Geyatautsilvsgi Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Ok, guys, I need some help here. For some reason my camera views all blackout now. I have not changed, much less messed with my camera at all and yet now, for the past few days every time I try to do just a standard or final view of any type of camera shot, the result in the new window is a black screen. I wait and nothing changes. I have not tried any ray tracing since I've upgraded, just standard camera shots. Everything was ok, until earlier this week. I have tried the help and looked through the forums, but nothing like what I am experiencing is coming up as having been a problem. Any suggestions? Thanks. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Could it be your video card? Which one do you have. What version of Chief? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 You mention having just upgraded, is this to X8? Also, do you have a discrete graphics card or is it integrated in the CPU? Does this only happen in Standard Camera View or in all camera view types (vector, glass house, etc) ? I know there are some issues with integrated graphics and X8. X7 had some problems when launched but was fixed fairly rapidly. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landry454 Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 I also have this issue when i try to send views to layout with legacy shadows turned on. Shadows work fine in camera view then when i send to layout i get an error message saying that my video card is insufficient. Then when i go back to the camera view it is all black. By turning off legacy shadows and reopening the camera view it comes back to normal. Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geyatautsilvsgi Posted February 19, 2016 Author Share Posted February 19, 2016 I upgraded from X6 to X7 last year etc. Everything has been working fine. I was able to do all the standard/final renderings from the camera. Have not attempted any ray tracing yet (with this ver) Just last week/early this week noticed my screen would go black everytime I tried to do a camera view. I can do an orthographic view without a problem, "doll house" and any other view, but just using my camera to take any kind of interior shot or shot from the outside results in a total blackout. I am thinking it has something to do with my camera settings. What ...I don't know, havn't been messing with it. So I am at a loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_Gavin Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 If you just upgraded to X8 you need to assign your Nvidia card to work with Chief. Right now it is probably using the integrated graphics card. Not sure if that is the problem but maybe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Try opening up the camera DBX and uncheck "Show Shadows". On my laptop with integrated graphics the Shadows "ON" causes the program to hang. Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Try "Edit" "Preferences" "Render" "Troubleshoot" "Enhanced Lighting". This was just suggested by Tech Support to solve a similar problem. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geyatautsilvsgi Posted February 19, 2016 Author Share Posted February 19, 2016 Ok...after resetting my defaults and carefully going through everything I made one change in the rendering setting then tried it again. Still all black, so I changed my setting again and things were normal. So, now I know. Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Try to turn off your computer and re-start, that fixes a lot when nothing else works. Not sure if you do but some people leave their computer on all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geyatautsilvsgi Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 Well, most times, I will shut it down, unless I'm going to come back in an hour or so and then I'll just put it in sleep mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 I never use sleep mode, I just shut down and re-start, might take a little longer but ,That's just what I do and don't see those kinds of problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregatkgt Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I have the same problem, all black, tried to change settings and still all black. using the new X8 is there something I need to change or add? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Try "Edit" "Preferences" "Render" "Troubleshoot" "Enhanced Lighting", turn it on. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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