texture resolution in the max viewpoints

LordScottish

Hey there
I feel stupid for asking this, but I couldn't find an answer in google or the forums search function. Does anyone know how to increase the texture size used for bitmaps in the Max viewpoint? My bitmaps are of good resolution, but they show up in a very crappy resolution in the viewpints. Thanks in advance!

MoP

Customize -> Preferences -> Viewport tab -> Configure Driver button near the bottom... then look for "Download texture size", put it as high as it'll go and check the "Match bitmap size as closely as possible" option.

LordScottish

Thanks a lot mop

Toomas

Is there any pugin or something that allows you to show bigger than 512x512 textures?
Its such a stupid limit anyways, i understand that its needed for large pre rendered scenes, but why not have an unlimited size option?

LordScottish

Yeah, that's a pity. Especially when working with blueprints it's quite a handicap

poopinmymouth

Make your shader into a directX shader. It can display 2048s for sure, probably higher.

MoP

poop: true, although that won't work for viewport backgrounds, which I think is what lordscottish was referring to...

Rick Stirling

In that case, map the texture onto a plane.

This is better to do anyway, since you can set a slider control to move the image in and out of the scene.

MoP

or just move it out of shot in frame 1 with auto key turned on, then you can use ,< and .> keys to flick between frames, which is probably faster.

Rick Stirling

It would be faster, but you don't want speed - with a wire controller you can position the plane at any point, intersecting the model. This is perfect for modelling real peoples faces.

MoP

oh right i see what you mean, i had mental wires crossed. good tip rick!