My Helpers disapear behinf mesh?!

[eks]

it´s probably just (another (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=113179)) bug. it happens to me also. i think it´s some problem with the opengl zbuffer drawing in the viewports. i´m using opengl because directx9c with the latests drivers from nvidia are crashing max and im not in the mood to downgrade my graphic drivers. try changing to another display driver.

and another easier solution is to use POINT instead of dummy. point with a box does not have this problem.




eks

[PEN]

it´s probably just (another (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=113179)) bug. it happens to me also. i think it´s some problem with the opengl zbuffer drawing in the viewports. i´m using opengl because directx9c with the latests drivers from nvidia are crashing max and im not in the mood to downgrade my graphic drivers. try changing to another display driver.

and another easier solution is to use POINT instead of dummy. point with a box does not have this problem.

eks
Ya this is just a driver issue, don't feel to bad though, my Max works perfectly but Maya on my machine is a mess with the graphics drives. I can't see the rotate gizmo, clusters the points on the move gizmo and several other things when in the ortho views and some times in the persective view. I tell you this just incase you think the grass is greener on the other side. Let me tell you... it isn't.

[gilley]

hi fellas,
i have a little problem..my helpers disapear partially when i rotate the vie and a helper intersects with the mesh (lying above it) seems like the mesh always want to be in front..even if the helpers are miles before them..

some sugesstions?

greets
spike

I remember a couple animators at my workplace having this same problem with the old MAX bones. Old bones were helper objects too. The solution was to switch from Heidi to Direct3D/OpenGL.

Check and make sure you're not in Heidi mode(Customize/Preferences/Viewports/Choose Driver)



If you're in D3D/OGL then I don't know what to do :)

[robinb]

Same problem but the other way round on mine. Dummies always get drawn in front of other objects, but I find it hard to visualise where they lie in 3D space. Luckily point helpers don't have that problem so I can just switch to those. You can make points look like dummies by turning on their box mode and turn off the default cross. There's also an option to always draw them on top if you like.

This is with an ATI Radeon 9600 in Direct X mode.

[spikomatix]

hmm i have an open gl card (fx 5700 ultra) in max i have opengl activated..i still dont see all helpers..
seems to be buggy :-(

someone knows a solution?

what is the difference beetween direct x and open gl to max??
someting with performance?


beside of that i have another problems:

-..my perspective view does not show any lighting affecting surface anymore..but only in the file iam workin right now...if i doo new file it works?!

-my middle mous scroll wheel zooms in all views around my mousarrow..but in perspective view it works as simple zoom :-( how do i chage this?(i searched in preferences buts not there)

thanks for helping

spiko

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