N4 car viewer?

Anybody know of one? It is a pain when painting with a 3rd party tool that you have to start the game in order to see the paintjob in 3D... It would be nice if N4 would ATL+TAB, then I could just leave it running while I paint in PSP. TIA, Gerald ----- Posted via NewsOne.Net: Free (anonymous) Usenet News via the Web ----- http://newsone.net/ -- Free reading and anonymous posting to 60,000+ groups NewsOne.Net prohibits users from posting spam. If this or other posts made through NewsOne.Net violate posting guidelines, email [email hidden]

On 20 Mar 2001 14:43:40 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: > >Anybody know of one? It is a pain when painting with a 3rd party tool that >you have to start the game in order to see the paintjob in 3D... > >It would be nice if N4 would ATL+TAB, then I could just leave it running while >I paint in PSP. That would still probably not refresh the texture in N4; you'd probably have to restart the race (if I had done N4). But it still might save time. Ruud van Gaal, GPL Rank +53.25 Pencil art : http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery/ Free car sim : http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery/racer/

I think it may be what display driver you are using. I can't remember which I currently use (OpenGL likely) but in trying to tweak my graphics in the past I have been able to do it before. I can't presently ALT-TAB so maybe that is only an option under D3D. If you can't ALT-TAB then go to your video setup and change to the opposite driver (if you can) and change it to the other setting (OpenGL or D3D). Best of luck, edb John Hilsman <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On 20 Mar 2001 14:43:40 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: > >Anybody know of one? It is a pain when painting with a 3rd party toolthat > >you have to start the game in order to see the paintjob in 3D... > > > >It would be nice if N4 would ATL+TAB, then I could just leave it runningwhile

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> >I paint in PSP. > > Maybe it's my dumb luck, but I can ALT+TAB from the main screen in > opponent manager. Sometimes it 'sticks' and I have to try it two or > three times but it works. I can even listen to WinAmp, but I have to > close/stop it or the music goes nuts (2 or 3 second pauses) when I > bring N4 back to top. > > If I could actually paint a car worth a damn I'd be set! >

It's in the readme file, Direct 3d has been setup so you CAN alt+tab. It's the sole reason I use Direct 3d :-) Alt+Tab works great, very consistently. -Corey Leigh SimRacer wrote:

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> > I think it may be what display driver you are using. I can't remember which > I currently use (OpenGL likely) but in trying to tweak my graphics in the > past I have been able to do it before. I can't presently ALT-TAB so maybe > that is only an option under D3D. > > If you can't ALT-TAB then go to your video setup and change to the opposite > driver (if you can) and change it to the other setting (OpenGL or D3D). > > Best of luck, > > edb > > John Hilsman <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On 20 Mar 2001 14:43:40 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: > > >Anybody know of one? It is a pain when painting with a 3rd party tool > that > > >you have to start the game in order to see the paintjob in 3D... > > > > > >It would be nice if N4 would ATL+TAB, then I could just leave it running > while > > >I paint in PSP. > > > > Maybe it's my dumb luck, but I can ALT+TAB from the main screen in > > opponent manager. Sometimes it 'sticks' and I have to try it two or > > three times but it works. I can even listen to WinAmp, but I have to > > close/stop it or the music goes nuts (2 or 3 second pauses) when I > > bring N4 back to top. > > > > If I could actually paint a car worth a damn I'd be set! > >

you could try running N4 in a window with D3D while you paint cars. [email hidden] wrote:

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> > Anybody know of one? It is a pain when painting with a 3rd party tool that > you have to start the game in order to see the paintjob in 3D... > > It would be nice if N4 would ATL+TAB, then I could just leave it running while > I paint in PSP. > > TIA, > Gerald > > ----- Posted via NewsOne.Net: Free (anonymous) Usenet News via the Web ----- > http://newsone.net/ -- Free reading and anonymous posting to 60,000+ groups > NewsOne.Net prohibits users from posting spam. If this or other posts > made through NewsOne.Net violate posting guidelines, email [email hidden]

Grant, that is exactly the answer I'VE been looking for......I have enough room for a second install, so why not...how elegant. Thanks, nice to hear from Papy folks and yes, I love N4 Ed "Grant Reeve" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > you could try running N4 in a window with D3D while you paint cars. > > [email hidden] wrote: > > > > Anybody know of one? It is a pain when painting with a 3rd party toolthat > > you have to start the game in order to see the paintjob in 3D... > > > > It would be nice if N4 would ATL+TAB, then I could just leave it runningwhile > > I paint in PSP. > > > > TIA, > > Gerald > > > > ----- Posted via NewsOne.Net: Free (anonymous) Usenet News via theeb ----- > > http://newsone.net/ -- Free reading and anonymous posting to 60,000+groups > > NewsOne.Net prohibits users from posting spam. If this or otherposts > > made through NewsOne.Net violate posting guidelines, email[email hidden]

You can Alt+Tab but you have to use Direct3D as OpenGL disables it. On 20 Mar 2001 14:43:40 GMT, [email hidden] wrote:

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> >Anybody know of one? It is a pain when painting with a 3rd party tool that >you have to start the game in order to see the paintjob in 3D... > >It would be nice if N4 would ATL+TAB, then I could just leave it running while >I paint in PSP. > >TIA, >Gerald > > ----- Posted via NewsOne.Net: Free (anonymous) Usenet News via the Web ----- > http://newsone.net/ -- Free reading and anonymous posting to 60,000+ groups > NewsOne.Net prohibits users from posting spam. If this or other posts >made through NewsOne.Net violate posting guidelines, email [email hidden]

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And here I thought I was losing my mind... you know, I thought I remembered that ALT+TAB did work for me at one time. But I have switched to OpenGL since then... I'll switch back to D3D and paint my blues away. Right after I read the rest of the README.txt. . . DOH! Thanks, Gerald In article <997qas$8p5$[email hidden]>, <[email hidden]> writes: > >Anybody know of one? It is a pain when painting with a 3rd party tool that >you have to start the game in order to see the paintjob in 3D... > >It would be nice if N4 would ATL+TAB, then I could just leave it runningwhile >I paint in PSP. > >TIA, >Gerald > > ----- Posted via NewsOne.Net: Free (anonymous) Usenet News via the Web ----- > http://newsone.net/ -- Free reading and anonymous posting to 60,000+groups > NewsOne.Net prohibits users from posting spam. If this or other posts >made through NewsOne.Net violate posting guidelines, email [email hidden] ----- Posted via NewsOne.Net: Free (anonymous) Usenet News via the Web ----- http://newsone.net/ -- Free reading and anonymous posting to 60,000+ groups NewsOne.Net prohibits users from posting spam. If this or other posts made through NewsOne.Net violate posting guidelines, email [email hidden]