jm28cardiff Posted July 7, 2010 Posted July 7, 2010 Ive only just come across this forum, and LDD, I have a couple of questions about it- 1) Why is it, if I enable "High quality rendering of bricks placed in the scene", it looks so awful? The colour palette is so muddy and dark. White looks grey etc. Unticking this option makes it look more like real lego on the screen. 2) What does the "compatability mode level" slider mean? Thanks! Quote
Aanchir Posted July 7, 2010 Posted July 7, 2010 Ive only just come across this forum, and LDD, I have a couple of questions about it- 1) Why is it, if I enable "High quality rendering of bricks placed in the scene", it looks so awful? The colour palette is so muddy and dark. White looks grey etc. Unticking this option makes it look more like real lego on the screen. 2) What does the "compatability mode level" slider mean? Thanks! No idea. I myself can see no visible differences when the "High quality rendering" button is pressed. But then again, until I saw this topic I didn't even know about the preferences menu. Quote
Brickdoctor Posted July 7, 2010 Posted July 7, 2010 Well, I know that LDD attempts to light the model from one angel, so maybe your model has just been rotated to where you're seeing the shadowy side of things. Other than that, the only thing I can think of is if your graphics card isn't up to the task of rendering the bricks. Quote
jm28cardiff Posted July 8, 2010 Author Posted July 8, 2010 Well, I know that LDD attempts to light the model from one angel, so maybe your model has just been rotated to where you're seeing the shadowy side of things. Other than that, the only thing I can think of is if your graphics card isn't up to the task of rendering the bricks. I guess it must be the computer then, a 2005 laptop. The march of technology leaves me behind once again! Just started fiddling with lego again after a 20 year gap (I'm 35 now), I'm getting obsessed with it! I'm hoping LDD will ease the pressure on the wallet, I'll do stuff in there instead of buying lots of sets, but so far thats not working! Quote
Superkalle Posted July 9, 2010 Posted July 9, 2010 I guess it must be the computer then, a 2005 laptop. The march of technology leaves me behind once again! Just started fiddling with lego again after a 20 year gap (I'm 35 now), I'm getting obsessed with it! I'm hoping LDD will ease the pressure on the wallet, I'll do stuff in there instead of buying lots of sets, but so far thats not working! I have an older laptop at work, and it's hopeless to use LDD on. Graphics are so slow. But I have colleagues that have equally old computers and for them it works like a dream. It turned out that my graphics chip didn't have have harware rendering support for some transformations. Had to do with OpenGL (which is what LDD uses). Anyay, jm28cardiff - welcome to the LDD forums. Look forward to seeing you more around these parts of Eurobricks And in my case, LDD has just forced me to buy even more parts....I mean you gotta build what you've designed, right. At least that's how it is for me Quote
Brickdoctor Posted July 11, 2010 Posted July 11, 2010 I have an older laptop at work, and it's hopeless to use LDD on. Graphics are so slow. But I have colleagues that have equally old computers and for them it works like a dream. It turned out that my graphics chip didn't have have harware rendering support for some transformations. Had to do with OpenGL (which is what LDD uses). I've actually run LDD on a pre-2005 laptop that has (quite oddly) 448 MB of RAM and a 1.6 gHz CPU, even though LDD supposedly requires 512 MB. The graphics aren't as good, but since it's running Windows XP instead of Vista, it loads faster than on my newer laptop. Quote
leonema Posted November 5, 2010 Posted November 5, 2010 I ever use to set 9 columns and another color to brick palette on launch, so how can I let start LDD ever in this way without that I need everytime to set? Maybe in the registry settings (I've Win XP SP3) there is some key that force to launch differently? Or maybe something else, thanks in advance for help! :) Quote
Superkalle Posted November 5, 2010 Posted November 5, 2010 I ever use to set 9 columns and another color to brick palette on launch, so how can I let start LDD ever in this way without that I need everytime to set? Maybe in the registry settings (I've Win XP SP3) there is some key that force to launch differently? Or maybe something else, thanks in advance for help! :) That's a good question. Actually I don't think you can force LDD to keep these settings between runs. Or does anyone else know? Quote
leonema Posted November 5, 2010 Posted November 5, 2010 ah, I forgot... could be great also if could not show more "Camera Control" and "Web Browser" at launch! It's very stressful hide everytime... :D Quote
Superkalle Posted November 5, 2010 Posted November 5, 2010 could be great also if could not show more "Camera Control" and "Web Browser" at launch! It's very stressful hide everytime... :D Yes, I agree. It has been wished earlier, and maybe it will be a feature in the next LDD? Let's hope so. Quote
leonema Posted March 21, 2019 Posted March 21, 2019 On 11/5/2010 at 11:25 AM, Superkalle said: Yes, I agree. It has been wished earlier, and maybe it will be a feature in the next LDD? Let's hope so. I solved the problem of web browser simply saving a blank file and open it instead launch the app... removed the camera control with a program: Actual Window Manager and enlarged the right pieces column to the max size with: MouseRecorder ;) Quote
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