who turned out the lights

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Hello,

I just started using the new blender – my spotlights do not show up in the 3D view like they used to. They are there in the real render, but not in the regular solid 3D view. Can I turn them back on?

Thanks
Bob

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Maybe you put them on another layer, or you are in local view in the 3d viewport (numpad / [slash] key to toggle local view).

edit: No that was completely wrong. Can you post your .blend file? Also what OS and graphic card do you have?

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You really need to make it clearer what your problem is. Attach a blend, a screenshot from 2.49 vs 2.5 to demonstrate the difference. Something at least.

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here is the file – it is 8MB, is that small enough to attach to a post? In Blender 4.9, I see a spot on my objects. In the beta, the spot is there but it just doesn’t show in the 3d View. Could be I just don’t have a switch turned on or something, I am new to both versions of Blender.
Bob

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Attachment didn’t work, but it sounds like you turned off GLSL shading in the viewport and/or turned off textured viewport shading mode.

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oops I don’t think that attach worked. Here are two screenshots. Like I said I might just be a newbie who doesn’t know what switch turns on the lights or higher-quality render.

This is on an Intel iMac running Snow Leopard.

Thanks
Bob

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Looks like you are in textured GLSL mode. In the 3d view, press N for Properties. Under the Display tab select GLSL from the drop down list.
If not, try turning the Light Falloff to Inverse Linear

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If you mean this dropdown menu, it does not seem to matter what I choose – none of the selections make any difference to my display. It was originally set to multi-textured, I think.

Also, my light falloff is already set to Inverse Linear – any other suggestions?
Thanks
Bob

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nobody knows? You think it is my particular setup? I know it’s terrible at running Starcraft 2!

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I just started using the new blender – my spotlights do not show up in the 3D view like they used to.

Have you tried going back to the old Blender version where it worked?

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What do you mean? Just use the old version instead of the new? I think I need the new version because it does not have the 16 material limit.

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It would be just to help diagnose what’s going on. Best would be if you could post the .blend file, or a smaller version of the file that has the problem.

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I don’t think that would help. The same file looks fine in 2.49. If I open it in 2.53, I can’t see the spot.
Thanks
Bob

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Would that help? The same file looks fine in 2.49. If I open it in 2.53, I can’t see the spot.
Thanks
Bob

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I just tried creating a spotlight in 2.49b and then opening it in 2.53 - worked just fine, so there must be something else.

You can upload your blend to http://********.org/blend/
ahg, replace the *** with paste-all without the dash in the middle

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are you on a mac running snow leopard?

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Me? No, I’m using linuxMint Isadora.

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is it possible it’s a problem with the mac version?

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I wouldn’t know, try loading the default scene in Blender 2.49b, adding a spotlight, then saving and opening in 2.53. Can you see the spotlight?

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No, I cannot. Here are the two images.

I just uploaded this test file using the link you posted, but I don’t know what that does – can other people get that file now? It is called “Test_Spot.blend”.

Thanks
Bob

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