Why do some textures show and some don't?

I have lots of textures. Some I downloaded myself and many I bought. Why is it that some textures show up in my inventory to be chosen when I am editing a texture and some don't. I can see them in my inventory folder, but when I am in Edit mode I can't find them at all.

To use them, you need the correct permissions. I can't recall which..seems to me it's copy, but i could be wrong =/

I bought a texture yesterday with a screen prim, to be used on the screen, and can't locate it in my inventory. Even re-logged thinking it would show up.

File format may have a bit to do with it, but usually it has to do with a texture being 512x512 loading much quicker than 1024x1025 texture size....so file size, then file type.

OOPS!!! I read your post wrong...Try looking in your Photo folder as well as your texture folder.

you can even find a few in lost and found, or in your trashcan.

You can also type a search (by name) to find it.

I have had a ton of grief finding the right textures in inventory before. The worst is that you can't always assume that the texture you just uploaded or bought made it's way to your texture folder correctly.

If it helps, you can open two inventory windows at the same time, then on one of them go to file > show filters and then check only the textures box. That way, all you will see is texture items. You can then drag and drop to get them all to the correct location. -- The second Inventory window is in case you have sub-folders under Textures. You can drag and drop from one window to the other.

Don't ask for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

I have tons of textures and sometimes I swear they have vanished.
I thought perhaps when lag is really bad they just don't load very fast.

For a texture to appear in your list when you're editing a prim, the texture must be full rights, otherwise the only way to use it is to manually drop the texture from your inventory on to the prim.

Hi Keira, welcome back, if the texture was Mod/Copy you could drag it to the prim, if it has full perms then it would show up. This has changed from what I recollect reading with one of the new releases but this only applies to the UUID. (someone correct me if I am wrong).



Rebecca, the ones you uploaded normally appear at the top of your textures file in the order that they were uploaded. If you have changed their name or moved them to their own file for referencing then you might not always find them on a search or by using the picker. I have also noticed this. Normally as I have 2 copies of textures that are in use, I have the original in the texture file and the 2nd is normally renamed in its own file. The ones that are renamed normally do not show up unless I manually go through the list of files that hold the textures.

Also, the ones you have bought, subject to their permissions, are they boxed up and packaged in a box under your 'Objects' file?, this could also be another reason as you need to unpack them but I am sure you would know this. (you're as old as me).

I have never lost any textures and I do upload a lot, normally if I cannot find them its because of forgetting their name or lack of organising my inventory.

They do not and should not ever appear in your photos file and the size will not prevent them from appearing in your inventory when selecting a face or prim to texture from the edit menu.

You guys are going to be so proud of me. I actually have all my textures in folders by the project I am working on at the time. And they are named Texture "Project". That way I can find them quickly. I learned to do that early on from reading posts here.

And yes I knew to open and copy to inventory before using them. I usually will buy the textures, put them in the correct folder, and then relog to make sure they are where they belong before I begin the texture process. I did that with this particular file and it still wouldn't show up when I needed to use it. It is there when I just look in inventory, but not when I am in Edit mode. I am wondering if it is because it is copy/mod and not full permissions.

And I didn't know I could manually drag it to the prim. Oh, how I have wanted to do that so many times.

Thank you for all your help.

Rebecca,

The drag to the prim thing, I am not sure if this will continue to work with the new Client Releases but in the old 1.18 versions and beyond when the texture was dragged you would receive a message shouted in chat, "thats is not possible" or words to that effect.

As mentioned though, it may not now be possible in the new 1.19 client version unless you have full perms.

Edit, I do not know if you are aware but if you wanted to copy the repeats and offsets of a texture on one prim to another without copying the prim itself this was possible by selecting the correct prim face last, in the edit menu the offsets and repeats would be faded grey, this would indicate that not all prims were using the same numbers. You could then retype over the existing numbers and all prims faces would have the texture applied the same as the the correct face last selected. (If that makes sense). But last time I checked it did not work in the last RC Candidate either.