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bkjernis
01-22-2005, 04:30 PM
When I start up XSI 4.2 I get the warning in the lower left of my screen that says "WARN:Missing Open GL extension(ARB_Shadow)-realtime shadow maps will not be available." Why is this happening and what should I do to repair it? I installed the "omega drivers" but still get this message. Should I go into "Control panel" and repair the last installation or should I uninstall and do a new install of the program. Has anyone seen this problem and is there an easy fix. My graphics card is a ATI Radeon 34xM mobility card and I am using XPHome. The graphics card has 64MB and is "DirectX8" compatible. I don't Know if the "OMEGA" drivers upgrade the graphics card to "DirectX9". All suggestions appreciated,Brent Kjernisted
troyer
01-22-2005, 10:36 PM
Your graphic card doesn't support this extension and thats it. I get the same message with my GeForce DDR. This isn't a serious problem since it will not effect your renders. So don't worry ;)
troyer
01-22-2005, 10:41 PM
And concerning your question about DirectX and the Omega drivers. Your graphic card is capable of DirectX 8 effects as you said, you can install DirectX 9 but this doesn't mean the effects your graphic card can display will be extended. The graphic drivers will always support what the hardware does and nothing more. DirectX 9 is just downward compatible in using and displaying DirectX 8 effects. Just like any software for maybe Windows 98 will run under Windows XP but it will not use the new features that Windows XP brings with it. Hope I could be of help. :)
bkjernis
01-23-2005, 03:42 PM
Neostar, thanks for the quick response! I thought this might be the case. It's now time to install some scripts and plugins since I have this problem solved. Do you know if all the scripts and plugins at xsibase are compatible with xsi 4.2? Regards, Brent Kjernisted
troyer
01-23-2005, 09:18 PM
My best guess is that this is not the case, but you should better ask raffael3d (http://www.cgtalk.com/member.php?u=1693) or some moderators over at xsibase.
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