Some props are invisible in the Prop browser.
Pstrangler
Join Date: 2003-09-25 Member: 21198Members
Join Date: 2003-09-25 Member: 21198Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Some props have no preview pictures since last build</div>Since the last build some of the preview images for props in the prop browser do not display at all.
This is not an universal issue as it does not occur on my work PC. Interestingly, the prop names are displayed correctly and, once selected and inserted in map, the props work fine.
I came to believe that the cache of some of these previews must have gone bad and the editor does not seem to re-initialize/refresh them.
Any clues on how to fix this? Can I wipe the preview cache to force a refresh?
Here's a pic:
<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/satisfaction-production/s3_images/220778/b148_props_browser_issue.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />
<a href="http://getsatisfaction.com/unknownworlds/topics/models_are_invisible_in_the_prop_browser" target="_blank">The issue posted on Satisfaction</a>
Sorry it's large.
This is not an universal issue as it does not occur on my work PC. Interestingly, the prop names are displayed correctly and, once selected and inserted in map, the props work fine.
I came to believe that the cache of some of these previews must have gone bad and the editor does not seem to re-initialize/refresh them.
Any clues on how to fix this? Can I wipe the preview cache to force a refresh?
Here's a pic:
<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/satisfaction-production/s3_images/220778/b148_props_browser_issue.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />
<a href="http://getsatisfaction.com/unknownworlds/topics/models_are_invisible_in_the_prop_browser" target="_blank">The issue posted on Satisfaction</a>
Sorry it's large.
Comments
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->This has been a problem since the first release of the engine test, it just affects people sporadically. To fix this issue, go to the following folder: "E:\Documents and Settings\Your User Account Name Here\Application Data\Natural Selection 2\Editor\cache"
Make sure you are in View->Thumnails mode, then proceed to delete all of the empty cache files (the ones that look like the above images that have no models in them).
Once this done, run the editor and go into the Props Browser. It'll start caching the missing models. Don't scroll downwards too quickly, as it tends to mess up the caching process.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Thanks Dalin
And wow! I was right about the cache :)