20th May 2020, 10:00 PM | #1 |
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Textures not auto loading consistently
I modify an 2048x2048 pixel file in GIMP and export it frequently, but the auto texture loading in AC3D does not work or work intermittently after the first few exports. I have to close, then reopen the AC3D to see the updated textures.
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24th May 2020, 10:16 AM | #2 |
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Re: Textures not auto loading consistently
Thanks for posting this. Investigating it led me to find two bugs in the File->settings dialog. The DXF-circle-point and texture-update-msecs were incorrectly be displayed as checkboxes rather than number fields. This means that the values for these were probably being set to 0 or 1 when the settings were saved.
The texture update time is what I was going to point you to, which defaults to 4000 (4 seconds). If it was checking every millisecond, it may have caused the problem. The problem _could_ be something else - perhaps a texture memory problem. A fixed release is due shortly but if you want to add this fix, edit (using a text editor) tcl/ac3dprefs.tcl, search for the line that starts: ac_create_pair_label_bool $wf prefs_texture_update_tick and replace "ac_create_pair_label_bool" with "ac_create_pair_label_entry_int". Then start AC3D and menu File->Settings->File should allow you to change the update time. I suspect you'll see a '1'. Enter 4000 (which is milliseconds). Then AC3D will look at the modification date on a texture file every 4 seconds and reload the texture if it detects a change. |
5th January 2021, 11:04 AM | #3 | |
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Re: Textures not auto loading consistently
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I have the same problem even i followed the advise how to mofiy the prefs file. |
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