This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Hi Greg, How's it going?? Where can I find the above IPAS routine? I'd love to play with it! Thanks, Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
#Extracting render name
Message #150213
Hi everyone, Does anyone know how to retrieve the NAME of the output file that is currently being rendered by 3ds. I am working on an IPAS4 .ixp plug-in which works through the video post in slave rendering mode (by the way, using gfx_get_paths macro doesn't help). Thanks, Rahim, BITS…
Greg, I stand corrected Andy
Kurt, Thank you for the information, I'll be in touch. Regards, Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
Greg, So the rumours are true – you ARE the man!!! Could you mail me details of CKEY_I.IXP please?? A million thanks! Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
Hi Greg, Thanks for the info – I guessed PC-NFS might be the solution. In addition to the SG thang…. I want to have the render farm running off 1 server and another server dealing with general office traffic. I'm guessing that it would make sense to isolate the farm…
Thanks Martin, I'll get in touch with Greg re: the .ixp Regards, Andy Roberts BITS Corp. P.S. Do you have any info on the courses being held at Siggraph this year??
Ted, Photomorph sounds pretty cool, was that $190? If so – that's pretty cheap… Thanks, Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
Thanks Dave, I'll check out Adobe Premier Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
#Lost messages
Message #146530
I recently sent a couple messages regarding bluescreen techniques, suggestions for DOS offline readers and network rendering. I seem to have trashed the answers I received from many very helpful people – and I would like to continue each of those threads. Could the relevant people repost their answers please,…
Network Rendering
Message #145868
Greetings 3D Artists! Does Autodesk have a recommended network choice/setup for render farms? I have a number of machines throughout the company which I put into slave mode each night – and during the day when they're not being used. My main problem is the network traffic and how it…
Offline reader??
Message #145867
Can anyone recommend a really good offline reader for Compuserve? I recently spent some time at a friend's house looking at an offline reader he uses on Internet. It was really very cool and he seemed to spend the minimum amount of time actually on-line. Right now I'm stuck with…
Palette error…
Message #145866
Has anyone had the following anipro error message? "There is no palette chunk present Load default colors?" Is there a simple way to get rid of this, or should I just re-install? Thanks, Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
Bluescreen questions..
Message #145865
Hi People! I'm trying to find some good filtering software to key out blue/greenscreen backdrops. Ani Pro's colour separation is a little too inflexible for me as the range of colours to remove changes from frame to frame and I have a MASSIVE amount of frames to get through -…
Hey Alan, Thanks for answering those questions for me – it was a great help? Talk to you soon, Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
Hi Gary, Receiving you loud and clear on the Pentium situation (great.. now for that render farm!) Thanks, Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
Hi Greg, How's it going with you? Things are real busy for us in sunny London (smile), we've got a few exciting projects in the pipeline and are working on putting together a showreel for CES in Jan. What are you guys up to? How's Pyros Pictures?? Regards, Andy Roberts…
#Dodgy projects & P5's
Message #139270
Greetings 3D Artists!! 2 questions….. 1. When I attempt to load a particular .prj file, I get the following error messages: LOAD_APP_DATA GREAD FAILED INVALID PROJECT FILE Any ideas on what's going on here?? 2. Does anyone know if the reported bug with Pentiums affects 3DS in any way? Many…
#blob modeler 4 morfs??
Message #131356
Hey Martin, how's it going?? What do you think of Metereyes blob modeller? Is it a product you would recommend? Thanks, Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
Gary, Thanks for that info – that IXP would be very useful indeed. Nice One!! Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
#R4 Z-buffer Creation
Message #127742
Hi Guys, What I'd like to know is whether with 3d Studio release 4, it's possible to get z coordinate information on a per-pixel basis from an IPAS routine. Failing that, what are the options available for generating a 16 or 8 bit z-buffer from release 4 and how could…
#Looking for Danny…
Message #119801
Hi Everyone, I need to mail Danny Mercurio – and have lost (!) his CIS address. Can someone tell me it please ?? Thanks, Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
Raymond, PMJI, but if you want a particular continuity on all frames of your animation, set it as you mentioned in KeyInfo and then click on the "G" button beside the CONT slider. The "G" stands for global and will affect all keys. Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
Hey Paul, I've been trying for decent gold for a little while – maybe I could catch up with you next week and run through your solution if that's OK. I'm glad you like the woman – thanks for the positive comments! Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
Hi Danny – it was good meeting you at Siggraph. Did the viewer work first time for you? I copied it to my \process directory and running it gives me the following error messsage: Invalid GFX opcode:0x1261 Should I be doing something else?? Also, did you get my email -…
Hi Paul, Good to see you on the forum. Did you find a solution to the gold prob? Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
Hi Wade, PMJI, but do you have a copy of Gary's msg about Ambient/Diffuse etc? If so, could you forward it to me please – I'd hate to miss out on something so valuable!! Thanks, Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
Hi John, I wanted to thank you for the Sig ticket – and apologise for not getting round to meeting you at the show. Am I right in thinking Syndesis are the guys who market Interchange? Would I be able to take an Alias file and convert it to 3ds…
Thanks Jeff. Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
Ah! That makes sense, I tried it without the INTERNET bit and didn't get very far! Thanks Jamie – it was good meeting you at Siggraph. Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
Autodesk CIS address
Message #117164
Hi everyone, I need to send email to Bob Bennett and Max Hoffman at Autodesk, my Compuserve system over here in London can't seem to find there email addresses. Can anyone mail them to me please?? Thanks, Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
Glen, Best of luck with Zephyr – I look forward to seeing more excellent stuff from you. Andy Roberts BITS
That sounds like what I need!! Thanks Gary. Andy Roberts BITS Corp.
Alan, Thanks for your responses – I hope to see you next week!! Andy BITS Corp.
#Pre Sigg Teasers
Message #113973
Hi Everyone, I trust you're all well and are gearing up for an excellent Siggraph!! A few questions please…. 1. I can't get my shadow mapped spotlights to exclude vapour. I want to use a raytraced spot on it to get the wispy shadows. Even though I've excluded the vapour…
Thanks Jonas, I'll try that method with meshres. I'm not sure I'm convinced about the blur filter – I'll take another look at the documentation for it, but I couldn't see how to pass a great deal of information to the routine. If it acts on a brightness threshold, surely…
#Meshres & Distance Blur
Message #111433
Hi Everyone, I have a couple 3ds/ipas questions. 1. Will meshres allow me to control the complexity of models at render time? What I thought it would do is allow me to simplify a very complex model (using optimize) a number of times so that I'd have say 6 models…
Thanks Dave – I'll check it out. Andy BITS
Siggraph Ticket
Message #110470
Hi John, If you have any left, I would love a ticket. Thanks! Andy Roberts BITS Corporation The Lighthouse 112 Cricklewood Lane London NW2 2DP ENGLAND
Siggraph Ticket
Message #110470
Hi John, If you have any left, I would love a ticket. Thanks! Andy Roberts BITS Corporation The Lighthouse 112 Cricklewood Lane London NW2 2DP ENGLAND
Network Lens Flare
Message #110469
Hi everyone, I'm having problems with network rendering using IPAS Lens Flare. When I render my scene locally (not in slave mode) it works perfectly. When I set the job up for all the other machines to render they produce the frames but my sun object has no flare assigned…
Hi Danny, I'm sure you were quizzed about this a while back but please – indulge me. Will your metaball modeller make use of the ipas3 type interface now available (real time shaded feedback whilst in the routine etc..)? Here's a seriously loaded question….how would YOU say it compares to…
IPAS3 Questions..
Message #104041
Hi Gary, I know that I can use scatter to randomly distribute a number of boats across a wavy sea. I can also get the boats to float nicely by adjusting the pivot point. How would I get each of these boats to bob up and down – following the…
Will do, thanks Gary.
Gary, Could you add me to your list if I'm not there already? Know any US dealers able to sell direct to the UK?? Thanks, Andy Roberts BITS The Lighthouse 112 Cricklewood Lane LONDON NW2 2DP ENGLAND
#97619-
z-buffer info
Message #97724
Thanks Gary, We'll give it a go and see if this method is as viable as text based information. BITS.
#z-buffer info
Message #97617
Hi, Can anyone tell me how to retrieve z-buffer information from a frame – either during render time or embedded in one of the file formats studio supports?? Thanks, BITS
#I wish…..
Message #95914
Jonas, More wishes: 1. The option to have commands frequently used as icons (maybe floating in the drawing area or amongst Zoom In/Extends etc. buttons). Even though you can assign stuff to Ctrl keys, I feel configurable icons would be the next logical step – often you're clicking away and…
#no flame
Message #94525
Hi Gary, Just in case nobody's mentioned it already. There seems to be a problem with flame.zip. I've downloaded it twice and pkzip reports errors in the zip file. Pkzipfix is unable to do much with it. Thanks, BITS.
Wishlist
Message #94524
Hi Jonas, Please add these items for the R4 wishlist: The ability to perform operations on selected elements The ability to apply the settings (e.g. Color, Falloff etc) of one spotlight to a group of Spots. Most of my other wishes have been covered by the excellent suggestions of the…
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