Forum: New Poser Users Help


Subject: Ugly point light preview artifacts Open GL preview

uncle808us opened this issue on Jul 22, 2017 ยท 4 posts


uncle808us posted Sat, 22 July 2017 at 8:07 PM

_OSX El Capitan Ver 10.11.6 MacBook Pro Retina, Mid 2012 15 in. Poser Pro Game Dev 10.0.5.305_56 I am getting some nasty artifacts using Open GL preview and a point light. I want to see the shadows but not these ugly black artifacts. Anything that can be done? I can live with it but... rather not.uglyShadowsPoint.jpg

MacBook Pro OSX El Capitan Ver 10.11.6


ironsoul posted Mon, 24 July 2017 at 2:09 AM

Do the black areas remain when doing a full render or if the light is moved? From the picture it looks like a reversed normal problem



bagginsbill posted Mon, 24 July 2017 at 9:19 AM

I'm assuming that rounded cube thing is a Poser-supplied prop, which means it's misbehaving on YOUR system but not mine.

I would look at OpenGL driver updates first.


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uncle808us posted Mon, 24 July 2017 at 10:04 AM

bagginsbill posted at 10:59AM Mon, 24 July 2017 - #4310603

I'm assuming that rounded cube thing is a Poser-supplied prop, which means it's misbehaving on YOUR system but not mine.

I would look at OpenGL driver updates first.

_MacBook Pro Retina, Mid 2012 15 in. OS X 10.11.6, Poser Pro Game Dev 10.0.5.305_56 The rounded thing is my own prop. Apple makes its own drivers & they are included in the OS updates. This does not happen with the spreeD preview. I have been trying to find information for Open GL vs spreeD preview but with unsatisfying results, yes checked the Manual. Thanks for the reply.

MacBook Pro OSX El Capitan Ver 10.11.6