ARGHHH white view ports in maya 6

hi guys hope you can help,first off all my drivers are up to date and i
run maya 6 in xp compatability mode and also i run as admin but i still
keep getting white view ports,i have tried changing the renderer and
that does'nt help either,this is really doing my head in,plzzzzzzz
help,im completely new to this and i want any problems sorted before i
even start making anything in maya,thanks guys


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MayaNoob

I think maya is up to version 8


"MayaNoob" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> hi guys hope you can help,first off all my drivers are up to date and i
> run maya 6 in xp compatability mode and also i run as admin but i still
> keep getting white view ports,i have tried changing the renderer and
> that does'nt help either,this is really doing my head in,plzzzzzzz
> help,im completely new to this and i want any problems sorted before i
> even start making anything in maya,thanks guys
>
>
> --
> MayaNoob

you can try running it in classic mode (non aero glass)


"MayaNoob" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> hi guys hope you can help,first off all my drivers are up to date and i
> run maya 6 in xp compatability mode and also i run as admin but i still
> keep getting white view ports,i have tried changing the renderer and
> that does'nt help either,this is really doing my head in,plzzzzzzz
> help,im completely new to this and i want any problems sorted before i
> even start making anything in maya,thanks guys
>
>
> --
> MayaNoob

i got maya 8.5 and i got 6.0.i use 6.0 coz the monolith plugin for fear
only works in 6.0,everything else is in 8.5,i have windows vista home
basic so i cant swith off aero coz i dont have it,any other suggestions
guys


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MayaNoob

if you cant find help here perhaps you could find a forum specialized in
Maya and see if there is a work around....




"MayaNoob" <> wrote in message
news:...
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> i got maya 8.5 and i got 6.0.i use 6.0 coz the monolith plugin for fear
> only works in 6.0,everything else is in 8.5,i have windows vista home
> basic so i cant swith off aero coz i dont have it,any other suggestions
> guys
>
>
> --
> MayaNoob

"MayaNoob" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> hi guys hope you can help,first off all my drivers are up to date and i
> run maya 6 in xp compatability mode and also i run as admin but i still
> keep getting white view ports,i have tried changing the renderer and
> that does'nt help either,this is really doing my head in,plzzzzzzz
> help,im completely new to this and i want any problems sorted before i
> even start making anything in maya,thanks guys


I use 3ds max and ViZ, and I'm not familiar with Maya, but can you change
from DirectX to OpenGL or vice versa, for the realtime viewports? Have you
go it updated to the latest service pack?

ss.

im not sure about switching from directx to openGL,but i can change the
renderer to one of 4 option in prefrences,(maya software,maya
hardware,maya vector and mental ray),i changed from maya software to
maya hardware in maya 7 and that sorted the problem out,but this one
seems like a pain in the ass to fix but i need it coz the F.E.A.R SDK
only has a plugin which works with maya 6,maya 8.5 i use for everything
else


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MayaNoob

I dont know what the FEAR thing is, but you can always dual boot with XP or
run XP in a virtual machine and do some of the jobs you need there


"MayaNoob" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> im not sure about switching from directx to openGL,but i can change the
> renderer to one of 4 option in prefrences,(maya software,maya
> hardware,maya vector and mental ray),i changed from maya software to
> maya hardware in maya 7 and that sorted the problem out,but this one
> seems like a pain in the ass to fix but i need it coz the F.E.A.R SDK
> only has a plugin which works with maya 6,maya 8.5 i use for everything
> else
>
>
> --
> MayaNoob

"On the Bridge!" <On@the,Bridge> wrote in message
news:47cb5fb6$...
>I dont know what the FEAR thing is, but you can always dual boot with XP or
>run XP in a virtual machine and do some of the jobs you need there

No. You really cannot use a virtual machine with 3D and CAD for anything
other than very simple models. With the limited memory and no hardware
OpenGL or DirectX it really does not work very well at all. Another major
obstacle that I encountered with some programs is that you cannot use the
USB license dongles when you are using VirtualPC.

ss.

"MayaNoob" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> im not sure about switching from directx to openGL,but i can change the
> renderer to one of 4 option in prefrences,(maya software,maya
> hardware,maya vector and mental ray),i changed from maya software to
> maya hardware in maya 7 and that sorted the problem out....

Yes, what you have done there is change from using the built-in software
rendering (which is obviously not compatible with Vista) to hardware
OpenGL/DirectX.

ss.