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ZMapper and Intel GMA950 graphics?

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#1

I’m currently using a mac mini at home running windows and zbrush works just fine, except for the zmapper plugin. Every time I start it I get a ton of errors and a small red text in the top left corner of my canvas saying that my graphics card isn’t supported. But the thing is, zmapper is actually working - it’s generating correct cavity/normal maps but I have to make my way trough the errors and turn off the “spin” option and they are gone for the moment.

My question is, is there a way to turn off the preview in the ZMapper so I don’t get those errors anymore? Or some other solution for those errors maybe?

Thanks in advance!

#2

The problem is OpenGL support. Without that, ZMapper can’t display its interface or preview renders.

If you’re running 3.1 through Windows, I believe that BootCamp does allow OpenGL support (provided that your GPU and drivers actually support it) while Parallels does not.

#3

I’m running zbrush 3.1 under windows (not parallels) and since I see a preview of my model when I click the ZMapper button I guess that OpenGL is supported , but I still get errors. I noticed that if I use the zmapper to generate maps a few times it will eventually stop showing those errors. Any idea what might be causing them since it’s not the opengl support?