Blender: What's so good about it, and why won't it work!?!?

[DudetheCreator]

I have heard A LOT about blender and how good it is, but i have a question, WHY IS IT SO GOOD? As far as I know, blender is an open source modelling program, but many tell me it's a game engine!!! WTF??? Sorry, I'm in a bad mood...

Now, I have downloaded blender many times, only to have it start up, show a grey window then quit! WTF???!?!?!?!?

ARGH!!!!!!!! :mad: ... *BOOM!*

Sorry, any answers and help would be great!

[BinarySpike]

Try searching the forum....
(or I could give the answer :P)
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It's your RAM (I'm almost possitive)
Me and nahid (at least I know it was a name that started with 'n')
had the same problem....

"Many have tryed blender, many have failed. -me" :lol:

What RAM do you have???

[BinarySpike]

Oh, Blender can create a simple 3D game in seconds...
(one that would take hours in C/C++)...

[PowerMacX]

It's your RAM (I'm almost possitive)


RAM or VRAM? Blender docs say you need 32MB of VRAM (although it runs OK-ish with just 16MB)

[Vertizor]

Maybe look at your Console.app in Applications >> Utilities and see if it says why Blender crashes.

[DudetheCreator]

I have a 500mhz Titanium PowerBook, with 256mb of ram and 8mb of vram.

[Vertizor]

There seems to be different releases of Blender for specific versions of OSX, 10.2 and 10.3

Are you sure you downloaded the correct Blender package for your version of OSX?

[DudetheCreator]

Yes, I'm now convinced it's my hardware!

[aarku]

If you'd look at the Blender site...

http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Mac_OS_X.200.0.html

It says to set your display to 16bit if you have 8 megs of video ram.

-Jon

[BinarySpike]

you need 32MB of VRAM


AhHa! We both have 8Mb of VRAM (I have 128 though, of normal RAM)...

(I couldn't find system requirements though.......)

[DudetheCreator]

If you'd look at the Blender site...

http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Mac_OS_X.200.0.html

It says to set your display to 16bit if you have 8 megs of video ram.

-Jon

How do I do that?

[iefan]

How do I do that?

Apple Menu->System Preferences->Displays->Colors (Drop down menu)

[DudetheCreator]

HeHe... oops, Thanks.