--- title: "4.8.0 macOS" canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/ERN/110067777/4.8.0%20macOS" format: markdown --- Release Notes 25.06.2025 ## **New** --- - **Support Photoreal Materials in SketchUp 2025: **Enscape now supports the new physically based (“photoreal”) materials introduced in SketchUp 2025, ensuring a seamless, high-fidelity rendering experience that matches material definitions across both platforms. Metalness map and Ambient occlusion are not supported. - **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://96e591bb-0574-4b70-9ee3-b51410e4131e) - **24 FPS Video Output Setting:** The Frames per Second dropdown in *Visual Settings > Output > Video* now includes 24 FPS as an option, enabling users to export videos with cinematic frame rates alongside existing values. - **Check for Running Embedded Apps and Errors reporting:** Improve handling of running processes and error reporting for all embedded installations in the Enscape Installer. - **Improved Visual Balance in Pen & Pencil Sketch Mode:** Adjusted the appearance of vegetation contours and hatching in Pen/Pencil sketch mode. Contours are now more clearly visible, and hatching no longer appears darker than the outlines, resulting in a more readable and visually balanced sketch style. ![image](media://03dcb5df-d0fc-4180-8b6c-6e84f5b798e3) - **UI enhancements** - Enscape Material Editor - Values in Input fields are accepted after user presses Enter or when the field is out of focus - Asset placement - Invalid surfaces notification during asset placement ![image](media://eeaa581e-bd4a-4b9b-b94f-42240a85997a) - Artistic visual modes - Artistic visual modes cannot be activated at the same time as 3D TV Stereo Mode. - Updated Enscape Installer icons - Multi asset selection improved tooltip ![image](media://21019e84-b8f5-4c35-9eb2-62c1b5067662) - Visual settings - Ambient Brightness (*Visual Settings > Atmosphere > Illumination)* is now disabled as option when the Rendering Quality is not set to Draft ![image](media://078ecaba-e719-4499-a12f-320b61bedddd) - 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://85485ab0-2f72-4403-b63a-2ae364277b2b) ## **Fixed Bugs** --- - **Favorite views do not show up in VR or standalones:** Favorite views are now properly displayed. - **Asset Library – Rotation Y gets stuck at 270–271 degrees when using mouse scroll wheel: **Rotation now works smoothly. - **Assigned shortcut disappears from settings UI:** Assigned shortcuts now persist and are shown correctly across settings sessions. - **Error when trying to edit a collaboration annotation:** Annotations can now be successfully modified. - **Veras - Inconsistent toolbar button style: **Icon is now styled as all other icons on the toolbar - **NewForma Connect - Orthographic camera can lead to loading issue: **Now it works as expected. - **Custom Asset Editor encrypts imported files when converting their format: **Custom assets can now be successfully exported and imported again. - **CryptographicException When Exporting IES Lights to V-Ray scene: **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. - **Fatal error when acquiring license for Enscape renderer window: **Fixed an extremely rare race condition that could eventually lead to a crash with the fatal error “Failed while retrying to engage a license.” - **VR - Changing seated/roomscale mode while moving keeps you moving forward after you've stopped holding the joystick: **Changing modes now works properly. - **[SketchUp] Per-View Section Plane Visibility Is Determined By Native Global RenderingOptions: **Section plane is now respected during the batch rendering of the first view. - **[SketchUp] View Not Reapplied After Batch Rendering: **section planes are now visualized properly - **[SketchUp] Crash When Using Erase in The Ruby Console:** the command now is executed properly - **[SketchUp] Black and White Images Are Not Correctly Shown in Material Editor: **The preview now looks like the original image, same as when the texture is added via Enscape ME. - **[SketchUp] Installing Enscape Into a Custom Directory Does Not Work: **Enscape can now be can be installed correctly within folder that have any character or unicodes - **[Vectorworks] Geometry Sync Breaks After Switching to Top/Plan View: **Now geometry gets updated accordingly. - **[Rhino] Cannot create materials based on TIFF images:** Now materials are successfully created - **[Rhino] View Switching Does Not Work With Multiple Documents: **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. - **[Rhino] Installer Creates User Folder With System Rights: **Fixed an issue where Enscape’s installer created user-specific folders with system-level permissions if Rhino had not been run before, causing permission conflicts and preventing Rhino from functioning correctly.   ## **Known Issues** --- - **SSO Login Bug Prevents Second User from Using Enscape on Same PC:** A second user can not sign in into Enscape using their own credentials and obtain a license session. - **[Rhino] Enscape Does Not Start If Documents Folder Is Inaccessible In Rhino: **Enscape does not start and no error message is displayed