# importing assets into render layer freezes Maya

**URL:** <https://forums.chaos.com/t/importing-assets-into-render-layer-freezes-maya/116429>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 14, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/importing-assets-into-render-layer-freezes-maya/116429 "2023-09-14T11:39:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![seandunderdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@seandunderdale](https://forums.chaos.com/u/seandunderdale)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/importing-assets-into-render-layer-freezes-maya/116429/1 "2023-09-14T11:39:23Z")

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Using Maya 2023.3 and latest Cosmos update on Vray 6. When I try to import a tree when on a render layer, it freezes Maya. I have to kill the app and start again.

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**Author:** ![seandunderdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@seandunderdale](https://forums.chaos.com/u/seandunderdale)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/importing-assets-into-render-layer-freezes-maya/116429/2 "2023-09-14T11:54:05Z")

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hmmm…I restarted my machine, and tried again in a fresh scene, and it works fine. Must be something about my shot thats causing the cosmos assets to freeze Maya.

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**Author:** ![hristo\_chakarov](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/hristo_chakarov/32/28921_2.png) [@hristo\_chakarov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/hristo_chakarov)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/importing-assets-into-render-layer-freezes-maya/116429/3 "2023-09-14T20:00:01Z")

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Hey @seandunderdale ,

Very strange. May I ask you to send me the Cosmos Browser log so I can check if there’s something that might point out what the problem was? Send it to me as a Private message (logs may contain sensitive data). The log file can be located from the three dot menu –\> About in the Cosmos Browser.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![seandunderdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@seandunderdale](https://forums.chaos.com/u/seandunderdale)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/importing-assets-into-render-layer-freezes-maya/116429/4 "2023-09-19T15:19:30Z")

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What Ive found is having textures showing in this heavy-ish scene was causing my problems. If I set the viewport to shader lambert grey shader, the freezing goes away.

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**Author:** ![martin\_brinkerhoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@martin\_brinkerhoff](https://forums.chaos.com/u/martin_brinkerhoff)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/importing-assets-into-render-layer-freezes-maya/116429/5 "2023-10-12T07:13:41Z")

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Hmmm This is freezing for me as well in Maya 2023. Turning off textures in the viewport worked for me but as soon as I turn them on it freezes. I don’t see a fix for this.

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**Author:** ![seandunderdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@seandunderdale](https://forums.chaos.com/u/seandunderdale)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/importing-assets-into-render-layer-freezes-maya/116429/6 "2023-10-13T11:48:29Z")

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I get the same freeze if I try to import a shader from the library browser with textures showing in viewport…and even when I work around that, by adding a shader with basic lambert scene shader visible, when I then switch to visible textures, (once the shader is imported) it crashes the scene. Very unstable lately on my end.