v 0.64 material hangs up

[diedir]

Hi
trying to put material on my imported model:

right click in the scene where my selected object is, then edit material,
empty slot diffuse -> load -> pick a 2048x2048 .jpg or .tga -> then skyline editor don't respond anymore.

tried with a 1024x1024 with no luck
regards

[SolarPortal]

hi, it sounds like the material has not been converted to an advanced material yet.
You can create an advanced material by following the steps below:

• Import Model.
• Right click edit material.
• Press save material.
• Then load your texture.

We are going to be improving the material editor so this doesnt happen and that advanced materials are always generated.
This should help

Heres a guide on operating the material editor:
http://www.chi-ad.com/DokuWiki/doku.php/ms_material_operatingthematerialeditor

[iamcheeseontoast]

Even if you have a button that says "Create Advanced Material", would make it clearer to new users

[diedir]

Ok i will try that thank you for the tip
and glad to see this improve in the future

[diedir]

Cool it is working now, thank you

[SolarPortal]

np

Even if you have a button that says "Create Advanced Material", would make it clearer to new users

@iamcheeseontoast: this would be good, but doing it when the material ins't converted on material editor load will save many crashes lol.

[iamcheeseontoast]

Doing it automatically - Would this mean the mat editor would create the advanced mat everytime. Or would it check to see if its a advanced mat first. This would be fine if its all fast enough.

[SolarPortal]

If the material is already an advanced material, then it wont bug you. But if the material is incompatible with the material editor or if the material is a basic material, then it will offer to convert the material into an advanced material without the awkward workflow of saving first.