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I think I may have figure out why I cant render my textures in Layout, but theres a problem fixing it. "Inside LW8" says on page 31 that if you cannot see your images directly applied in Layout, press D key to callup Display options and make sure OpenGL textures is turned on. The problem is that when I call up the Display menu, I cant find any boxes or buttons talking about OpenGL. Am I missing something in the menu or do I not have OpenGL? What the hell is OpenGL b.t.w.?

 

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After you hit "d" in Layout (not Modeler), you see a pop-up that has two tabs (General Options and Display Options), right? Under Display Options you should see the OpenGL option. That's weird if you don't. The only thing I could think (and I'm no expert) is that maybe your video card doesn't use/support OpenGL, but instead uses Direct3D or something? I dunno, I'm purely speculating here. That doesn't seem right, though, as I thought video cards could do most everything nowadays. What video card do you use? Maybe posting this will help experts better diagnose the issue you're having...

 

Also --> OpenGL on Wiki

 

Sorry to hear about the troubles/frustrations...

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After you hit "d" in Layout (not Modeler), you see a pop-up that has two tabs (General Options and Display Options), right? Under Display Options you should see the OpenGL option. That's weird if you don't. The only thing I could think (and I'm no expert) is that maybe your video card doesn't use/support OpenGL, but instead uses Direct3D or something? I dunno, I'm purely speculating here. That doesn't seem right, though, as I thought video cards could do most everything nowadays. What video card do you use? Maybe posting this will help experts better diagnose the issue you're having...

 

Also --> OpenGL on Wiki

 

Sorry to hear about the troubles/frustrations...

 

Ahh, I think I was hitting D in Modeler not Layout D.F., that is probably why I couldnt see the OpenGL tab. My card is the Nvidia Gforce 5600 or something like that, its the standard junk sent out with the Dell Dimension home package. Ive been told here before that its time to upgrade even if only to play the game let alone doing design. Thanks

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Ahh, yes... Layout is the way! :) Good luck!

 

Yeah, it's almost time for an upgrade there, unfortunately. I used to have a BFG GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 128MB card that was pretty good for a while, and then I learned the FX series sucked with DirectX 9 stuff (I was only getting 2 or 3 FPS in 'ES IV: Oblivion' so I had to upgrade. I got an overclocked GeForce 6800 GS 256MB card as a fairly inexpensive replacement to hold me over until next year when I start looking into upgrading for Windows Vista and DirectX 10. The 6800 has done pretty good for me so far, and made certain things in Lightwave a bit quicker, but I still can't crank things up to full on most games.

 

I just tried the MS Flight Simulator X demo last night and my PC did fairly well, but comparing my computer's screenshots to what Microsoft has put out, I see there is a lot of room for improvement ;)

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