sorry to hear that,,but a good thing about Vue is that the sun will shine again, at just the click of a button

one 'crash evader' trick I've used alot is to not use the 'render to screen', but to use the 'render to main window'  and the 'render to area' option...first save your scene, then turn all of your viewports to wireframe, except for the main window viewport......then open the render options (using the 'render' options from the top menu,,not the timeline 'render' icon) n select the 'render to main window' option, then be sure to click ' save render to disk', and save it as a .gif ...then go to 'render area' and click the box..then click 'ok'....

directly beside the regular 'render' icon in the top menu bar, u'll see another icon on the left..the 'render to area' icon..click it..your curser will turn into a circle but will turn to crosshair when you get to the main window viewport... ..put your curser on the right top corner of the viewport and drag it to the bottom left corner n then let go..then open the timeline render options (just click once) n select the 'render entire animation' option, then in 'channel files', click 'browse ' and save it as .gif(but while saving, I would suggest creating a folder for it).....set the frame rate size prefs...click 'ok'...now go click on the timeline 'preview' icon...even if it crashes or freezes right after rendering, it won't matter alot cause you will have already saved it to disk

hope this helps, but if not, you can try using open gl fixed or software compatibility mode.

YAAAYY!!! Vue's back !! :tt1: :wub:

thanks, Pam :)

just thought I'd share this..I created this vid in Vue..I used one sphere and the 'scatter/replicate objects' function to create the small spheres..(go to top menu/edit/scatter/replicate objects) ...

http://i863.photobucket.com/albums/ab200/mshpaintbucket2/Vue-MaryHinesProjects-01/ExploMeta-02MaryHines-01-1f-gloligh.gif

hadn't had Vue very long when I did this project, was just experimenting, really, but if one were to put some real effert into it, I'm sure they could do better than this, really.

looks neat when rendered with rock material, too..if one wanted to, they could have the rock mat gradually turn into glowing rocks, or just add a glow to the rock mats from the start, of course.

this may not help much, cause I'm still using Vue 8 Esprit, but just wondering are you trying to save it as .avi ?...if so, instead try saving the animation as png, tiff or gif. I always import my Poser/DAZ mods as .dae, cause the direct Poser imports are too heavy for my OS.

@jaynep...I have Esprit, too, and go to geekatplay for almost all of my tutorial needs..here are some great tutorials from there that specifically pertain to what it sounds like you're wanting to do ;

http://www.geekatplay.com/tutorials/backdrop/

1. Backdrop for your web projects.05/15/2008 Vue 6
    Creating outstanding backdrop for you web interfaces:
   •Large size of terrain with realistic ecosystem.
   •Using Building Construction Kit and Mega Packs.
   •Set up lighting and small post production adjustment.
   http://www.geekatplay.com/tutorials2.php

http://www.geekatplay.com/tutorials1.php

1. Distribution of materials. Vue 6 and Vue 5
    If you're mixing up the snow and the rocks and the trees and the grass, it can get hard to see what is going on in that preview pain. In this tutorial, we demonstrate an easy way to set up a complex distribution of materials.
   http://www.geekatplay.com/tutorials/dm/

http://www.geekatplay.com/tutorials4.php

1. Painting materials with Vue 7.4.5/13/2009 Vue 7
    •Looking at new addition in Vue 7.4.
   •Painting materials over terrain.
   •How does painting works
   http://www.geekatplay.com/flvplayer/player.php?pathinfo=materialspainting

http://www.geekatplay.com/tutorials6.php

1. Glowing puddles, part two
    •Creating terrain.
   •Function editor adjustments
   •Dependecy

http://www.geekatplay.com/tutorials6.php

1. Glowing puddles, part three
    •Applying materials.
   •Function driving material placement
   •Material layers

http://www.geekatplay.com/vue9/
Introduction to Vue 9, Terrain brushes. []
 •Setting up terrain brushes, managing brushes, and creating terrain with custom brushes.

http://www.geekatplay.com/flvplayer/player_full.php?pathinfo=http://www.vcode.com/tutorialsvue9/brushes.mp4
http://www.geekatplay.com/vue9/
Introduction to Vue 9, Material editor overview. []
 •New interface, advance vs. basic, and expand with function editor

http://www.geekatplay.com/functioneditor/index.php
Function Editor 7- Image maps nodes [15:19]
 •Image maps nodes and controlling transparency in map nodes.

http://www.geekatplay.com/materials/
41 Material and Ecosystem painting [14:32]
 •Exporting painting map, creating multilayer painting, global vs local ecosystem painting tool, and those things in ecosystems

just posted this in a similar thread ; ''I've been getting an 'under maintenance' page all day,,,I usually only get those during the night, then it works fine during the day,,but after getting that maint page all day, now am wondering when they'll be finished with the maintenance this time ? hopefully soon :)''

a few hours ago, I sent an email to Vue support, asking if they had any idea how long the site might be under maintenance, but they haven't replied back, now I see why after reading this thread,,I'm sure they are very, very busy trying get the site back up again..this is just terrible :(  ...guess all we can do is hope for the best. 

I've been getting an 'under maintenance' page all day,,,I usually only get those during the night, then it works fine during the day,,but after getting that maint page all day, now am wondering when they'll be finished with the maintenance this time ? hopefully soon :)

is it a standard terrain or an infinite terrain ?..most all of my Vue versions did things like that when using an infinite terrain til I went to a quad core, a 1 GB GC, & 4 GB of Ram. but all OS's performances can vary of course.

installing the newest update for Vue might help, tho....or if it didn't act up before upgrading to 8.5, then you may just need to try uninstalling the last update (go to 'file/cancel last update')....

or..u may just need to update your GC driver...if you're using a tablet (I do), you might want to try updating the drivers for it,..during one project I was using a standard terrain n the terrain literally exploded when I tried working on it in the terrain editor, til I changed my tablet settings.(u can go to wacom properties/options/..try checking or unchecking 'adjust the pen pressure for compatibility' ..I leave it unchecked on my wacom).

this is a fun thread :) ..will be back later to explore more of it.