lakehaze
01-19-2010, 06:55 AM
Okay, finally leaving 5.1 behind, but the transition is bumpy.
Installation of the trial version goes smoothly, until a polymesh is created.
On the first run, wireframes are displayed correctly, but after switching to a shaded view, the faces are being drawn from the center the object to the horizon in an unidentifiable pattern. Looks like the big bang, if the universe was a cube. The wireframe, highlighted in white, remains correct however.
On XSI restart, creation of standard primitive polygons begins working in shaded mode, but after manipulation, both the wireframe and shaded faces 'collapse'. The following example is what happens when changing the primitive subdivisions; extrusions and duplicated faces produce even more chaos. There is only one object in this scene; notice that the rendered version remains solid.
http://forums.cgsociety.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=149855&stc=1
I just spent 90mins in chat support with HP getting my (elusive) video drivers and bios up to date. I renamed the XSI users folder. I even unplugged my second monitor. After 2 reinstalls, no improvement. (Oh, no actually, I always got a crash error when exiting XSI 5 or 2010 and that has stopped since the bios update).
Any ideas about what would cause the above insanity? Any other solutions beyond the video drivers and bios?
Thanks, Tui
EDIT: Oh, I'm waiting on the SP1 patch, so that's a possible solution as well. But any other ideas please, all are helpful.
Installation of the trial version goes smoothly, until a polymesh is created.
On the first run, wireframes are displayed correctly, but after switching to a shaded view, the faces are being drawn from the center the object to the horizon in an unidentifiable pattern. Looks like the big bang, if the universe was a cube. The wireframe, highlighted in white, remains correct however.
On XSI restart, creation of standard primitive polygons begins working in shaded mode, but after manipulation, both the wireframe and shaded faces 'collapse'. The following example is what happens when changing the primitive subdivisions; extrusions and duplicated faces produce even more chaos. There is only one object in this scene; notice that the rendered version remains solid.
http://forums.cgsociety.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=149855&stc=1
I just spent 90mins in chat support with HP getting my (elusive) video drivers and bios up to date. I renamed the XSI users folder. I even unplugged my second monitor. After 2 reinstalls, no improvement. (Oh, no actually, I always got a crash error when exiting XSI 5 or 2010 and that has stopped since the bios update).
Any ideas about what would cause the above insanity? Any other solutions beyond the video drivers and bios?
Thanks, Tui
EDIT: Oh, I'm waiting on the SP1 patch, so that's a possible solution as well. But any other ideas please, all are helpful.