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Disrupter52
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Posted: 16th May 2011 20:25
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Well i dont have any of those others, im only trying to run the demo of the Tree magik and Plantlife to see what theyre like. Do i need that other stuff for it? i thought these two programs were standalone.

Also, the TGC people say to update my drivers and also update direct x9, but i have direct x11, does that matter maybe?
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MrValentine
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Posted: 17th May 2011 00:36 Edited at: 17th May 2011 01:25
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umm http://www.tranquil-media.co.uk/vvblog/page/Downloads.aspx just read what I wrote on my blog page, you could just click my banner ad click downloads page on top right side pages list, I explain the need for DirectX 9c there

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see this post also

http://www.tranquil-media.co.uk/vvblog/post/2011/04/28/DirectX-a-good-analogy.aspx

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Posted: 18th May 2011 18:28
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Ok so i updated my drivers (theyre already up to date) and then went and download that zip and installed it and that worked, but i ran Treemagik and nothing happened.

Does it need physx? I have ATI, i can only assume that PhysX wont work. And nothing else seems to work.
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MrValentine
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Posted: 18th May 2011 19:57
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PhysX will work regardless of GPU, if you do not have Nvidia, it resorts to using your cpu, however for the Demo's it is not deeded nor the full versions,

Are you using dual screens?

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Posted: 18th May 2011 22:33
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Im not using dual screens.

Just to be safe, here is my system's specs:

Windows 7 Professional
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 B55 Processor 3.20 GHz
Installed RAM: 8.00 GB
System type: 64-bit OS
Graphics Cards: ATI Radeon HD 4800 series.

As i type this i realize that my cards are Xfired, so i will disable that and see if that helps at all.
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MrValentine
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Posted: 18th May 2011 22:37
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Sounds like a plan

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Posted: 18th May 2011 22:48
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nope, nothing. Tried it un crossfired and crossfired and no difference.

Tried a few different directx 9s, nothing works.

honestly the only thing i can really say at this point is wtf
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MrValentine
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Posted: 18th May 2011 23:00
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didnt you try disabling uac?

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Posted: 18th May 2011 23:34
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For shiggles i tried installing DarkBASIC pro, the free version. Ran fine.

And i tried UAC, didnt fix nothing.
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Posted: 18th May 2011 23:39
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wanted to keep this til last, but I found the demo editions of most apps were kind of dated and didnt work so well... but if you got 64bit windows, professional why not try installing xpmode and try running it in there?

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Posted: 19th May 2011 04:29
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Ok so dozens of updates later, i got XP mode running, installed treemagik, it ran and opened a window and then crashed!

It says "Unable to make 3d scene". Does that mean my xp mode needs its own direct x?
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Posted: 19th May 2011 06:08
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nono, its just that you can not run 3d hardware... this is interesting, because I have the same Os.... ooo heres a thought, what system language are you running? en-GB?

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Posted: 19th May 2011 15:18
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I can only guess at it being en-US, since im from America. Assuming of course that en-GB is English - Great Britain since you are from England.
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without sounding funny, but im sure you know some applications go funny based on localisation... example chinese app running on english os, they cancel each other out sometimes, need someone within the UK to try installing the demo, I already have the full version and dont want to play funny with my install of full version, sorry , and getting it installed on another enUS based system might help you quench this theory

sorry if i sound a little not clear right now, im reading through lots of legal papers at the moment ^^ all these insurance stuff papers... if your gonna run a business, make sure you do it right! ^^ (hahahhah click the paranoid <<- that smiley on the comment box and see the syntax for it lol >.<

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Posted: 19th May 2011 15:59
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lol its really a 69, thats ridiculous. Ill have to check to see if my brother can run it since he has a near-identical machine to mine, or at least the same os and such.
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Posted: 19th May 2011 16:23
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>.<

Keep me posted, I am just putting this message here to save you from getting punished for double posting

and yeah glad you got the joke ^^

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Posted: 23rd Jul 2011 15:37 Edited at: 24th Jul 2011 15:01
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Hi, I have DGS & FPSC bundles (and additional plugins) running on windows 7 ultimate (64bit) and cant seem to get darklights to work! The exe (LightMapperIDE.exe). Following the tutorial, I press F3, change a few options (does not seem to matter which ones!) and then I am required to press [RETURN] to begin calculating ...

CRASH!

Now it seems to be a w7-64bit issue as it runs fine on my windows xp (SP3) system but crashes with same result on both my win 7 ultimate(64bit) systems!

I have all updates for direct x up to dx11 and (program,system,drivers,etc) and have disabled UAC and tried run as admin and xp compatability mode settings!

I have tried several fresh installs, and anything else I could think of at the time.

Both systems report back the following:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: LightmapperIDE.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 448ee961
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.17514
Fault Module Timestamp: 4ce7ba58
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000343b0
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: 1bb6
Additional Information 2: 1bb6251b5936c466e461680ae185d37b
Additional Information 3: 48dc
Additional Information 4: 48dcf168626537cbdab7b512cde0676a

Read our privacy statement online:
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System 1: Sony Vaio (VPCF12Z1E) with i7 CPU (8 cores), 8GB ram, 1gb nvidia GeForce GT 330M, Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit).

System 2: HP Desktops - HP Pavilion Elite HPE-495uk with i7 CPU (8 cores), 8GB ram, 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 460, Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit).

Anyone have any advice please??, thanks for reading


EDIT: Actually, I have just noticed that in the "workng" xp system my DBO are NOT being saved to disk when I press F5 and exit the progam !!! So, not working on ANY of my systems atm! After "saving" the DBO file and selecting [Y] to quit the app also crashes!OR (randomly) when I press [F2] and clicking on the file i want to load my own file!

Strange enough the demo version works fine! apart from being able to save due to demo restrictions.

UPDATE:

I made some changes (listed below) and i seem to have fixed it! Truth is i dont know what i was doing or what one of my changes did fix the crash & no save issue! permissions/security i guess!

Heres what i remember trying..

Merge demo & full version files and recompile,
change LightmapperIDE.exe program properties as follows:

win98/me compatabillity mode
disable visual themes
disable desktop composition
run as admin

Most of which i had tried b4 with no luck, must have hit a lucky break with the combos!

Now, i gotta find out how to get the mapped scene back in my code! only seems to load textureless meshes atm, still, i am new to all this!

EDIT: Think im getting there, now if only Blender 2.58 would IMPORT .x aswell as export!!!! GGGGRRRRRRRR !
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MrValentine
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Posted: 22nd Aug 2011 03:44 Edited at: 22nd Aug 2011 03:56
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I forgot to mention the Desktop Compositions... but probably because it was probably on here already ^^ - ignore that bit

Blender is not a problem of these forums but I am sure you might get some help with it but good luck with it ^^

I am also adding here to this post a reference for zenassem please look up for my long thread post also note the desktop composition information as well as Vsual Themes, [u]maybe I should add it to My post?[/u] - I am way too tired ignore this bit too

Let me know what you guys think...

And before someone says it... I am sorry for bumping this thread but it serves a purpose so it is worth bumping.

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