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Are you using any IPAS routines in this model? I seem to remember that some tended to grab chunks of memory. You might try turing all the IPAS routines off, if possible. It sounds like it ought to be running…. LAM
It appears that what is giving that error message is the setup.exe program, right? All that program does is install aaplayhi on your hard disk. It seems to assume that you will be installing from floppy, and that is why it is giving weird error messages. If you just unzip…
re: os/2 – I set up a session with 6 megs of DPMI memory, and got the same error message. Just bump up your dpmi setting. LAM
Hmmm… I'll have to play with os/2 later today and see if I can duplicate your error message. Not one that I have seen before. Remember the DPMI memory setting can be as high as you want. It doesn't need to correspond to the actual amount of memory you have…
Download files os2txt.zip in lib 9 (a capture of a message thread about running 3ds under os/2) and 3dsos2.zip, which describes the settings to use for foreground and background sessions of 3ds under os/2. As the writer of the second file, I'll warn you that there is not a really…
re: 1 – os/2 – in your os/2 dos settings, set dpmi_dos_api to enabled, and the dpmi_memory_limit to 64 or 128 or whatever (that's # of megabytes). re: 2 – reflection map – yes, you can't render the flat reflection map on only the first frame if it is obvious…
WIN95 is not an officially supported platform, but a number of people have it running successfully. Set your message counter back and check out the mesages in the 3DS and hardware sections, there is a lot of talk on the subject. there are also a few library posts. LAM
WIN95 is not an officially supported platform, but a number of people have it running successfully. Set your message counter back and check out the mesages in the 3DS and hardware sections, there is a lot of talk on the subject. there are also a few library posts. LAM
Actually, based on a set of messages in the script section, there is not a rename function in TSE. You would have to copy the object to the new name and delete the old one. You would also loose any keyframe data. LAM
Look for file "AAPLHI.ZIP" in lib 7, right here in ASOFT forum. LAM
$60.00 for 60 sheets? I got 200 sheets of Epson 720 dpi paper for 25.96 at CompUSA. Regarding resolution – I also swear that I saw that the "effective" resolution of the Stylus Color II was around 280 dpi when in 720 dpi mode. I have no idea where I…
Nope. Hard coded, cast in C. LAM
Download the file "3ds4-nt.zip" in library 6. It describes how to get 3ds4 to run under WinNT and the limitations. LAM
>>I need help with the aavga,dll m why doesn't it work on win95 ??? Because it wasn't written to run under win95? They just announced Animator Studio for Win95. Let me check and see it that means they have updated this file. LAM
Anselm, Your 3ds.set and cfig settings shouldn't need to be changed when running under dos. As for qemm, here is a msg I keep around : #: 103734 S3/Hware/OpSys/video 24-May-94 16:22:09 Sb: Breaking the 64M Wall Fm: Jonas Ruikis [ADESK] 73172,1351 To: Jonas Ruikis 73172,1351 (X) Certain Pentium-based machines need…
#AStudio95
Message #191694
I'll put this message here as others will be interested in the response. With the announcement of Animator Studio of Win95, have any of the programming tools and dll's been updated for Win95 (like aavga.dll)? Thanx, LAM
How were you rotating the sphere? If you were rotating it as an object, try rotating it as selected points or faces. LAM
Anne: Did these files get merged? I don't see them out in the libs anywhere. LAM
I too can see nothing wrong. Two shots in the dark – try remming out the share line, and are you sure that there is a subdirectory under 3ds called temp ? LAM
If you get stuck with a fair amount of dos command line "chores", you ought to look at 4dos, which is a command.com replacement. It allows you to build real powerful batch files easily. With 2 commands at the the dos prompt, and a 2 line batch file, you could…
3DS file keyframe data
Message #191536
[Reply to message #187184, which is no longer available] Jack: Did you ever get an answer to your chunk B014 question? LAM
Davendra, Did you ever get a response on who in England to call for the support library? LAM
Phil: I think that would be a good idea. My fault that you didn't get some sort of response. I -am- the Forum Assistant for this section. Right now I am just doing thread maintenance on it, and am trying to pick up enough to provide useful answers. Those that…
RE: Kyle's select routine. Great minds think alike . I specifically had to add some code to my select to make sure the correct select.3de file was being loaded. Got a couple of questions on problems which ended up being another select.3de file was present. Now I know whom to…
RE: dir list. Sounds good to me! Other people might also be interested in seeing a copy out in the libs, though. (can you say free advertising? I thought you could ). RE: Select. I hereby release select into the public domain. Feel free to fold, spindle, and/or mutilate. No…
Partially true – I have an ATI Mach64 board that allows limited VESA support under NT. It appears to be that the video driver has to be written to support VESA. ATI does, Diamond does not. Vibrant really ought to be designing video drivers for NT and os/2. LAM
In your 3ds directory, do a "cfig386 3ds.exe". What is shown is the default PharLap configuration parameters. To change your swap path to the root of D:, type in "cfig386 3ds.exe -swapdir d:\". It would be a good idea to make of copy of 3ds.exe before you do this .…
An Intel CPU 3DS Max will _NOT_ run on an Alpha CPU box. The CPU instruction sets are different. Instructions that exist on the Intel don't exist on the Alpha (and visa versa). The CPU and register sets are completely different. LAM
Jim: Would periodically put up a "allfiles.txt" for your bbs. I got a copy from somewhere, but it's a couple of months old. I'd be interested in seeing what you have available. Thanx, LAM
It depends on how badly you want/need it. 3DS Max is supposed to ship in the "winter". So that would be anywhere from about 3 months to 6 months before shipping. Add another couple of months to get proficient with the new version, curse NT, praise NT, etc. LAM
OK. Thought that would be the general idea. Have to dig into the code. Under the category of questions I already know the answer too, but hope I'm wrong: Is there any way to tell in a sxp script what mapping slot the sxp is in? Particularly interested in having…
VFD.ZIP is out in lib 7 here. LAM
Hiss!! Booo!!!!
Is the AMMEDIA/Software development kit section where you wanted this message to go? LAM
Look at either NAMEGA.ZIP in lib 7, or 3DSUTI.ZIP in lib 6. LAM
Answer 1: bring the acad objects into a new 3ds file and give them the same name as they had in the old 3ds file. Save the new 3ds file and bring up the old. Do a file/merge/object (turn off animation) and select the objects to be replaced. Hierarchy links…
Nope, no can do. Best bet is to create a rectangle in shaper of approximately the right size and assign that as a shape. In 3d editor hide everything but the windows. In the user view, do a display/user view/align and select one of the faces of the windows. Do…
Could you tell us specifically which ones you downloaded, or at least the file extension of the animation file? The ones you downloaded are probably for a different screen saver program, but you provided insufficient data to compute the correct response . LAM
"hung up" is such an ambiguous phrase . Are you getting any error messages, or does it just hang. If you leave the computer alone for a long time, does it make any forward progress? If this is a new computer, check in your autoexec.bat file for a line calling…
Having never imported a file into 3ds from ACAD, I probably won't be of much help . It seems to me though that for auto flat reflect not to work that the faces of the windows are not co-planer. I'm not sure why it would work on the original and…
#sxp variables
Message #190539
Could you provide me with a little description of variable SXPDPX? "Surface delta x" is a bit vague . LAM
Are you making a call to "Select" or "GetObject" before writing out faces? LAM
I played some witht track file insert. And I'm not quite sure what your question is . The path being imported from a file/object should always be the same regardless of the scale of the object you are applying it to. As an example, say you have obj1, and are…
re: instance orientation – that was part of the tests I did – the instanced object can be rotated without any problems appearing in the auto reflection map. re: track insert – I'll have to play with it here to see what is going wrong. Quick question – are your…
Look in your autoexec.bat file for a line that reads "power" or "power.exe". Delete or rem out this line. It is a power saving feature that doesn't like 3ds too well. LAM
I just ran a test here. I created a "floor", a cube, and a sphere in front of the cube. The front of the cube was mapped with an automatic flat reflection map. I went into keyframer and made an instance of both the cube and the sphere. Both cube…
OK, how about "Joel"? LAM ==name that anonymous user in 20 or fewer trys!!==
I'm sure someone who knows what they are talking about will give better details, but… PharLap is the DOS extender that allows programs to run in 32 bit space. It is sort of an operating system that runs on top of dos. Users don't normally see it because it is…
I recieved a flyer from a maintenance company saying that since Cornell had bit the dust, they were offering maintenance contracts. I haven't seen any ads from them lately either. LAM
But it's already out there! See rainbo.zip in lib 1. LAM
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