No Matcap? >_< Why?

[Gared]

Hey guys, watching Aidy Burrows tutorials and got to the part where he explains matcaps..
Buuut, I see no option in my Blender, what am I doing wrong?

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1159746247

[phillippi2]

Open the properties menu (the N key on a U.S. keyboard) and look under the 'shading' menu for an option that says "Matcap".

[Gared]

Originally posted by phillippi2:

Open the properties menu (the N key on a U.S. keyboard) and look under the 'shading' menu for an option that says "Matcap".

I added the screenshot
That's what I did, because Aidy specifically shows in the tutorial where it's supposed to be

But, as you can see, there is none

[Gared]

@Mailer - Yes, indeed

I've positioned the "N-menu" right next to the default one on screenshot, for you guys to see. I'm at a loss here
The cube object is present, by the way - at first I assumed the matcap option is missing because the are no objects, but.. there you go

The problem persists after reload

[Scre]

It's there as said. Did u open a new file on reload or a old .blend file ?


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[Mailer]

@Ardenstrom

Oh! You are right. My mistake. I can see that now. It's gone from your menu for some reason.

Regardless if you have an object in your scene or not, the feature should be avaliable.
Do you have an addon that might be conflicting with it?

[Mailer]

@Ardenstrom

I think I have found the source of the problem.
Are you using the "Bounding Box" view?

Some views for "Viewpoint Shading" don't allow for Matcap rendering, thus it gets removed from the Shading-tab.
Try shifting back to "Solid" and see if it appears again.

>>> https://i.gyazo.com/4869082d7b0e1ae08366fec6a6ed6538.png

[Gared]

@Mailer

Exactly so! Thank you! =)

@Scre

New file on reload is fine, for the reasons Mailer explained ) Thanks!

I wonder why it doesn't allow matcap rendering
Oh, and, by the way, do you know why "N" shortcut stands for "November", by any chance?