Is it just me, but i can no longer see untextured models when i run my level in WED, but i can still see there shadows, why is this?

Maybe a dumb suggestion, But have you unchecked material setup in MED

Yep, it worked fine before i updated, i didnt change a thing, just recompiled.

Ok, i just ran it again (with the model textured, and with it having an action attached), and the model is still invisble but works like it isnt, but also when i move close to it, it becomes visible. Bug?? or me?

the workaround for the engine_open bug until the next public release is to make sure your program has a capitalized .EXE
progname.EXE not progname.exe

Hi!

My current project worked well using 7.10. Now I updated to Version 7.50 (not beta). Although there`s no scripting bug (as far as I know and the engine compiler tells me) the engine crashes dirctly after the startup with the error message (german) "acknex.exe funktioniert nicht mehr". The code is the same that worked befor updating. I use Windows Vista 32bit SP1, 4 Gig RAM, Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS G92, Intel Core 2 Duo E6400. Do I need to update the graphics driver/DirectX version?

Thanks for replying,
Robin

Edit: Found the problem! I just had to update my "include" folder in the game directory that I copied from the gamestudio installation folder.
The update is awesome: I had a problem with the collision system that is gone now. And the wonderful new dynamic lightning as well as the dynamic shadows on level blocks topped by self-shadowing of the models. Wonderful! Thank you very much!

Hi JCL!

I am encountering long initial loading times (when the gstudio startup window appears), for my game. It's 55 seconds compared to around 15-20 seconds using 7.10, I have no idea why this is happening would you happen to have any ideas?

Thank you!

David

Thanks for this update, but unfortunately I have the very same problem as the user "Blade" has.
I got a single model in a scene with blocks but it is not visible.
It has no texture file as skin but a skin defined as "skin1" including a material set-up. In MED it is rendered as green, like it should.
But when I run the level from SED it is not visible, the statistic panel however lists one entity and one visible entity which must be it.
Other facts:
- entity is created via ent_create and gets a simple action attach which just sets a pointer to it
- nothing else

any suggestions?
(yes in the prior version it worked just fine)

I'll look into the untextured models issue. If a model has neither texture nor material it probably won't be visible, but with a green material it should.

David: Loading times can be affected by image conversion processes, such as TGA to DDS. But I can't see a reason at the moment for a loading time difference between 7.10 and 7.50 when the script is otherwise unchanged.

Here the exact material and skin settings:
- Skin Name: Skin1
- Material Setup: Activated
- Diffuse: 0 128 0
- Ambient: 0 128 0
- Specular: 1 1 1
- Emissive: 1 1 1
- Power: 1.0
- Alpha: 100

File-Key: mdl7

Thanks in advance jcl!