Stupid question But Im new - Polyloop

des804 · 29th March 2007, 00:46

Ok when I start working on a project sometimes all of a sudden it wont show me the actual grid of the object ( I hope Im calling it correctly ) I can choose all points and it will show me all the points but no lines connecting them or anything and once I diselect the points I cant see any of the points. I've been trying to do the camera tutorial

quite a few times apart from the grid disapearing as Im doing this I have also had to where it freezes so does anyone know how I can bring the Grid back to the object ( the wire frame or whatever its called )

laughingnome · 29th March 2007, 01:25

hi des what are your system specs?
its called the wireframe

either you are deselecting the object in smooth solid mode or more likely you have a hardware issuse, probably graphics card drivers or the card itself.

stu

des804 · 29th March 2007, 01:32

I have a legacy Video Card Im basically on an Inspiron e1405 from dell. and Im not Dislecting it at all it just will show me the wireframe then all of a sudden it stops I can restart hexagon and it will fix itself again ( Im doing the camera tutorial but this has done it for other stuff as well ) even if I save it then reopen it it wont show the wireframe even closing and reopening or rebooting so I dont think its system.

laughingnome · 29th March 2007, 01:45

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/pr...hs1&l=en&s=dhs

is this the one?

stu

des804 · 29th March 2007, 01:59

http://www.dell.com/content/products...en&s=dhs&cs=19

This is what Im talking about

laughingnome · 29th March 2007, 03:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by des804

http://www.dell.com/content/products...en&s=dhs&cs=19

This is what Im talking about

ok , other than the option for 2 gig ddr ram none of the system specs meet the minimum requirements to run hexagon.

stu

des804 · 29th March 2007, 03:04

thats nice

des804 · 29th March 2007, 05:15

So let me get this straight I have a brand new Dell computer that doesnt meet the requirements of this program. I am able to work stuff but I lose the wireframe of an object and its due to the fact my system doesnt meet the requirements even though it starts out allowing me to see these lines like when I tesselate I see the squares. Has anyone heard of a Non System related thing for that to happen ? Cause I can save and reopen and it will be the same but I can close and start a new one and do a square and when I tesselate or move stuff around I see it again.

xSilentlySpoken · 29th March 2007, 05:16

i run it with a 1.3ghz processor, 256mb ram and a 60 something mb factory graphics card, specs aren't the problem.

bwtr · 29th March 2007, 07:20

If you look at the history, very few have ever had computers/graphic cards up to the requirements to use Hexagon2.1 version as it was advertised.

The continuing gripe STILL awaiting the major fix by Daz.

Couerl · 29th March 2007, 07:22

Actually they are... The Intel 945 does not run Hexagon very well at all despite that it supports Open-GL 1.4 (barely). You can actually run it better on an older system that does have a dedicated video card even if it has less memory.

mayito7777 · 29th March 2007, 19:02

My computer is a dynosaur and runs Hexagon (truly it slows to a crawl when I used a high count poly) I have a 7 year old Dell. 1.3 Gig pentium III

laughingnome · 29th March 2007, 22:46

Quote:

I just added something to my post please reread.

two things Des,
firstly you dont need to site mail me to tell me to reread a post , i would have done that anyways

secondly i was part of the original beta team for hex, i know which are software bugs and which are hardware issuses, i also ran hexagon on a prebuilt system with below specs requirements (not my own machine

)and got pretty much the same results as you which is why i asked what your specs were.
gaphical errors and system freezing indicates two things, lack of power ie processor and ram and or poor graphics card or chipset.

stu

des804 · 30th March 2007, 00:38

Ok sorry. Well Im going to have to probably reinstall it on the next computer I build or I might try and put it on an Old Beta Test Computer I have when Sempron AMD proccessors came out.

laughingnome · 30th March 2007, 00:47

NP

stu

29th March 2007, 00:46	#1 (permalink)
des804 Vertex Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6	Stupid question But Im new Ok when I start working on a project sometimes all of a sudden it wont show me the actual grid of the object ( I hope Im calling it correctly ) I can choose all points and it will show me all the points but no lines connecting them or anything and once I diselect the points I cant see any of the points. I've been trying to do the camera tutorial quite a few times apart from the grid disapearing as Im doing this I have also had to where it freezes so does anyone know how I can bring the Grid back to the object ( the wire frame or whatever its called )

29th March 2007, 01:25	#2 (permalink)
laughingnome stu Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 909	hi des what are your system specs? its called the wireframe either you are deselecting the object in smooth solid mode or more likely you have a hardware issuse, probably graphics card drivers or the card itself. stu __________________ just trying to cut down the pain threshold AMD2.4 dualcore 4 gig ram, 9400GT ,WinXP Home

29th March 2007, 01:45	#4 (permalink)
laughingnome stu Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 909	http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/pr...hs1&l=en&s=dhs is this the one? stu __________________ just trying to cut down the pain threshold AMD2.4 dualcore 4 gig ram, 9400GT ,WinXP Home

29th March 2007, 19:02	#12 (permalink)
mayito7777 Hexagoner Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Saint Cloud, Florida Posts: 750	My computer is a dynosaur and runs Hexagon (truly it slows to a crawl when I used a high count poly) I have a 7 year old Dell. 1.3 Gig pentium III __________________ Seek and ye shall find. JESUS Hexagon 2\|Carrara 6 Pro\|Photoshop CS2\| Painter X http://richchurchtoday.blogspot.com/

30th March 2007, 00:47	#15 (permalink)
laughingnome stu Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 909	NP stu __________________ just trying to cut down the pain threshold AMD2.4 dualcore 4 gig ram, 9400GT ,WinXP Home

29th March 2007, 01:32	#3 (permalink)
des804 Vertex Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6	I have a legacy Video Card Im basically on an Inspiron e1405 from dell. and Im not Dislecting it at all it just will show me the wireframe then all of a sudden it stops I can restart hexagon and it will fix itself again ( Im doing the camera tutorial but this has done it for other stuff as well ) even if I save it then reopen it it wont show the wireframe even closing and reopening or rebooting so I dont think its system.

29th March 2007, 01:59	#5 (permalink)
des804 Vertex Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6	http://www.dell.com/content/products...en&s=dhs&cs=19 This is what Im talking about

29th March 2007, 03:04	#7 (permalink)
des804 Vertex Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6	thats nice

29th March 2007, 05:15	#8 (permalink)
des804 Vertex Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6	So let me get this straight I have a brand new Dell computer that doesnt meet the requirements of this program. I am able to work stuff but I lose the wireframe of an object and its due to the fact my system doesnt meet the requirements even though it starts out allowing me to see these lines like when I tesselate I see the squares. Has anyone heard of a Non System related thing for that to happen ? Cause I can save and reopen and it will be the same but I can close and start a new one and do a square and when I tesselate or move stuff around I see it again.

29th March 2007, 05:16	#9 (permalink)
xSilentlySpoken Vertex Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 18	i run it with a 1.3ghz processor, 256mb ram and a 60 something mb factory graphics card, specs aren't the problem.

29th March 2007, 07:20	#10 (permalink)
bwtr Brian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Australia Posts: 2,096	If you look at the history, very few have ever had computers/graphic cards up to the requirements to use Hexagon2.1 version as it was advertised. The continuing gripe STILL awaiting the major fix by Daz.

29th March 2007, 07:22	#11 (permalink)
Couerl Polygurbs Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 1,301	Actually they are... The Intel 945 does not run Hexagon very well at all despite that it supports Open-GL 1.4 (barely). You can actually run it better on an older system that does have a dedicated video card even if it has less memory.

30th March 2007, 00:38	#14 (permalink)
des804 Vertex Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6	Ok sorry. Well Im going to have to probably reinstall it on the next computer I build or I might try and put it on an Old Beta Test Computer I have when Sempron AMD proccessors came out.

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