This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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That might have been a fluke but I have had a strange case of 3ds.exe getting wacked out. the problem is only noticed in the Lofter when I zoom extent I get a glitch across the screen then the pointer arrow goes and the keyboard only beeps again I have…
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Is there also an update to Flame ? I had a problem of this nature with Flame about a week ago.
Thanks I'll contact my dealer ASAP, so there is no other way to get this program?
it makes your files bigger because it embeddes a optimized mesh of you object in the file. It does speed rendering by reducing faces.
is there any other way to get the viewer, this is just what I need also but I don't need the CD as of yet. … Ok how do I get the CD? Rick
I had a problem with lantastic 5 and 3ds the other day. I have a 486 and a P60 and I just started a net render when the 486 failed. I remembered I had forgottten to copy the maps to the 486 so I shelled out of 3ds and copyed…
Hey I have a 1742 in my eisa 486, I had planed to install a STUDIO in the machine but the cost of the thing got way out of my reach how much is a Max setup? and can I still have other non Max disks on the controller?
Greenville, ain't nuting in Greenville sepen a cusin of mine.
John, I jumped threads also. I also downloaded your Logo stuff and I was wondering about the back ground on the Time logo and also how you got such nice curves on the letters in the A&E logo. I have just been working trying to bevel text and I can't…
Thanks for the offer I will check them out. I really have more involvement in modeling/keyframing right now and after I get a "grip" on that I plan to get more involved with materials and lights. I have limited knowledge of the use of colors and things of an artistic…
John, I would love to see those images I am constantly impressed by the works of others, I did see the SSIGRAPH demo at school (a certified ACAD Training site). I was blown away and have to push myself much harder now. I like the look of 3ds and I…
Is this true, I have the IPAS but have never used it right I guess. This all seems rather useless, Is there a Highlight type IPAS that is controlled by Object to get a sparkish type effect?
I have the skylight thing all figured out, I will use a cross section dxf that cuts through the windows. Also I am trying very hard to be a ACAD nurd. Don't sweat it as a rule Acad op's can't spell. Bad spellers of the world untie!!!!
Memories …… da da dah da da da da …… sorry. By the way what is wrong with being an ACAD nerd? Some of my best friends are computers, computer geeks, and ACAD nerds. One day I'll write a song using Dimvars!! Really I like 3ds and animation much better…
I would love a total 3ds pub. but 10 bucks, 120 per year? I better get software discounts for that. I would however be willIing to pay 5.
Also you have to use MeshRes in the keyframer, never try to FLARE an object running MeshRes. I found that out 450 frames late, Oh well I put it back together in VideoPost and it still looks good.
Hi, I think I have it for the most part, (all the easy stuff) I have 3 skylights and the backside of a roof that are not show in full in an elevation to figure out but all goes well. I know the concepts behind what I am doing, now…
I don't need to get too complex so I started with the elevation and lofted them and the roof also (two flat 7/12 roofs) I used the floor plan for the soffits and I will use it for the floor system but the problem I now have is 3 skylights…
I am all for it Osnaps in 3ds !!
3d fun house
Message #116955
Ok I am out of school(ACAD) for two weeks and I want to build a 3d model of the house we did in ACAD. I started lofting from the elevation but I might want to use the floor plan. What I'm really getting at is I have never done a…
Yes I checked out every thing and then I just reworked the animation and every thing seems to be fine I just wan't to know what causes that condition to happen in the first place.
No morphs I have resaved the secondary motion data after every change to the cubes, the render get the error message about where the flames should be rageing I see the render building the object and the normals then POOF error message. I hope there is a solution not that…
#heart
Message #115362
Nice heart, I haven't been around very much as of late because of school and a young legal aid student but now I'm done for the summer and I earned a 100 %%% on my ACAD final. Now I can get back to 3ds and more important things like CompuSurfing.…
#Disk6
Message #115361
Help!!! I keep getting an EXP Mesh Op Failure — no object ready error, when rendering a frame of an animation The scene have two emitter cubes and Flame running on them both. I look in the Disk 6 book and it gives no error messages for Flame or Vapor.…
Murphy, I used to live in Clearwater(in Tampa now) my dad still lives on Cleawater Beach, one Aunt lives on Indian Rocks Beach, another on Boga Ciega Island and my Sister is in Orlando. The Adams Mark is a fine place to stay and its right on the beach. You…
Are you kidding????!!
William, I render the first and last frame and switch to fields and render the animation I then use video post or an IFL and disk to VRT to put it on tape. I can hold the heads or tales as long as I want with no jittering.
I think and dream of animation projects and how to model things, I have even caught myself breaking things down into geometric shapes as I look at them. One time I jumped out of bed and ran to fire up the computers before the spark of an idea went out…
Get Qemm and forget about himem.sys and emm386.exe.
Call 1-800-344-TRUE for dealers near you I am sure they will help you out with pricing.
Sometimes my 3ds file gets corrupted and the only problem is if I Zoom extents in the lofter, every thing locks up. Copying a good 3ds file over it always fixes the problem.
Glad you got it!!
This is true but, the bad will outweigh the good. I am Always surprised at how many dump notalent people there are in the world. have you listened to the JUNK top 40 radio stations try to push on people and call it music? HOW did these people get record…
I installed a virgin copy to my 486 (only cpu with a 5-1/4) then I copyed over all existing 3ds.exe files and deleted all subdir's and zipped it up for safe keeping.
#Rstore 3ds
Message #106963
Help my 3ds.exe file keeps get corrupted what is the fastest way to get JUST this file off of the Install disks? I don't know why this keeps happening but I think it might be when I defrag my HD, I'll keep a ZIPed up copy of 3ds.exe on my…
I'll try , hows that, boy with all this new stuff it will take me forever to decide on how to do things, Displace it, Skin it or do a Regular model or .. how about … maybe optimize it …. hum
Hi James good point.
I Have Rebel Blah Blah and it stinks, If any wants it I'll sell it cheap.
How much does it cost? Not that I'm in the market, just asking.
I just got my IPAS order, You might not here from me for a LOOONNNNGGGG TIME. Haappy Haappy Haappy JOY JOY JOY. 🙂
That is the newest.
I know that most raytracing type of effects can be fuged but, I would like an IPAS to raytace an object if I wanted without leaving 3ds. Also it might take longer for me to fake it, if this fourm wasn't around.
what version of mscdex are you using? another work around would be to write a batch file to log on and do a Dir of your cd rom drive then start 3ds.
Do you think an IPAS for raytracing is a good idea?
Im still waiting for my IPAS order to get here and all of this talk is getting to me. I can hardly stand it but I am glad other people are here to help with any questions I might have.
It seems that there is a problem in the Implementation of the amount Graphics and sound that a CD rom allows. It seems that we have an influx of sound and animation just because we can, and nobody knows how to mix the three and not lose the original idea…
Thats a great trick, and funny too
Mine renders fames 3 to 1 over a network to a 486dx 50
I copyed 3ds.exe from a slave machine and now it works fine. Something must of got to my copy on the work station. I have no clue.
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