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Re: Skin Viewer - Still Not Working
« Reply #15 on: December 17, 2016, 02:52:24 AM »
Have you installed the motherboard drivers? The "standard" system device drivers dating from 2009-2010 made me wonder... The latest drivers are available at Lenovo's site, http://support.lenovo.com.

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Re: Skin Viewer - Still Not Working
« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2016, 05:48:02 AM »
Still scratching my head as to what could be the issue.

Hmmmm.  In the games "Video Settings", what video card is shown to be used?  This is really a stretch.
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Re: Skin Viewer - Still Not Working
« Reply #17 on: December 17, 2016, 01:32:33 PM »
Have you installed the motherboard drivers? The "standard" system device drivers dating from 2009-2010 made me wonder... The latest drivers are available at Lenovo's site, http://support.lenovo.com.

It ran before with those drivers.  I am trying to update them at Lenovo.  Feels like a Win7 update...   Waiting...waiting...
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Re: Skin Viewer - Still Not Working
« Reply #18 on: December 17, 2016, 01:37:34 PM »
Still scratching my head as to what could be the issue.

Hmmmm.  In the games "Video Settings", what video card is shown to be used?  This is really a stretch.

Shows my card.    This is weird.  It was working fine under Beta.   This video card is better than the one I was using then...    :headscratch:
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Re: Skin Viewer - Still Not Working
« Reply #19 on: December 21, 2016, 01:46:56 PM »
Can I bring this thing by the office and have you look at it?   Lol
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Re: Skin Viewer - Still Not Working
« Reply #20 on: December 21, 2016, 02:10:41 PM »
I doubt there is much I could do.  None of this makes any sense.  No one else is having this trouble.
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« Reply #21 on: December 21, 2016, 03:58:27 PM »
I doubt there is much I could do.  None of this makes any sense.  No one else is having this trouble.

Hitech gave me a computer virus.   :noid

1) How many people with my card are even using the Viewer?

2) Is there a standalone installer for the Viewer?

3) Is there some sort of vid card setting that needs to be enabled or software?

I took some more screenshots.     The only things I can see are shrubs and trees (not even the full object, just a shadowed outline).

There goes my skinning career I guess.  Grrrrrrr.



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Re: Skin Viewer - Still Not Working
« Reply #22 on: December 21, 2016, 04:01:55 PM »
Does DirectX do anything with the Viewer?
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Re: Skin Viewer - Still Not Working
« Reply #23 on: December 21, 2016, 04:03:52 PM »
I asked this before but you didn't answer. Are you running the skin viewer in the default game folder or have you moved it?

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Re: Skin Viewer - Still Not Working
« Reply #24 on: December 21, 2016, 04:11:24 PM »
The skin viewer is not a stand alone utility.  It has to be run from the game installation folder as it depends on the same resources the game executable does.
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Re: Skin Viewer - Still Not Working
« Reply #25 on: December 21, 2016, 04:23:18 PM »
I asked this before but you didn't answer. Are you running the skin viewer in the default game folder or have you moved it?

I missed that one or forgot to respond, sorry.   It is in the default folder.  I have even opened that folder and clicked the executable directly just to be sure. 

My default I believe is c://HiTechCreations/Aces High III but I will have to double check.  I let it install where it wanted.
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Re: Skin Viewer - Still Not Working
« Reply #26 on: December 21, 2016, 04:24:18 PM »
The skin viewer is not a stand alone utility.  It has to be run from the game installation folder as it depends on the same resources the game executable does.

Does it access anything like DirectX?   Maybe I have something screwed up elsewhere. 

I just saw an NVidea hotfix.   May have to give that a try.  So frustrating.  :bhead
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Re: Skin Viewer - Still Not Working
« Reply #27 on: December 21, 2016, 04:33:57 PM »
It uses all the same computer resources as the game.  DirectX is a big part of it.
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« Reply #28 on: December 21, 2016, 04:36:29 PM »
It uses all the same computer resources as the game.  DirectX is a big part of it.

Okay.  Let me try fooling with DirectX. 
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Re: Skin Viewer - Still Not Working
« Reply #29 on: December 21, 2016, 09:51:13 PM »
I asked this before but you didn't answer. Are you running the skin viewer in the default game folder or have you moved it?

I installed it again on a separate drive with the default folder.  Same issue. 

I am thinking it is my card.  I am getting strange effects with skins in game, too.  That card wasn't cheap.  Grrrr.
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