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#Rendering Noise-Shadows?
Message #40943
A customer has called with a question that I need some help with. While rendering to video, some frames show noise, which the customer describes as looking like a worn out video tape. There are 2 3DS files involved, an exterior (one light, shadow map = 512) which renders correctly…
Animator files to large
Message #37543
Wow, compressing a 5 meg FLIC to 400k! I just tried my 25 meg FLC file and it went down to 6.7 megs. You have discovered that something may be wrong with your FLIC, I guess. Nik
Animator file to large
Message #37542
Jack's answer is the same as mine. Except, I didn't see his answer until after I had written this! Animator doesn't have a PURGE command like AutoCAD's, by the way. The way a flic file stores the info is based on pixels. A pretty complete image of the first frame…
HP Ultra VGA+
Message #37541
I have heard problems with S3 chip-based cards. I am not sure if this is true (Vibrant? Panacea? jump in here) but it may be a driver issue. Upgrading to the latest might work, if the latest is available from HP. If not, perhaps Vibrant or Panacea can help. They…
ANIMATOR in Windows
Message #37540
Windows uses colors for itself at the expense of the image. I think you might get the colors you need in your image if you go back into Animator, and squeeze the colors down from 256 to around 236. You'll probably not see any problems with the colors. Then save…
#vesa problem
Message #37539
Andy, talk to Orchid about the 1280. They have experienced identical problems with an older BIOS on the card, which upgraded can get around your problem. Nik
#PIXELPOP PROB
Message #37538
I never saw a response to your PixelPop difficulty. I can answer part of your question: PixelPop captures GIF files in either 320x200x256, or, if you have a program that runs at 640x480x16 colors, such as Lotus or Harvard Graphics, it can capture at 640×480. This should explain why you…
#3D newsletter
Message #37537
Angelo — I'm not sure I caught the beginning of this thread. You have a 3D Newsletter? Does anyone at Autodesk get it already? If not, could I sign up Product Support? (And is it downloadable from the libraries here??!!!) Thank you — and good work! Nik
#I Have a Q about AAPLAY
Message #37536
You are having trouble playing an FLI file you downloaded? Perhaps it was uploaded incorrectly, or has been corrupted. On the face of it, you're doing things correctly. Let me know which files (AAPLAY and FLI) so that I can try this out here. Thanks! Nik
Hi — Customer Service is probably easier to contact by phone than CompuServe. I'll ask them to contact you, but they may ask me for your phone number. If that's the case, do you have any problem letting me know what it is? (If it's been posted before, I'm afraid…
Thank you for your help, Brad. I'll check with Nancy Moss for TurboDLD when she gets back from Brazil (which I think is today!), and let you know how that worked out. Nik
Are you still unable to get AAPro running? By the way: "Is 3DS going to be made to work on the NT platform?" — Good question. Generally, any platform that will guarantee sales of a product will be looked at. The collector of "wishlist" items, the YOST Group, will see…
#3D Studio User Groups
Message #36975
Daniel, I have the basis for a "living" file of 3D Studio User Groups. I'll upload it, hoping that people will edit and add to it. Bay Area 3D Studio User Group Nancy White 3981 Lonesome Pine Road Redwood City, CA 94061 415/364-6452 Caddies Todd Wiedemann N. 92W19886 Wellington Dr.…
Cessna Mesh?
Message #36974
Viewpoint lists a Cessna 402C-M in their catalog. You might see if they have others… 800/328-2738 (800/DATASET) 801/224-2222 Nik
Can't find AA.MU indicates too little memory, rather than "too little DOS RAM". AAPro gets memory from the base 640K, and I have been able to run it in less than 400k base memory. I haven't experimented with the combinations. Make sure that you have specified sufficient Expanded memory. You…
386MAX PROBLEMS
Message #36971
Animator Pro 1.3 (but NOT 1.0) seems to fail with 386MAX 6.0x. A bug has been written on this, but we have no workarounds for you. Sorry, we don't understand yet what is causing this. Nik
Thanks for the offer with the TIGA software. I'll take you up on your offer. Nik
Charles, I've forwarded the font message to QA. Hopefully they'll interpret this as "yes it is a feature and yes we will test it". (For Portuguese – a with tilde, o with tilde, cedilla (like a c overstruck with a comma), accented capital I) Nik P.S. Paul Lind(ANIM8) knows much…
#CHAOS in 3ds
Message #36951
Robert — I have to apologize: I've lost track of our messages. Did this get cleared up? I have your message as follows: "Nik, Should have mentioned that I had shortened the path down to: "c:\;c:\dos;c:\bat" and that didn't change anything.. Also had been running the "/e:512 line" much higher(at…
#COMPAQ CONFIG FOR 3DS
Message #36950
Hi Brad: your question to me: "Do you have a Compaq DX2-66? I seem to recall a Pharlap problem that's fixed with a patch to the Compaq driver. Let me know if you want me to find that thread." Thanks. I have a 50M. The documentation that comes with this…
Brad, Is this TIGA driver something that you would like to upload to this forum? If not, let me know if you have it on a BBS that occasional TIGA customers can access. If you prefer to keep it on an individual basis, that's fine too — we refer folks…
I believe you might find that AAPro 1.3 International version would do the trick for you. I don't think that it's shipping, so this does not immediately help, but I expect that AAPro 1.3 International will support 8 bit fonts. I could find out for you if you have a…
Thanks for the "animation data" description. Sounds like an interesting setup. I hope you enjoy all this!! Best, Nik
Yes! Here is some information about a 3D Studio User Group: 3981 Lonesome Pine Road Redwood City, CA 94061 (don't know phone number) They'll be meeting April 17, Jun 12, Aug 14, Oct 9, Dec 11. Last few meetings have been at Autodesk in Sausalito. Great fun! Last time there…
Hate to say this, but your error message, "Can't Allocate Image Buffer" and "Init of Driver Failed" is a sure sign of insufficient memory! I bet if you decrease the resolution of your image from 4096×2731 to a much lower value, it'll work. You might enjoy experimenting with different resolutions…
Your problems with the Compaq RCCPADI.EXP are the same as mine! I had installed 3DS earlier, and found the RCCPADI.EXP worked fine. I re-installed 3DS for the Weitek version (same machine) and can't get the RCCPADI.EXP beyond your error message "unable to initialize driver". I'll work some more on this…
I don't know of a GIF – PCX files converter. There is a utility in the GO ACAD forum which converts HPGL -> DXF, and there is another utility which can convert a GIF -> HPGL (which I don't think is in the ACAD forum, more likely in the GO…
No, there aren't any demo versions available of Animator Pro. However, there is a video tape of 3D Studio which contains a lot of AAPro effects. Perhaps one way to get a feel for it is to get a copy of Animator (not Animator Pro) which I have seen advertised…
Thanks for the detailed message. I can't help wondering if your problems could be alleviated by a simple clean bootup. There is quite a large path, and I haven't calculated the environment space you use up with it and the set commands, but you find that you're out of environment…
Both Panacea and Vibrant Graphics make a driver that will let AAPro run with the XGA or XGA-2 adapter. Panacea: 800/729-7420 or 603/437-5022 (New Hampshire) Vibrant: 800/937-1711 or 512/250-1711 (Austin Texas) Nik
I have not heard that the sequencer=c,523 line keeps getting changed back to the incorrect sequencer=x,523. It is possible that you are reinstalling the Multimedia Explorer program, and each time it is not recognizing the presence of your sound card and it's resetting to x. Do you know if it…
problem starting chaos
Message #36329
Did you get an answer to your question? (Below). If not, here's what I think is going on: too much memory! You have DOS 5, right? If you type LOADFIX /? at a DOS prompt, you'll see more about the error message. (Loadfix is a DOS 5 command). To make…
#HEAPMGMT error
Message #36328
The HEAPMGMT error usually indicates that there is a conflict in memory — primarily TSRs and Device drivers if the memory address indicated by the error message is in the 640k area, or Disk cache / ram drives if the error message includes an "EIS" designation. If this problem doesn't…
3D Studio does not read .DWG files. The AutoCAD operator should save the drawings as DXF files, which the "newest version of Autodesk" (meaning 3D Studio 2.01a, right?) can read in. Nik
I have tried NUMPIC with an assortment of different gif files, following the steps you describe. As you guessed, no problems. Can you tell us more? Is this something that happens with any series of GIFS? Are the GIFS differing resolutions? Which options (INSERT/REPLACE, etc) do you use? Can you…
SoftCraft Demo
Message #36325
Robert — thanks, I've just received the 2 disk demo you sent. I'm anxious to try it out (next couple of days). Nik
This is not a symptom that happens on my setup. Have you tried running exiting 3D Studio with the F10 (DOS SHELL) command, and then running CHAOS from the command prompt? If so, do you get the same symptoms? I assume that you're running 3DS 2, and that you're loading…
Your inability to see 640×480 flics after rendering them is not a universal problem. It could be that the STB card and 3DS aren't recognizing each other. How are you configured? Can you tell me your set statements, how the 3DS.SET file statement about render-display is configured? It's possible to…
I don't think writing your own FLI player is called for at this point! However, I can't think of a way around the palette manipulations (to avoid the flash) unless you can modify the animations, which means having AAPro! You could structure your animations so a fade to black transition…
The issue of getting 3DS or AAPro to run under Windows is linked to the version of the Phar Lap 386|DOS-Extender built in. The version of AAPro 1.3 (Phar Lap version 4.1) will permit AAPro to run under a DOS Window. However, there seems to be a limitation to the…
I don't know what to suggest. Nick Verini's comments sound as good a solution as possible. Anyone? Nik
I don't know if a TIGA driver for AAPro exists. Panacea has a TIGA driver for 3D Studio, according to a brochure I have. You might call them to see if they've since created one for AAPro. (800/729-7420 or 603/437-5022 in New Hampshire.) I think that Vibrant Graphics has one…
Your problems almost sound like a memory conflict with the video card involved. (John K. Jordan alluded to this.) I have QEMM with the RAM statement, and in one computer a Video 7 VRAM II and in the other a Compaq Qvision. Neither reboots though. Which version of QEMM? (Recent,…
I hadn't realized that it was a problem. (I'll confess that I haven't used the targa to output to a VCR.) But have you configured the Targa correctly? Our setup includes the following in the autoexec.bat: set targa=247 (see config: 0xD000 + 0x220) set targaset=T16X0Y0I0BGC51H51S53P200 (T16=Targa type X and Y…
Show 'Em??
Message #36265
Brent, Did you get an answer to your 22 Feb posting? I thought you had, but I was reviewing the traffic and couldn't find it. Sorry, if not. Autodesk Animator Pro, like AutoCAD, like 3D Studio, has a macro-like option which allows you to customize the program. These macros are…
#Animator Upgrade Delay
Message #36106
Sounds like your order hasn't been received. November 25th! Wasn't that when the Beatles broke up? Way too long, I can't conceive of an order taking that long unless it were lost or something like that. I am not familiar with the route AAPro 1.3 takes from Autodesk to a…
#Problems with AAWIN
Message #36105
This ghosting is not an experience that I recognize. I would first make sure you have the most up to date Windows drivers for your card. There may be no problem running it with Windows Setup as a plain VGA card (other than colors!). Try that to see if the…
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Slow Mouse in ANI pro
Message #35746
Alan, could you let us know if David's suggestions don't work? I was under the impression that the mouse driver is built in and won't recognize your mouse driver changes.
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#FLCLIB
Message #35745
Also, Jack, Aaron, Dr. Dobbs has a forum on CompuServe (GO DDJ) which has a file associated with Jim's article. You may browse ANIMATION, since I forget the file name (may have MAR93 in the title or as a search keyword). Nik
#35614-
Animator Pro Show'em.poc
Message #35744
If everything is working correctly, you should be able to create text such as: THE TITLE This is the first bullet This is the second bullet This is the final bullet The above should render on one screen. However, if you put a blank line after THE TITLE, so that…
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