Material freeze up

If you installed from a drive (cd ? network ?) that is no longer there you will get this error (i think <!– s:) –><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!– s:) –> )

with your andquot;slow downsandquot;….. a couple of things to check that [i:3prcbq03]might[/i:3prcbq03] be causing it – is the texture very large, is the model very large, are you using a translucent layer (png/etc) ?

ok so no answers here – but maybe a couple of idea that might point you in the right (or wrong) direction ….

is everything else running at full speed ?

Anyone have a problem with 3DC freezing after opening the material file-choosing a material [or texture] and have the window freeze? Not every time, sometimes the window is just slow to clear. Just wondering if I’ve corrupted those files or the computers. andnbsp;KB

Hello Les,
andnbsp;Have plenty of bmp.’s- still locks up. Tried the repair and got this attach. Never tried the repair befor, any ideas? :'(

Hello Les,
andnbsp;Now that you’ve mentioned it, I’ve downloaded the extras but the only item under material is andquot;whale.clmandquot;. I’ll have to work on it to see where the others are.

KB,
I haven’t had that problem. Is it the standard material library that comes with 3DC?
I have used both the standard library, and the extra libraries downloaded from Amabilis.

Les

KB,
I’ve never seen that particular error message before. Maybe this is something you should ask Richard about.
Sorry I can’t be more help..

Les

Did the repair-hasn’t locked up but the window and controls [ambient,diffuse etc.] are reluctant to change. Click to lower diffuse and the change takes many seconds to take affect. If any one has an idea why this is happening, how to fix, I’d appreciate
the knowledge. andnbsp;Thanks-KB

Actually it’s choosing from the andquot;texture Libraryandquot; that the problem comes up. Every thing else seems fine. Just tried it – no model- gems2 file from stock download and it locked up. Stopped 3DC tried the same procedure and it worked fine- one more time with a differant texture and it was slow to clear the window. It hasn’t happened again on the andquot;material palletandquot; since the repair [with reluctant settings] If you think of ant thing let me know-thanks, KB.