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marioinc · 04-09-2007, 06:06 PM

I usually used maya 8.0 in xp, but I have recently installed vista. Maya worked great with xp. But now with vista, I don't know why but often I can't see the models in all four views. I have to move the camera blindly, but then an other one of the four views becomes gray. Is this just because Vista uses more system resources leaving less for maya, or is it some kind of option?

wod · 04-09-2007, 06:18 PM

yeah i get that. when you leave the view port it turns gray and you cant see anything! i would imagine its just cos its vista, although i could be wrong?

gster123 · 04-09-2007, 06:20 PM

I dont think maya 8.0's fully supported with vista, that could be the problem

The Architect · 04-09-2007, 06:29 PM

Autodesk says Maya is supported in Vista Business. Don't know wether a different variant of Vista would have an impact but I think its safe to make an educated guess that this is most likely caused by Vista's wonderful hardware compatibility

gster123 · 04-09-2007, 06:38 PM

As far as I know (looking at the qualification charts for version 8) Vista aint on it.

I think that maya 2008 has full support for it (reading the bumf)

The Architect · 04-09-2007, 07:47 PM

Oops. Made a mistake. I was reading Maya 2008's page. See what happens when they change the way they name versions? lol. my bad

tweetytunes · 04-09-2007, 08:56 PM

turn the theam settings under display from vista to classic and Maya will run 200 times faster. it does not like the transparency setting vista uses (the reason for the grey screens in Maya), apart from that I had no problems with the switch over to vista.

also 8.5 with sp1 works a treat under vista

starjsjswars · 04-09-2007, 10:31 PM

Lol i have the same problem... i will try what u said

marioinc · 05-09-2007, 02:06 AM

Ok I'll try that. I think that will most likely fix it. Thanks to everyone for all your replies

NeoGeo · 08-09-2007, 11:12 PM

maya 8.5 and the correct drivers works with vista

04-09-2007, 06:06 PM	#1
marioinc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3	Maya 8.0 in Vista works slower than XP I usually used maya 8.0 in xp, but I have recently installed vista. Maya worked great with xp. But now with vista, I don't know why but often I can't see the models in all four views. I have to move the camera blindly, but then an other one of the four views becomes gray. Is this just because Vista uses more system resources leaving less for maya, or is it some kind of option?
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04-09-2007, 06:18 PM	#2
wod Subscriber Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 115	yeah i get that. when you leave the view port it turns gray and you cant see anything! i would imagine its just cos its vista, although i could be wrong? __________________ "You won't get anything done by planning" - Karl Pilkington
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04-09-2007, 06:20 PM	#3
gster123 Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Manchester Uk Posts: 6,300	I dont think maya 8.0's fully supported with vista, that could be the problem __________________ "No pressure, no diamonds" Thomas Carlyle
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The Architect Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: /dev/null Posts: 891	Autodesk says Maya is supported in Vista Business. Don't know wether a different variant of Vista would have an impact but I think its safe to make an educated guess that this is most likely caused by Vista's wonderful hardware compatibility __________________ C. P. U. Its not a big processor... Its a series of pipes!
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04-09-2007, 06:38 PM	#5
gster123 Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Manchester Uk Posts: 6,300	As far as I know (looking at the qualification charts for version 8) Vista aint on it. I think that maya 2008 has full support for it (reading the bumf) __________________ "No pressure, no diamonds" Thomas Carlyle
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The Architect Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: /dev/null Posts: 891	Oops. Made a mistake. I was reading Maya 2008's page. See what happens when they change the way they name versions? lol. my bad __________________ C. P. U. Its not a big processor... Its a series of pipes!
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04-09-2007, 08:56 PM	#7
tweetytunes Subscriber Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Bolton - UK Posts: 2,457	turn the theam settings under display from vista to classic and Maya will run 200 times faster. it does not like the transparency setting vista uses (the reason for the grey screens in Maya), apart from that I had no problems with the switch over to vista. also 8.5 with sp1 works a treat under vista __________________
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04-09-2007, 10:31 PM	#8
starjsjswars Subscriber Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: IL Posts: 1,052	Lol i have the same problem... i will try what u said __________________ A great mod for Jedi academy www.moviebattles.com Computer Rig- 64-bit vista 23.5 inch LCD + a 19 inch Q6600 intell qaud 4 gigs of ddr2 ram 8800GTS 512 video card @700mhz
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05-09-2007, 02:06 AM	#9
marioinc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3	Ok I'll try that. I think that will most likely fix it. Thanks to everyone for all your replies
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08-09-2007, 11:12 PM	#10
NeoGeo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1	maya 8.5 and the correct drivers works with vista
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