Can't Read V-Ray Frame Buffer Status

[gus_robatto]

Just subscribed to the V-Ray for Sketchup monthly plan.

My issue is I can't read or can barely read the VFB status bar/text.

My screen resolution is at 2560 X 1440 and I know decreasing that will increase the font sizes but not the font color which I can barely read. Anyone have any ideas or is this a bug or something that was overlooked? I know I can see the status under stats in the left column.

[konstantin_chaos]

Hi gus_robatto,

The reason why the status text is dim is to avoid distracting the artist.
The text there sometimes changes rapidly which might become a annoying if we increase the contrast.

However, I can see that the Pixel Info text is slightly brighter and hence you can read it better.
What's also true is that when the progress bar fills in under the text the contrast decreases even further.
I'll log your request and we'll consider improving it.

Regards,
Konstantin

[gus_robatto]

Thanks Konstantin. I can barely read it.

While I'm on the topic I've also been experiencing another issue where the VFB reverts to what looks like something from Windows 95. It's like an old version of VFB but has all the same functions.

I'll have to get a screen shot of that.

Others issues include disappearing V-Ray for Sketchup toolbar including V-Ray toolbars that don't remain docked on re-start of Sketchup as well as pushing other toolbars to the side.

Hi gus_robatto,

The reason why the status text is dim is to avoid distracting the artist.
The text there sometimes changes rapidly which might become a annoying if we increase the contrast.

However, I can see that the Pixel Info text is slightly brighter and hence you can read it better.
What's also true is that when the progress bar fills in under the text the contrast decreases even further.
I'll log your request and we'll consider improving it.

Regards,
Konstantin

[slavcho.brusev]

Hello gus_robatto
Regarding the messages in the progress bar, there is actually another way you could monitor those messages(which I think is more convenient).

That's the V-Ray messages window - there you can monitor the full log of actions taken by V-Ray in real-time, plus you can roll back to see messages that went too fast or search for a specific message.


And for the other issue(windows 95 look) could you please download the V-Ray version from the link below and let me know if there is a difference?
https://download.chaos.com/?license_...271&product=47

[gus_robatto]

Konstantin, this is the odd looking VFB that pops up once in a while.

[konstantin_chaos]

Hi gus_robatto ,

I've also seen this state of the VFB but couldn't find a reliable way to reproduce it.
The reason seems to be that the stylesheet of the VFB fails to get loaded.
If you find a way to intentionally cause this, it will help us debug and fix problem.

Konstantin

[DCHA34]

I sometimes have the VFB window change its appearance (see my post "Only VFB Window in Bright theme").
But I have never been able to figure out what was causing this problem.
When the problem occurs, can we send you one or more .LOG files that would contain the reason of this problem?

[konstantin_chaos]

When the problem occurs, can we send you one or more .LOG files that would contain the reason of this problem?

Unfortunately the logs will not help.
We sometimes reproduce it here and the final state does not seem to hint to the cause at all.