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Balmung

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Texture problems
« on: August 16, 2008, 08:27:45 am »
Hello i have used anim8or for a long time but i have not really dabbled into its "full" potiential yet.  The problem I am having seems to be a very wierd error.  On my laptop (running anim8or as windows xp service pack2(vista)) the texture workes amazing and couldnt be better but when i go to my desktop authentic Windows Xp service pack 2 and do step by step on a fresh anim8or v095c (same on laptop) it does nothing more than tint the circle or watever object grey i think i found the problem but i can not fix it because im not that advance :P here is  a pic of what i think the error is however when compared to my laptop everything seems to match up just the texture is messed up sadly.
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Re: Texture problems
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2008, 08:45:49 am »
I can't really see what's the problem... The parts you marked on the screenshot have nothing to do with textures, it's only color selection... Try the materials section in the manual, I think you will find what you need: http://www.anim8or.com/manual/10_materials.html
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Re: Texture problems
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2008, 08:57:35 am »
well those areas i circled were a darker grey on my laptop however the colors were 224(default for anim8or) yet by the picture you can tell they do not look grey more tanish to me. anyways i use the diffuse to upload my texture to (which is what i done on my laptop) and then it just darkens it a smidge and nothing happens. sadly i can not figure out the problem the only difference i saw in my laptop and my desktop is those areas i circled

edit: if you want i can upload step by step what i do on my desktop and give you a link to like a place with them all in it if you want, be easier rather than scrolling a lot
« Last Edit: August 16, 2008, 09:11:46 am by Balmung »
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Re: Texture problems
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2008, 09:15:06 am »
The grey color can be different, it depends on yout screen settings...

So the parts you circled have nothing to do with the texture problem, if the texture doesn't load, the problem has to be somewhere else...maybe your model lacks UV coordinates ???
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Re: Texture problems
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2008, 09:41:21 am »
Quote from: Balmung
edit: if you want i can upload step by step what i do on my desktop and give you a link to like a place with them all in it if you want, be easier rather than scrolling a lot

Oh yes, that would be nice...
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Re: Texture problems
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2008, 02:10:09 pm »
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well those areas i circled were a darker grey on my laptop however the colors were 224(default for anim8or) yet by the picture you can tell they do not look grey more tanish to me.

As Kubajzz said the color shade difference is likely due to your screen settings.

Attached is a gray scale image with a scale ranging from pure white to pure black and several shades of gray in between.

I suggest that you load this image on your laptop and your desktop to see what difference there is between the two. At the correct settings both screens should show black and white
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Balmung

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Re: Texture problems
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2008, 03:05:31 pm »
ok here is the album to the pictures; however, i figured out what the problem was on the color difference somethign is up with my monitor however the result is still the same no matter what i do to the monitor. The pictures can be found here: http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/mm92/Vegtrunks/Anim8or%20Problems/
they are not really in order but they have Desktop 1 and Laptop1 in the names showing what the pictures look like on each computer at the same time(basically all you have to do is match up the numbers :P simple  i know :D). if you have any questions let me know but i used the same anim8or and everything (i may have messed it up on my desktop somehow and it saved it corrrupting it forever o.O seems to be the only explanation now)  if you have any questoins please post but this is all i know to do for now btw ( i havent sleep yet so if i talk funny or crazy just forgive me please >.<)
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Re: Texture problems
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2008, 03:22:59 pm »
I still can't see what's the problem...

I can see you created the material with the texture... If you want the sphere to be textured,  select the sphere, select the material and click "Apply" on the top of the materials panel...
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Re: Texture problems
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2008, 09:19:40 pm »
>.> not to be mean or anything but im not that noobish lol.  i showed on the 7th picture that after clicking apply (like the title says) the laptop worked fine as you could see; however, the desktop computer did not even flinch even after clicking apply 1000+ times (not a exageration).  The only thing i can think of is some how i must have switched or done something to mess up the settings on my desktop but it is not visible to me however because i went step by step on my laptop and desktop on the settings and everything seems to be setup right.  I am sorry this is so trouble some but its bugging me because its hard to animate on my laptops touch pad rather than my destkop's mouse.  I have tried everything i can think of but nothing will work, earlier you said something about maybe its missing uv coordinates? what exactly did you mean by that ? anyways for now i guess i can only use anim8or on my laptop sadly.  Thanks for your help and everything, if you post something i know ill try it and tell you the results itself
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Re: Texture problems
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2008, 11:06:21 pm »
Balmung ---
Have you set up your View > Preferences correctly?
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Re: Texture problems
« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2008, 11:51:00 pm »
omg i compared to my laptop XD wow i feel noobish that i didnt notice that before ( wonder how it got changed >.<) thanks so much :D your a life saver
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