Hi PaQ,

> you just see nothing of the curve you're drawing
> when there is some geometry in the viewport

It shouldn't normally be the case that you see nothing of the curve - you should be able to see the curve displayed in the dashed hidden line style, you can see this in your own screenshot above.


> Maybe it's possible to force the z-buffer to draw the curve in the front
> of everything during the building, even if the curve is inside an object
> you can still see it.

This is certainly possible - it would definitely be a more natural fit than showing it as selected.

It would mean that you wouldn't get the full depth perception of the curve and how it related to other objects in the scene until you finished drawing it... But yes I think that getting a clearer view of the curve you are drawing is more important

I think I can set it up this way for v2.

- Michael

Well it's really hard to see the curve between the first two bottom points here, probably the gamma is different on my pc.
But yes I see some dashed lines, I just need somethink a little bit more clear.

>It would mean that you wouldn't get the full depth perception of the curve and how it related to other objects in the scene until you finished drawing it...
>But yes I think that getting a clearer view of the curve you are drawing is more important
>I think I can set it up this way for v2.

Great :)

Hi PaQ,

> Well it's really hard to see the curve between the first two
> bottom points here, probably the gamma is different on my pc.

Yeah, that part can get washed out on certain displays. It is possible to adjust that to make it darker if that would help for now.

To do that, make sure MoI is closed and then open up the moi.ini file in notepad which you can find here:
C:\Documents and Settings\ [your login name] \Application Data\Moi\moi.ini

Find the [Hidden lines] section, and there is a setting:

[Hidden lines]
HiddenLineOpacity=34

That can range from 0 (no opacity = fully transparent) to 255 (fully opaque).

Maybe something like 75 or so would improve the hidden-line display on your system.

That may be useful for you before this is ready for v2.

- Michael

thanks for the tip !