Can't get into edit mode!

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I downloaded the castle for the texturing a castle tutorial (mine was a little crap), but I can’t get into edit mode! Why?

Thanx

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select an object, hit [tab], above [caps lock]

btw, try the tutorial again.

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I know how to get into edit mode, it just won’t let me.

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Was the object selected?

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Yeah. I managed to get it working by adding a new object, then deleting it while in edit mode.

BUT THERE’S ANOTHER PROBLEM

Now, I’m trying to get my object to change to the colour of the material I’ve made, but it stays grey. I’ve selected the object, but nothing.

Help?

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you didnt delete the object if you deleted while still in editmode, you only deleted all the vertices. hit tab to get out of editmode and then delete the object.

could you elaborate?

ill just assume you want to add a material. select your object while not in editmode (your object turns light pink). go to the material buttons by pressing F5 on your keyboard. if there is no material assigned, you will get a blank pane with four buttons on it (they are of no interest to you at this stage). under the buttons-menu there is a little button with a “-” (line) on it. press it and select “ADD NEW”. tadaa! got a new material! :smiley: now you can screw around with the settings to achieve different results.

by the way, if you need more blender help, check out http://www.vrotvrot.com/support/

seems like you’ve already been there as there are multiple queries with the word “material” in them on the current questions thingie. here is the url of the material tuts category: http://www.vrotvrot.com/support/index.php?mode=browse&key=71&browse_from=0

edit: you might also want to check out this oldsite tutorial collection: http://oldsite.blender3d.org/search_item.php?part=tutorial

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I actually made the material though. I selected the object, but when i rendered it, it was still the default colour. The thing that I’m editing has no verticies for some reason.

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how are you able to see anything if there are no vertices? :o

can you post a blend file?

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Oops. I feel stupid.

It seems I was selecting the object using Border Select. I was accidently selecting the camera as well.

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hrmf… :-?

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Border select doesn’t change the Active object, it only adds to the selection.

Martin