the problem is this. when i load up blender and bring in a project it works fine. until i try to select something. by right clicking on my mesh you are suposed to be able to select it. well it does. a second and a half later. the delay is short yyes but it gets in my way and screws me up constantly. not randomly, constantly. every time. its truly annoying and makes me not use blender all that much...
and the only thing i did to encounter this bug was install the program on my comp.
i just built my pc, its running an amdx2 4800+, 4gigs of corsair, ati x1950, 2 seagate barracudas running in an ahci/raid 0 configuration,. i am also running windows vista home basic 64 bit edition.
to be honest with you i have searched everywhere for things to try and fix this problem. but it wont go away. i have been all the way through every option in the catalyst control center that has to do with open gl. i have read my through countless forums. i downloaded many drivers. i even went back to past blenders and had no luck. slightly better when going back though the problem was still there.
now i think that the problem enlies with vista and that maybe a 64 bit vista edition of blender may fix it. but i wouldnt be able to compile a 64 bitedition even if i knew how to. but who knows maybe thats not even it...
i now have a head ache...
i have gone so far as to try and install linux on my system. (almost all of them, suse, fedora, ubunto) non work because ati doesnt support linux. and since my hd's are on an ati achi/raid they wont work so i cant install linux. so i cant tell you if that wold fix my problem...
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Unfortunately, the problem is that you have an ATI card. ATI has dropped support for much of the OpenGL 2D base that Blender runs on.
why is it that the 2d part is making it not work right? because the 2d part is not my issue its selecting objects in the 3d part thats my issue. and is there anyhting that can be done to the card to help this or am i to wait for future builds of blender, or future drivers from ati to fix this problem?
Well, to the best of my knowledge Blender uses a 3D port inside a 2D window.
In addition, you are using Vista, which doesn't support OpenGL at all. All calls to OpenGL in Vista are emulated through the DirectX layer, slowing down things majorly.
... this sucks... since i bought vista i have hated it... when ever there is a shred of hope for vista it is dragged away... im moving back to xp... ati isnt on my good side either... owell. thanks for your time... if you find out something, anything that could help let me know.
thanks again...
try turning down hardware acceleration that often fixes ATI issues on opengl - as regards opengl support on vista - the respondent is incorrect - native opengl is allowed (the change was made prior to Vista being released).
i have tried turning down the accelration on it and that still doesnt work for me... i must have tried 20 or 30 different combinations... none of wich were effective
Same problem here with ATI 2400 pro on windows vista : selection slowdown like a lot of blender user and only in object mode.
All works fine with all other openGL application (lightwave, maya and c4d)and blender works very fast (Ui or animation in 3d view).
I have tried other drivers or different solutions provided on forum blenderartsit or blendernation and the problem isn't fixed. It's only a selection problem in blender in object mode.
I have very good result in different opengl benchmark...
Make a search about "blender selection slowdown" on blenderartist or google, you will see that a lot of user complain about it.
If it's a driver issue, perhaps it's time to blender foundation to contact ATI or make something to fix it if possible. Why this problem doesn't happen with other 3d software ? (same card, same drivers, same os...)
Or perhaps it's time to write on blender.org that blender doesn't work well with ATI card and to make a partnership with Nvidia... :/
I'm sorry for my poor english anf if i'm a little "rough"
http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=235603
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=114627&highlight=selection
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=111155&highlight=selection
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=116723&highlight=selection
etc.
This is a generic request to test your bug report and see if it is still an issue in 2.5alpha2 if so please let me know by making a comment in this report ie 'also in 2.5alpha2' and I will add it to the 2.5 bug list.