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title: "4.8.0 Preview 2 Windows"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/ERN/110067773/4.8.0%20Preview%202%20Windows"
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Release Notes 18.06.2025


## **New**

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- **Initial Support for Rhino 9 WIP: **Enscape can now be installed with Rhino 9 WIP. This is early access aiming to assess compatibility and identify breakages.
- **Image Quality Improvements**
  - **Ray-Traced Sun Shadows for Walkthrough Mode: **This update enables software ray traced sun shadows in walkthrough mode, with performance optimized for small to medium scenes and a toggle option for user control.


![image](media://60b3e068-ef0b-48fe-b40e-82416b5eb9d1)


- <span style="color: #000000">**24 FPS Video Output Setting:**</span><span style="color: #000000"> The Frames per Second dropdown in </span><span style="color: #000000">*Visual Settings > Output > Video*</span><span style="color: #000000"> now includes 24 FPS as an option, enabling users to export videos with cinematic frame rates alongside existing values.</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">**UI enhancements**</span>
  - <span style="color: #000000">**Visual settings**</span>**:** <span style="color: #000000">Ambient Brightness (</span><span style="color: #000000">*Visual Settings > Atmosphere > Illumination)*</span><span style="color: #000000"> is now disabled as option when the Rendering Quality is not set to Draft.</span>


![image](media://b6ee250e-6faf-4244-8d0b-3998af7dc49e)


  - **Chaos Academy Link Added to Help Panel:** The Enscape Help panel now includes a direct link to [Chaos Academy](https://academy.chaos.com/), making it easier for users to access learning resources and training materials.


![image](media://a0db9f9e-a367-4ad4-ae4b-e92152383ff2)


## **Fixed Bugs**

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- <span style="color: #000000">**CryptographicException When Exporting IES Lights to V-Ray scene:**</span><span style="color: #000000"> Resolved a rare issue where exporting scenes containing multiple IES lights to V-Ray scene could intermittently trigger a CryptographicException, potentially interrupting the export process.</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">**Fatal error when acquiring license for Enscape renderer window**</span>**:** <span style="color: #000000">Fixed an extremely rare race condition that could eventually lead to a crash with the fatal error “Failed while retrying to engage a license.”</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">**[SketchUp] Installing Enscape Into a Custom Directory Does Not Work**</span>**:** <span style="color: #000000">Enscape can now be can be installed correctly within folder that have any character or unicodes.</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">**[Rhino] View Switching Does Not Work With Multiple documents**</span>**:** <span style="color: #000000">Resolved an issue in Rhino 8 where switching views from the View Management panel with multiple documents open only updated the camera orientation without displaying the correct geometry from the selected project.</span>

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## **Known Issues**

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- <span style="color: #000000">**SSO Login Prevents Second User from Accessing Enscape on the Same PC**</span>**:** <span style="color: #000000">When multiple users share the same PC, the first user can sign in to Enscape using SSO and access a floating license successfully. However, if a second user switches to the PC and tries to sign in with their own SSO credentials, the sign-in buttons become unresponsive, preventing them from logging in and using Enscape.</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">**[SketchUp] Metallic value lost after upgrading projects from SU 2024 to SU 2025**</span>**:** <span style="color: #000000">Metallic setting did not carry over, was lost (both visually and as a value).</span>
- **[SketchUp] Upgrading material with non-existing machine path crashes SU:** Enscape crashes when moving from SketchUp 2024 to 2025 when the material has textures that cannot be found in the user system.