How to use MH with Optimus Laptop|Violet Texture Problem

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How to use MH with Optimus Laptop|Violet Texture Problem

Postby nokzor » Fri May 30, 2014 3:20 pm

Hi!This is the solution if you have a laptop powered by Nvidia Optimus and you have any problem like below.This problem should appear on most of the laptops that has an Intel Celeron/Pentium/i3/i5 + Nvidia GT 6/7/8xxM.Some laptop rigs that may be affected by this problem:
    Intel Pentium 2117U with 7/810m or 7/820m
    Intel Core i3 3110M with 7/820m or 7/830m
    Intel Core i3 3217U with 7/820m or 7/830m
    Intel core i5 4200U with 7/820m or 7/830m

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1.Start MH and then go to NVIDIA Control Panel:
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2.Go to Manage 3D settings, switch to Program Settings and press Add button:
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3.Select makehuman.exe and press Add Selected Program:
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4.At 2. Select the preferred graphic processor for this program choose High-performance NVIDIA processor:
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5.Press Apply, restart MH and enjoy. :D
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WARNING: You can also find NVIDIA Control Panel in Windows Control Panel.
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Good luck in creating your fancy humans! :mrgreen:
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Re: How to use MH with Optimus Laptop|Violet Texture Problem

Postby joepal » Fri May 30, 2014 10:22 pm

Cute :-)
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Re: How to use MH with Optimus Laptop|Violet Texture Problem

Postby duststorm » Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:49 pm

The intel graphics drivers on windows do not properly support MakeHuman. That is why you need to configure Optimus to run it with your NVidia graphics card, which properly supports OpenGL with shaders under Windows.
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