [@ehlsharp](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ehlsharp)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-render-issues/189271/1 "2022-02-08T14:44:05Z")
Running Sketchup 2022 on windows, trying to render with VRay. I’ve just had a computer built with huge graphics card, loads of ram and memory etc. just fired it up and tried to render a project I’m working on and only 1/8th of the image has rendered. I’m sure I’m doing something wrong. I haven’t downloaded all the materials in the materials library, could it be that? I didn’t make the model with VRay materials but with Sketchup textures, could that be the problem? I also built the model in Sketchup 2021 and when I opened up my new computer today, downloaded Sketchup 2022, could that be the problem? ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/a/3/a39cafda330f0abadfb476be7e4392220c38d034.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Cotty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/cotty/32/251290_2.png) [@Cotty](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Cotty)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-render-issues/189271/2 "2022-02-08T15:26:56Z")
any error messages here? ![Screenshot_20220208-162501](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/9/f9cc1378bc2cbe4741b777a3c3d2ea4faa9f077f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Anssi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/anssi/32/105_2.png) [@Anssi](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Anssi)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-render-issues/189271/3 "2022-02-08T15:38:14Z")
Did you also install the latest version of V-Ray for SketchUp? It was released the 27th of January, and earlier versions don’t work with SketchUp 2022 ---
**Author:** ![ehlsharp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e68b1a/32.png) [@ehlsharp](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ehlsharp)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-render-issues/189271/4 "2022-02-08T16:29:14Z")
Hi! Thanks for the reply, I’m using the free trial of VRay so assume it’s up to date? I downloaded it today. Here is a picture of the log readings ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/c/fc10b3acbfe8699d4b0b5b7b7cdf4c0c2296c9a0.jpeg) e ---
**Author:** ![eric-s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/eric-s/32/55392_2.png) [@eric-s](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/eric-s)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-render-issues/189271/5 "2022-02-08T17:23:45Z")
Have you tried overriding the materials to see if a bad material path is the issue? Otherwise you may want to zip and upload the whole model for a closer look. Use Google drive, Dropbox, WeTransfer, etc since I imagine it’s too big to upload here directly. ![Screen Shot 2022-02-08 at 9.22.40 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/5/6/56d900bf9e040c4985c50ba27a6639414824e26b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![kevin58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@kevin58](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/kevin58)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-render-issues/189271/6 "2022-02-08T17:38:08Z")
I sometimes get this issue, and its usually caused by section planes. If you have any listed under the Vray Geometry Tab - try deleting them to see if that helps. Best of luck. ---
**Author:** ![ehlsharp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e68b1a/32.png) [@ehlsharp](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ehlsharp)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-render-issues/189271/7 "2022-02-08T18:07:03Z")
Constantly in awe of all your patience and help so thank you everyone. I’ll give it all a go later and let you know. ---
**Author:** ![ehlsharp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e68b1a/32.png) [@ehlsharp](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ehlsharp)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-render-issues/189271/8 "2022-02-08T19:46:10Z")
Haha ok, I switched materials override on and now there are no textures or colours in the render 😂 but the good news is that the whole image rendered! ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/e/c/ec14e6d89a2cd9c571ecdd3be2ff8b608d5bfbd3.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/8/b/8b2165d85357320bf135bd8a80ff752998418d96.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/b/d/bdf44c65741574ce76b59abef087175e707fe4d4.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/1/2/12ec7e86cd1acfe3b9c62a3cd12b57bc6fce19d0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![pyroluna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/pyroluna/32/5120_2.png) [@pyroluna](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/pyroluna)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-render-issues/189271/9 "2022-02-14T22:45:41Z")
Cute cat did you render it 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Anssi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/anssi/32/105_2.png) [@Anssi](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Anssi)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-render-issues/189271/10 "2022-02-14T22:50:25Z")
> [@pyroluna](#): > > Cute cat Our local news media had an article the other day about the things pets can manage to do with unattended keyboards, like sending an image of the other end of themselves than shown here to all your work contacts. What prompted the article was that a cat had used her owner’s keyboard to post a string of gibberish on the Twitter account of a large firm. ---
**Author:** ![RTCool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/rtcool/32/181048_2.png) [@RTCool](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/RTCool)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-render-issues/189271/11 "2022-02-14T22:55:37Z")
Maybe it was the cat interrupting the render process while you were away from the keyboard? Catus Interruptus? ---
**Author:** ![ehlsharp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e68b1a/32.png) [@ehlsharp](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ehlsharp)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-render-issues/189271/12 "2022-02-14T22:58:52Z")
Hahaha if it’s not one cat it’s the other! They do like to be “right there” at all times 😂 ---
**Author:** ![eric-s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/eric-s/32/55392_2.png) [@eric-s](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/eric-s)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-render-issues/189271/13 "2022-02-14T23:04:17Z")
Try going to Extensions/V-Ray/File Path Editor…look for missing paths or perhaps a path to a local drive that came from whomever created the models you’ve loaded in to yours. This happens occasionally with 3D Warehouse content where materials aren’t embedded and V-Ray runs into an errors tying to load them. You can see that the material with the green square to its left is pathing to my local drive…which is fine for me but I believe turns red if I sent you this model and the path breaks. ![Screen Shot 2022-02-14 at 3.06.06 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/c/1/c1e63d0aa60914aa27547865bf4c743da61167cb.jpeg) ![Screen Shot 2022-02-14 at 2.57.03 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/0/1/013b62c2ba9ccbe55e7acc893c32136a844a4794.jpeg) There’s no quick or sure fire way to find the bad material. You may want to try taking your best guess at what you’ve loaded in from outside sources and either turn them off via tags (and see if the model renders)…or uncheck ‘can be overridden’ in the material’s settings panel. ![Screen Shot 2022-02-14 at 3.00.56 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/5/d/5dc796b5ad2080d0f156a3b9435b917276e3cc2e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Anssi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/anssi/32/105_2.png) [@Anssi](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Anssi)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-render-issues/189271/14 "2022-02-14T23:16:29Z")
> [@eric-s](#): > > which is fine for me Ha-the books on your coffee table are in English but have a French or German cover layout 🙂 (in fact, no, but the front cover is upside down. On an English or Scandinavian book when the text on the spine is readable, the front cover is on top. On a French or German book you would see the back cover)