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Gmax view ports partially blocked

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I have installed Gmax onto a 17" laptop and noticed in the upper left corner of each viewport, the description I have set up (ie; Top, Left, Perspective, etc.), is partially blacked behind the viewport above it or into the toolbar if it is one of the top two viewports. Resizing of viewports or the entire window makes no difference.

Is anybody else seeing this? Could this be because I have gone from a 3x4 type screen to a "widescreen"?

thx,

Clutch
 
What o/s.

Which driver are you using (for Gmax)

Have you disabled desktop composition for Gmax (assuming you are using Win7 or Vista)

I'd suggest: DirectX, Disable Desktop Composition and see how you go.

Runs fine under Win7 on my widescreen laptop.
 
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Hey hcornea,

Correct, I am using Win7 64 with DirectX drivers. But where is that "disabled desktop composition for Gmax" you talk about located?

thx,

Clutch
 
Right-click yous FSX_Gmax Shortcut.
Click the "Compatibility" Tab

Check the option and "OK"
 

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While you're there, you may as well select "Disable visual themes" as well. Perhaps also check "Run as Administrator."
 
Thx, I woulda been looking for some time to find that. Unfortunately still not working? Even using both of your suggestions guys. :confused:
 
Hi,

Did you try the other drivers in GMax? Maybe not use DirectX, but HEIDI or OpenGL. Which one works best depends on many things, so it is not easy to say which one you should choose. Trying all of them might be a good idea.
 
Good call Arno... that was it, the drivers.

Looks like Heidi works best. OpenGL appears to make the viewports turn white and start flashing a little when I click on them. It's funny as this laptop has an AMD 5870 Radeon card in there and I see it has an additional page for settings for Gmax while the others don't. Would seem like it would work with DirectX first and foremost

If I may ask, what just is Heidi? I have heard of DirectX and I understand that OpenGL is an "open source" graphics driver?

thx,

Clutch
 
"Heidi" is a software driver.

You should be able to use DirectX, but it is possible you need to update the driver for your onboard video.
 
I would agree with Bill's inference that it would be good not to use Heidi.

After using it for a short while, you realise the rendering is Not Quite Right .. the shading is awful ... and if you work at all with transparency maps (yecchh!!)

Heidi is a last resort (IMHO)

On that first note, make sure you max out the loaded bmp sizes and chack (or uncheck) Texture correction ... depending on your preference.
 
After further testing you are right. The Heidi and OpenGL are not as good as the DirectX. I'll just have to live with that little annoyance as there are no new drivers for the laptop. Other than that DirectX works by far the best so I'll just stick with that.
 
Funny, I have the same problem. I just noticed it also. Perhaps its been happening since I updated my video card, I'm not sure. Went from a GTS 8800 to a GTX 460. Now I'm seeing this issue.

Its a bit disturbing.

I just updated my drivers to the most recent one, but to no affect.
 
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