I was wondering what openGl is suppose to do. I was having trouble with vue so I turned it off but then I heard that patch 4.03 (Is that the right number? anyway the latest one) fixed a lot of things like openGL, so I thought I'd give it a try. With the option turned on, all the screens look gray like everything is set to a dense mesh. Is that what it's suppose to look like. Or should I be seeing something different? Thanks. Kevin

Open GL, as far as I know, defines a certain standard of real time in 3D graphics. It's an open technology used by graphics card manufacturers, in the form of graphics hardware acceleration. I think what it mostly is supposed to do is to make previews look better, faster. It won't affect your actual renders, though since it's more of a "real-time" feature. I think it weas designed for games, more than 3D CG. Anyhow, Vue has a problem dealing with Open GL when used with certain graphics cards. The only thing you can do for now, is to disable the Open GL previews, and then everything should be OK. you'll have to deal with "wireframe" in yourd viewports, but, some of us with no problems, do so anyway. Open GL looks nifty, but it doesn't add enough for the trouble it can cause, IMHO; Even on a system which has no trouble with it, enabling it will still invariably slow the interface. And since it contributes nothing to the final render, I personally believe it's best to do without it, unless you have dual 1.5 ghz cpu's.......

I am glad thatMeInOhio asked that question, as I was wondering what it was and if I really needed it for anything? (: I have had to disable it in two computers for my Vue to work, but once that was done, NO PROBLEMS! I don't have a dual 1.5 ghz cpu, but I do have a 1.5 ghz, sony vaio, and it still doesn't like the "GL" thing, even with the patch! BTW, I am not running Vue in two computers now, in case that is illegle or something.......the other one's hard-drive died and I had to buy a new one........Can't live without a computer anymore.......kind of like not having a microwave oven.....WHAT THE HECK DID I DO BEFORE I HAD IT??? genny

If you are running a nVidia chipset on your graphics card (ie. TNT & GeForce), you may want to check out their latest video card driver (Detonator 23.11 released Dec 5, 2001). I was having lingering problems with OpenGL, same as you, until I installed their latest driver just a few days ago. Charles

Attached Link: http://www.nvidia.com/

Thanks. I do have a GeForce 2, I believe, so I'll check out the link. Kevin