SL Clothes Previewer

Thanks for putting in the effort to make this tool, and for continuing with the support. I look forward to paying you a something when next I go in-world.

To Anju, just read the previous thread, the issue is simple. Close down SL before running SLCP

If you can't download the file and your using windows IE, try right clicking the link and hitting "Save target as"

Hi this software seems great but I can't open it. I get the error "Unable to create 3D scene" any solution?

Thanks

On my system the program displays: Unable to create 3D scene.
Which could be the problem?

Have you guys tried reading the thread? There are multiple reasons you could be getting that error, several of which are discussed. Not saying "read the manual, get off my back!" but it'll be more efficient for you that way, rather than everyone going back and forth over this.

Johan thanks! This is just what I needed! Now I can experiment with clothing other than t - shirts and not look like an idiot/spend a fortune in world. Appreciated.

Yeh even when SL isn't running I still can't open the program. I still get the same error "unable to create 3D scene"

Any ideas?

Thanks

If you don't have the time, then maybe you could share the source code with a Mac developer who would port it to Mac OS X.

PS : There's a big Mac group in world.

On the one hand, it's not that simple. The code is written in Blitz3D, and that's not a portable development platform. And even if it was, DirectX isn't a portable graphics API, and let's face it, this tool is mostly a thin GUI shell over the graphics API.

On the other hand, there is a related successor to Blitz3D called BlitzMax, and that is a cross-platform development environment. I haven't actually messed with it, but I imagine it's relatively simple to port the code from Blitz3D to BlitzMax so that it'll run on both Windows and Mac. It seems to be pretty much the same thing, only using OpenGL instead of DirectX.

The real issue here though is that it costs money. Not much, but BlitzMax ain't free. I may have good reasons in the near future to purchase it, but until then $150 is a bit much to further development of a free tool.

See for yourself here:
http://www.blitzbasic.com/
I have no problem giving away the code, I'm just saying it's not going to do any good.

If you're really interested in doing a tool like this for Mac, I might suggest reading here:
http://nehe.gamedev.net/
I have had success compiling their tutorials on a Mac using the built-in compiler (forget it's name.)


SL running at the same time isn't the only thing mentioned earlier in the thread. Among other things, there's the simple possibility that your graphics card isn't supported. In which case, there isn't really anything you can do, the app just won't work for you. sorry

Thanks for that Johan.

Tan

This thing ROCKS. Johan, YOU rock. Folks, I suggest we donate to Johan for creating this program. I know it's been said before, but I'm just reminding everyone!

Thanks again Johan!

Oryx Tempel

Johan You help me alot!!! Thank you very much!

About the message "Not able to ccreat 3d scene" I discovery how not give that bug. You have to close All programs like SL with use the video board, I hope help you guys!


Kisses!

I was wondering if anyone has had any luck running the program on an Intel based Mac using Parallels and Windows XP? Right now I'm getting the "Unable to Create 3D Scene" message. Before I keep trying to get it to work, I thought I'd ask if it should even be possible. Thanks.

Parallels doesn't support 3D yet.

Hey there, I have a mouse wheel instead of a middle mouse button... can I zoom using this? Am I being a tard?



Oryx

I don't know what Parellels is, but I'm pretty sure the app works in Bootcamp on a Mac.


I have a mousewheel. Note that if you press down on the wheel, instead of turning it, it operates like a button.

Parallels is a PC emulator, a virtual machine.
bootcamp requires an available HDD or partition (which I don't have).

Thank you again, Johan, for your helpfull programm. I hope everyone will donate to Johan for creating it. I do this evening.

I make money with the things i sell at my store at "Frankfurt City". And your Programm help me to make it very much better.

Thx

DOMI

Is there something like such a previewer for Mac OSX?

Not that I know of, but there may be in a few months.

ADDITION: I think I mentioned this at one point but maybe nobody noticed it. Mods, can you change the name of this thread and remove "beta tool"? I wish I'd thought ahead when I started the thread; now I want the name to be just "SL Clothes Previewer."

ADDITION2: Thanks Strife!

it tells me CANT LOAD 3d ENVIRONMENT. Not sure if Iam doing it incorrectly, but maybe some advice is necessary )) *SMILES*

i am just getting into designing cloths for sl, and I can across this tool. It would be great if you worked on an x11 version, so it could run on both pc and mac

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/x11/

Absolutely fantabulous!!!!!!!!!

A cross platform windows/osx/linux solution for this would be ideal really... What needs to happen is an open source project started to address this type of thing . Its good to see but never develop stuff in Direct3d Its evil if you plan to port hehe (thats not really anyones fault other then microsofts for being stingy =/) Anyways good to see a tool for at least one OS exists .

Okay, here's the download for SLCP 2.0a
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/10/8/271989/slcp_ppc.zip

As the "ppc" in the filename indicates, this is a Mac application. It's very ironic that only a Mac version is available, since I designed this to compile with no modification on Windows, but my Windows machine broke a week ago and I can't build a Windows version. Until I get my desktop repaired/replaced, I only have my PowerBook to work with. doh

The core functionality is pretty much the same as before, but I have been doing a lot of work to clean up the interface, using the normal menus and file requesters and what not. Personally I think it's especially cool that the window is resizeable now; not an amazing development, but I didn't know before how to resize the 3D rendering along with the window. I can't get layers to work right though, so for now this is the alpha version (hence 'a' in the version number.) Thus the first caveat: don't bother with alpha transparency and the additional layers, just use the base layers to preview with.

The other caveat is that I'm not sure how well this runs alongside Photoshop. That's a big problem really, since the entire point of the app is to preview textures while you are working on them, but I suspect SLCP may interfere too much with Photoshop. Mac users, give it a whirl and tell me.