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triangles and shapes on my screen
4lan Menges
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05-23-2008 23:57
hi, can anybody out there tell me why i am getting things like large triangular shapes on my screen, when i move my avatar? it also seems to bring the coulor out of any object nearby. so a lot of times i cannot see in front of me, thru these things, any help would be much appreciated. Alan.
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05-24-2008 01:29
disable opengl vertex buffer from a button in your gfx settings.
Brenda Connolly
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05-24-2008 05:14
You may have to update your video drivers, especially if you have an ATI card. If you have a low end ATI, even that may not work, as in my case, partly why I use a Non Windlight Viewer.
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05-24-2008 07:55
You've accidently hit the key combination for the advanced menu option 'show updates'
press ctrl-alt-shift-u and they sould go away for you.
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05-24-2008 08:57
From: Zen Zeddmore
You've accidently hit the key combination for the advanced menu option 'show updates'
press ctrl-alt-shift-u and they sould go away for you.


The OP said "it also seems to bring the coulor out of any object nearby" suggests artifacts from a driver/settings issue. Show Upates is floating Red, Green, and Blue stuff.
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Larissa Lomax
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05-24-2008 11:24
does it look like this?



I was having this issue with a Radeon 9550.. windlight also ran terribly. In the end I switched to a non windlight viewer. ( Nicholaz BE-v may work for you - http://nicholaz-beresford.blogspot.com/
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05-24-2008 12:10
Hi 4lan. Like others have said, sounds like the issues you get with an ATI card in Windlight viewers. If that is the issue, for the time being the only real alternative is to either get a new video card, or use the Nicholaz viewer that was linked to earlier in the thread.


As an aside, can people that do still have this issue (even if they are using alternate viewers to log in) please add your vote, and post a comment (if you can) to this JIRA issue http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-3258 in the vain hope that maybe LL will work on it.
Maureen Boccaccio
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fuschia polygons
05-24-2008 12:21
If I am seeing fuschia-colored polygons...is this the same problem? I do not have "show updates" checked....
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05-24-2008 14:07
From: Maureen Boccaccio
If I am seeing fuschia-colored polygons...is this the same problem? I do not have "show updates" checked....


Screenshot would be useful.

Do you have "show transparent" enabled? Alt-Ctl-T
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05-24-2008 15:20
From: Beezle Warburton
Screenshot would be useful.

Do you have "show transparent" enabled? Alt-Ctl-T


Yes, I will send a screenshot when I get home (and when I figure out how to insert it into the post..heh)...but "show transparent" is not enabled.
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05-24-2008 16:09
From: Maureen Boccaccio
how to insert it into the post


There's a link at the bottom lower left of the forum pages that reads "vBcode".

The url for that link is http://forums.secondlife.com/misc.php?do=bbcode .

That explains about the codes using to do show pictures and do other tricks in this forum.

If you use flickr or photobucket or other image storing services, just put the screenshot up there, then put the url of the image here, enclosed by img tags.

You can also set your editing mode for this forum in the User CP (User Control Panel), to allow you either Standard or WYSIWYG mode, to spare yourself the bother of remembering codes.
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05-24-2008 16:53
here it is:
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05-24-2008 16:53
and there are some next to me, and behind me...none are on our land...
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05-24-2008 17:40
Hrm. Can you post a LM to where that is?
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05-24-2008 17:50
From: Beezle Warburton
Hrm. Can you post a LM to where that is?


http://slurl.com/secondlife/Velox/240/32/30
Mordos Yering
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05-24-2008 18:17
Iit's just some prim triangles.

I hate neighbors without auto-return.
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05-24-2008 18:20
From: Maureen Boccaccio
here it is:






just kidding. :P
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05-24-2008 18:26
From: Mordos Yering
Iit's just some prim triangles.

I hate neighbors without auto-return.


Thank you very much, Mordos, for coming to check these for me. As I said, I'm just glad

a) I am not hallucinating (right now, anyway) and
b) that it's not my viewer.
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From: Macphisto Angelus



just kidding. :P


what? you didn't see the porn?:D
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05-24-2008 19:25
From: Mordos Yering
triangles
formed into tetrahedrons.
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