New Shape View Program Coming ..

[Snowman]

It's a good program. I wished the lighting part worked.

Randy

It does. Quit wishing and try it.

[Snowman]

I was wondering how to set where the screenshots go please? As downloaded, the tool sends to desktop. I prefer being able to direct to a screenshot folder.

Possible?

Not at the moment, but it will at some point.

[rdayt]

I can't get it to show .dds textures. All shape files call for .ace and TSRE and OR manage to swap them out but I can't get them to show.
It seems to want to open in monitor 1 regardless of where it was last used.
Whenever I want to load a shape it starts clear up at the top. Can that be adjusted?
I still can't seem to figure out how to show night textures.
Here's a little test piece that illustrates the .dds and night issues.
Barberpole.zip

Randy

[EldoradoRailroad]

Could somebody post what the MINIMUM O/S spec is required to run this program? I hope it is NOT Win 11.

Thanks,
Steve

[derekmorton]

Runs fine here with win10.

[frliss]

I just installed the shape viewer and it looks great.

Fred

[pwillard]

I can't get it to show .dds textures.

I only use DDS textures... and have no issues, so you are doing something non-standard.

[rdayt]

Do your .s files call for .ace or .dds?
If it calls for a .ace it won't show a .dds if it's available instead.

Randy

[magmateus]

Could somebody post what the MINIMUM O/S spec is required to run this program? I hope it is NOT Win 11.

Thanks,
Steve

Hi, Steve:
The version 0.6.5 also works well in WIN8.1-64bit operating system.
Regards.
Mateus

[frliss]

The version 0.6.5 also works well in WIN8.1-64bit operating system.

Mateus,

Where did you find version 0.6.5. The only version I could find is 0.6.2. I would appreciate it if you could post a link.

Fred

[Snowman]

I can't get it to show .dds textures. All shape files call for .ace and TSRE and OR manage to swap them out but I can't get them to show.
It seems to want to open in monitor 1 regardless of where it was last used.
Whenever I want to load a shape it starts clear up at the top. Can that be adjusted?
I still can't seem to figure out how to show night textures.
Here's a little test piece that illustrates the .dds and night issues.
[ATTACH]n2353614[/ATTACH]

Randy

Hi, yes indeed your structure and files are correct BUT your shape file is calling for ACE files and not DDS!

pole.png

Where did you find version 0.6.5. The only version I could find is 0.6.2. I would appreciate it if you could post a link...

It took me five seconds of scrolling but I found it!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K1tIMZV3jblaw46UoBVOjzYJqI-o2laU/

[Snowman]

Could somebody post what the MINIMUM O/S spec is required to run this program? I hope it is NOT Win 11.

Thanks,
Steve

Windows 12, sorry.

[frliss]

Snowman

Thanks for the info.

Fred

[Snowman]

Do your .s files call for .ace or .dds?
If it calls for a .ace it won't show a .dds if it's available instead.

Randy

I will be updating and uploading the program to look for DDS by default and if no DDS is found it will look for ACE and if no ACE it will look for TGA as a last resort before calling the texture missing. I thought I had implemented this already, but it must have slipped my mind. I will be also implement screen shot folder to be placed in directory of users choosing. Stay tuned.

[Snowman]

• Pick your screenshot folder in the settings menu.
• When opening a shape it looks for .dds, then .ace and then .tga
• Folders such as NIGHT, AUTUMN, AUTUMNSNOW, SNOW, SPRING, SPRINGSNOW, WINTER, and WINTERSNOW appear automatically when present. This is located in the View menu under Load Alternative Textures (Sorry, I'm bad at naming things)

alt.png night.png

Download ShapeViewV0.6.6:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Sfv_WU2ZmhFNKkq9WNmB_tK6dcl0Fye2