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Hi Mators,

Can a forum guru please direct me to where the ongoing Ver 1.0 wish list is located, if there is one, I imagine there is....

Search engine gave random results...

I'll delete this entry once directed..

Thanks
DD

Hi Guys,

Anim8or 1.0, v3.0

Thanks in advance for any tips here. I have a high end anatomical model of teeth and gums, exported from Blender in .obj format with the UV maps included in JPG format. I'm experiencing continuous crashing once the texture maps are assigned in materials in Anim8or. I've been using the model without maps for quite some time and never had a freeze or issue, but once I started assigning the UV maps, started getting constant crashes. I'm using Ambient, Diffuse, Specular, Normal and Environmental maps on each tooth, each object sharing the one "Teeth" material. The UV maps are showing on the model correctly and the Art Ray render looks good, however I'm experiencing random crashes, a lot. I went back to square one and imported just one object and went step by step and assigned UV maps one at a time. The crashing absolutely starts once I load the UV maps and assign to the object. I've done the usual bug eliminations, restarting, shutting down other programs, trying different versions of 1.0 release, poking around with different user settings in Anim8or, checked the JPG images, etc.

Now, there are big maps being assigned at 4096 x 4096 and some others are 2048 x 2048 and I suspect this is the culprit. The environmental map is a box map I created myself at 1180x1180. Here are the crash events in order of frequency:

navigating and selecting a JPG when assigning a map in the Material Editor
attempting to swap out one map for another map in Material Editor (this action causes a freeze 100 percent of time)
rotating an object in the scene editor
rendering image from scene editor
manipulating objects in object mode
Anim8or crashes on startup (continues to do so w/start in previous OFF)


Any recommendations on improving the stability that does not involve redoing the UV maps? I need to keep the original texture maps at 4096 as there are multiple meshes to each JPG and resolution would suffer with smaller map.


Asus G551JW Laptop
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M 2047MB
1TB Cyclone SSD internal, w/ system software and programs
1TB 7200 HD internal, scratch and storage
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Hi All,

I do not see this issue previously mentioned, please advise and I will delete this post if covered elsewhere on forum.

Using build 1253 in a new Anim8or project, creating a closed spline shape, which does not cross itself, and using the BUILD/FILL command: it seems I do not have a fill result but a white square with no spine and no filled object to be seen in any viewport.

Likewise, creating a word using the text tool, the option to CONVERT TO SPLINE is grayed out and not selectable. I tried several other fonts to be certain and downloaded a specific TTF font to no avail.

I am curious if the two issues are related? Thanks for any insight into this.

Asus Laptop - Intel Core i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz - Windows 10, 64bit, autoupdated - 16GbRAM - GeForce GTX 960M autoupdated drivers - Generic PnP Monitor on Intel HD Graphics 4600 - DELL U2715H Intel HD Graphics 4600, Current Resolution 2560x1440 pixels