propblem with blender

[themadgod]

hi i just dowloaded blender but when i use it the menu is way to small and when i click on the menu it appears down the bottom with only have of it there. any one know how to fix this?

[Abramul]

Try starting with the "Become Familiar with the Blender Interface" section of the Blender 3D: Noob to Pro Wikibook.

[themadgod]

this is what it looks like.

NOTE: i have had to scale it down a bit but this is basically what it looks like

[PanzerOfGod]

Is that you ENTIRE screen? If so, you've got quite an odd problem..

[themadgod]

oh no lol im just showing the part where the problem is i had to cut it dfown beacuse of file size limitataions but u can see what i mean. p.s panzer xan u help with modeling new models for oblivion and give me some retexturing advice?

[Abramul]

There should be a pulldown in the top left of each menu section. The defaults are:

Top---User Preferences, icon is a lowercase 'i'

Lower-Middle---3D View, icon is a grid

Bottom---Buttons Window, icon looks like a big '='

 

 

Using obsolete formats is inconvenient for all concerned.

[PanzerOfGod]

panzer xan u help with modeling new models for oblivion and give me some retexturing advice?

 

Here are the tutorials for modeling and texturing offered by the cs wiki. Also, here is a great set of tutorials to help you get acquainted with Blender.

[themadgod]

heres what happens when i do that

 

 

[themadgod]

lol funny thing is it works on my laptop but that weird stuff happns on my desktop but my desktop is better than my laptop

[TheTerminator2004]

Do you have an ATi graphics card? If so, are you using the latest drivers? If you are, that would be whats causing the problem. In the latest drivers, ATi dropped support for some really basic 2D functions in OpenGL, but Blender uses these to render the menus (which are all done in OpenGL). The only way to fix this is to roll back to an older version of your graphics drivers. (or get Linux)