highlighting and editing messed up on ground level objects

[fredjrii]

Hello everyone,

I just downloaded this program a couple of days ago, and am using windows xp.

The problem is that I can't see what I'm highlighting on ground level objects, every move is a giant guessing game as to what will be effected when i go to edit it by raising up the land, or what size of an area will be effected when I'm putting on a different texture. This problem makes a potentially wonderful program unusable for me. I can easily build structures in the sky--my cursor and the outline graph of the highlighted area shows up perfectly off the ground, and while making lava pits in the sky has its novelty, I am unable to do this same simple process on the ground where I really need it because i don't have a clue what I've selected until after i've changed it.

I have the little L shape cursor in edit mode, however the little selecting square that normally shows within that is only visible in the sky, it disappears when I point it at the ground, the same is true of the graph that shows up over a highlighted area, I do not have one on the ground, only in areas highlighted in the sky. I've seen the tutorial video and know how it should look.

I've tried re-installing twice, with no effect, and would really appreciate any help.

[chocolatepie33]

do you have the stuff in the lower-left corner of your screen? if not, you may have turned the hud off. Try hidehud 0 and see if that works.

[fredjrii]

No dice. I have the hud on.

[Runescapedj]

maybe you've changed some settings? try esc ---> options ---> graphics and turn everything up (You don't need a good pc for that )

[fredjrii]

I've re-installed the program a few times, so the settings should have been default. My computer's probably 6-7 years old, maybe that's where the problem is.
Anyway thanks for trying to help, but this clearly isn't a common problem and waiting almost two weeks hoping to even begin using the most basic element of this game engine has kind of left a bad taste in my mouth. As fun as this looks, I'm going to find a different 3d game engine, or maybe just work with an isometric view in a 2d engine, or even go back to storyboarding for a while... still lots of work to do there! thanks so much to you two who tried to help but clearly its just not going to happen. Peace out and have fun fellow gamers!