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# 1 12-07-2003 , 01:42 PM

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hi, I just finished the 1st part of the shark tutorial. Now I noticed something strange while moving isoparms just before actually inserting them with that button.

while moving one, it creates like a trail of them, making it harder to see where mine is actually at.

anyone know how to solve this? I presume it has something to do with videosettings.

I have athlon XP 2200->2400, 1GB DDR, Geforce 4 4800 (like the 4400).

I placed the arrow on the pic to show you in what way I moved the isoparm.

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# 2 12-07-2003 , 01:57 PM

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yeh, that would look like a video card thing...

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# 3 12-07-2003 , 06:53 PM

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Well man, i have a ATI card and I get the same problem. I dont think its to do with speed though, seeing mine is 8x agp.. so yea.. just bare with it user added image

. Once i let go though all those previous lines go away.

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# 4 12-07-2003 , 09:34 PM

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eh... thx for the replys... I guess user added image

I'll try my luck on some other forums and mess around a bit. I'll let you know if I can fix it.

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# 5 12-07-2003 , 10:06 PM

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I only have the GeForce 256 (yeah, i know) and i never encounter that problem. I only get slowness [rarely] but i then just close and reopen to sort it.

Yeah, but no but yeah but no....

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# 6 13-07-2003 , 01:42 AM

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You might want to look at others drivers. I've been using a geforce 4 recently and don't get that problem.

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# 7 13-07-2003 , 01:52 AM

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I get the same problem. Not only with isosparms, but with curve points too. Its really annoying user added image

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# 8 13-07-2003 , 02:23 AM

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I just updated drivers to 44.03 and I still get the same problem.

A guy on cgtalk said to check the isoparms settings, where can I find those?

I-Iybrid, yeah I get them there too.

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# 9 13-07-2003 , 09:13 AM

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everyone, good news!

some guy on cg talk (silhouette) told me to turn anti aliasing off and now it works perfectly!

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# 10 13-07-2003 , 10:10 AM

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well for some reason, Maya doesnt even start up with the 44.03 drivers on my GeForce 3 ti500... user added image

I was having the same problem and I updated to different drivers (dont remember witch) and it worked...now I"m back with 2942 user added image

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EDIT: heh, turning off AA really worked user added image

thanks

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# 11 13-07-2003 , 12:30 PM

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happens on my geforce 400 mx to ( yeah i know guys ..dont laugh) user added image

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# 12 14-07-2003 , 03:24 AM

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How can i turn anti aliasing off.. the name rings a bell.. just i dont know where i can find it.. nor what it does. user added image

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# 13 14-07-2003 , 09:21 AM

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rightclick on desktop, properties, settings, advanced, the outer right tab there (with nvidia cards it gives the name of your card) try some of the menus. most likely it'll be a slider that you can turn to the left for off.

antialiasing is making the corners of a 3D object sharper, by rendering it in higher resolution than the rest of the game.
eg: you play in 1024*768, but the corners of a model are rendered in 1600*1200 wich makes it look much smoother.