Why am I not seeing Materials effects in my viewer?
Your viewer must support Materials. The Second Life Release viewers 3.6.0 and later do. Please check Third Party Viewer web sites for whether or not the version you are using supports Materials. In addition, you must have Advanced Lighting Model checked in your Graphics settings.
What map types are supported with Materials?
Currently normal and specular maps are supported. Other map types, such as bump maps are not currently supported. Note that bump maps will not work if applied as normal maps.
I just added a normal and specular map and my object doesn't look any different. What's up?
First, make sure you have Advanced Lighting Model set to on. Then find a movable light source and move it across the surface of your object to see the effect.
What are the system requirements to view Materials?
- OpenGL 3.0 is required
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One of the following supported GPUs:
- GeForce 8 and later
- Intel HD and later
- ATI Radeon X1000 and later
What happened to the flip option on horizontal and vertical repeats per face (which allows tiling of textures)?
The flip option just made the repeats value negative, so we now allow these values to be negative instead of providing the flip checkbox. This was done to allow new functionality on the Build Tool while not increasing the size of the floater.
I’ve updated my repeats and rotation on my diffuse map, but they aren’t updated on the normal and specular maps. How do I fix this?
You need to go to each texture type and set the repeat and rotation values. Currently, there is no way to apply the same values to all maps at the same time.
Some colors appear slightly different with the Materials Viewer. Can you fix this?
Slight changes to the way colors appear is expected with the new functionality. Materials now supports gamma correction, which changes the color curves, resulting in slight fluctuations in color hue or intensity.
Why are my Materials objects now using Land Impact as opposed to Prim Accounting?
Moving forward, all new graphics features will use Land Impact to better evaluate the system load so users and creators alike can make more educated decisions about how to build and what to place in their regions.
I’m seeing what I believe is unexpected behavior when viewing items/building items with Materials. What do I do?
Please file a MATBUG for the time being. Eventually, this will switch over to using the normal BUG project--we will let you know when that happens.
List of GPUs where advanced lighting is enabled by default:
ATI All-in-Wonder X1800
ATI All-in-Wonder X1900
ATI Radeon X1800
ATI FireGL
ATI FirePro M5800
ATI FirePro M7740
ATI FirePro M7820
ATI M76
ATI Radeon HD 6600M
ATI Radeon HD 6700M
ATI Radeon HD 6800M
ATI Radeon HD 6600G
ATI Radeon HD 7500
ATI Radeon HD 7600
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ATI Radeon HD 7000 Series
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ATI R580 (X1900)
ATI RV570 (X1900 GT/PRO)
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AMD WRESTLER
AMD SUMO
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AMD CAYMAN (HD 6900)
AMD CYPRESS (HD 5800)
AMD HEMLOCK (HD 5970)
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AMD RV635 (HD 3600)
AMD RV670 (HD 3800)
AMD R680 (HD 3870 X2)
AMD R700 (HD 4800 X2)
AMD RV730 (HD 4600)
AMD RV740 (HD 4700)
AMD RV770 (HD 4800)
AMD RV790 (HD 4800)
ATI FirePro 5000
ATI FirePro 7000
ATI FirePro M
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Intel HD Graphics 4000
NVIDIA G100M
NVIDIA G 410M
NVIDIA GT 130M
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List of GPUs where Materials is available but not enabled by default:
ATI All-in-Wonder HD
ATI Display Adapter
ATI FireGL 5xxx
ATI FirePro M3900
ATI FireMV
ATI Radeon HD 6300M
ATI Radeon HD 6400M
ATI Radeon HD 6500M
ATI Radeon HD 6300G
ATI Radeon HD 6400G
ATI Radeon HD 6500G
ATI Radeon HD 7200
ATI Radeon HD 7300
ATI Radeon HD 7400
ATI Mobility Radeon 4100
ATI Mobility Radeon 5000
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 530v
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3600
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4300
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4600
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400
ATI Mobility Radeon Graphics
ATI Radeon HD 2300
ATI Radeon HD 2400
ATI Radeon HD 2600
ATI Radeon HD 3200
ATI Radeon HD 3300
ATI Radeon HD 3400
ATI Radeon HD 4200
ATI Radeon HD 4300
ATI Radeon HD 4500
ATI Radeon HD 6200
ATI Radeon HD 6300
ATI Radeon 3000
ATI Radeon 3100
AMD RS880 (HD 4200)
AMD RV620 (HD 3400)
ATI 760G/Radeon 3000
ATI FirePro 2000
ATI FirePro 4000
Intel GMA 3600
Intel HD Graphics 2000
Intel HD Graphics
Mesa
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Edited by Jeremy Linden
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