This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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The reason for navigating by Pubs, shops, cinemas etc. is that as an old country we have honed our perception of our surroundings to the items of importance. Roads are named for far away place, old battles and corrupt politicians so they have little significance. By memorising places of use…
Try the NEC 3000, 2 types of Thermal Wax and _Dye-Sub_ at 300×300 dpi on A4 for approx L650 ( that should be under $1,000)…. similar to the Fargo but better build quality and a more sensible resolution. Lets face it the Fargopro says 600×300 but most of the time…
>>My primary contributions to them were in designing a text-compaction scheme Hey maybe you should revive that code and use it on your postings… Sorry Joel that was snide and unnecessary of me but it just popped into my brain and I couldn't resist it. It's a strange thing but…
The visuals for the game were very basic, I just played bits on to tape direct, through a genlock board. At least nobody could accuse me of cheating the visualisation. But the script, V/O and track were fun. As I remember Virus the game play was a bit lacking, the…
Greg Did you ever see the video I made for the launch of Elite … I wish I still had a copy. Acorn do indeed make the Archimedes(s) they are based on the ARM risc chip which they designed themselves. You will also find the ARM in many odd places,…
Here Here "Carping" is an old english word which is far more aposite Grahame
Eeek! An Electron owner, I produced the launch(video, slides stage show etc.) for the Electron and as a result ended up working for Acorn full-time. It didn't have a drive controller but you could plug a complete expansion chassis in the back which contained a 3.5 drive and 2 slots…
Brian I was going to reply to your original post but it really would have just been flame fodder . Seeing your reply to Aleksey (i.e. that you want a demo and would like to be convinced) I withdraw everything I wrote but didn't send. That is the attitude I…
Martin Even if you don't finish that project with it don't return AWB. I believe this is an important program for us all in the 3D(S) community. I don't want to comment on the current state of the program and the docs because the only copy I have is still…
Are you confusing the functions …. Transparency… seeing through to the diffuse colour of the object. with opacity…. seeing through the object to the scene….. ? if so you need to put your map in the opacity slot. Grahame
Y'know I've always assumed that the mystery person at M&M was male, from the general tone of voice. But I just noticed that these self-important, off-target,"Chicken Little-ish" rants only occur at regular, longish intervals… maybe its a bad case of _PMT_. keep taking the IPAS Grahame
Yes that sounds like another possibility, it's a good idea to bring everything within bounds before importing to 3DS if you start working outside of the envelope horrible things can happen to the geometry. Grahame
Kevin This sounds like a scaling problem, the project file saved to the network directory does not include any changes made in the scaling control (ctrlU). If you have been merging stuff, and loading from DXF have you, st any time switched units etc. in this box. If the scale…
Nik uStation can create polyface meshes in DXF (and .DWG) files which only have two vertices. ACAD12 (and probably 13) will accept these files but will pass the entities on un-corrected into a new DXF file. As far as I know uStation will reject these .DXF files (so if some…
Jonas Many thanks for the fax, looks very useful. I am just going away for some overdue R&R so texture vertices will just have to wait! I'll pick it all up again when I return and hopefully I will have something usefull to post shortly afterwards. TVM Grahame.
Thanks Jonas Sorry about the delay (scripting fun got interrupted for paying work!) Magic Lantern fax….. 44 71 702 3509 (you might check the code for London we recently changed all the prefixes in the UK and I don't know that affects calls from overseas) Thanks again Grahame
Ed I have the basics working but it relies on a regular vertex ordering. I need to make it work with arbitary geometry before it will be reallly useful. Watch this space I do intend to finish it and will be happy to share it. Grahame
Jonas Thanks for the pointers, how do I access the faxback service (bear in mind I am in the UK)? If it requires touch-tones then we have an old fax m/c that is pulse ! Would it not be possible (and to everybodies advantage) to post these gems on the…
I am currently working on a TSE script related to your problem. I want to be able to apply a uniform mapping to faces coming into 3DS via DXF. That is to say a set of uv texture vertices related to the perimeter length of an incoming set of walls…
PMJI Tom I'm a little worried about your procedure here, why are you rendering to 288 lines? Does the Fast board interpolate out to full PAL or is it that you think you need to render each field separately. 3DS correctly interlaces the fields into a single frame with user…
Doug here is a copy of some info I posted about uStation last week…… I have been taking in a lot of uStation stuff recently, the biggest problems come from the Beta spline entity type which ( as you may imagine) is very popular for modelling ! The uStation operator…
Murph I have been taking in a lot of uStation stuff recently, the biggest problems come from the Beta spline entity type which ( as you may imagine) is very popular for modelling ! The uStation operator can determine the segmentation of the resulting pline, pline-mesh or whatever before translating…
#Size isn't everything
Message #160463
Here is little warning for you all……. beware of the units command. This is probably more of a problem in "metrified" Europe than "imperial" America. For all you feet & inches types there is a downside to metric units… what (especially in ACAD) is 1 unit ? A metre, a…
Dog ears ?! surely that should be mouse ears? Eeeek Grahame and don't call me surely
As other English readers will know "Highway 61 Revisited" has been revealed by our premier news program "The Day Today" as a fake! The songs were originally written and performed by North country folk-singer George Formby during the 1940s. This was supported by archive film of George with his ukelele…
Lofter "feature"
Message #146587
Here is a little note that might save someone else the head-scratching that I suffered…. When importing a shape to the FIT Shape in the lofter any current freezing in the shaper is ignored, resulting in a "Must have single polygon in Fit shape" message, if there are assigned but…
Period Furniture
Message #130169
I remember someone advertising period furniture meshes, I think it was even someone in London (?) If so give me a ring on 071 480 6811. If anybody else has anything to offer, we are looking for "Regency" type furniture (reproduction) to furnish an up-market apartment. Please ring or post…
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Schreiber UK-office
Message #127497
Theo Call Gary Coates on 44 (0) 672 62040, fax 44 (0) 672 63001 a helpful man Grahame
Ted's reply is true enough that, unlike some renderers, 3DS will correctly render intersections. BUT if you want to use shadows and reflections it is really important to take care over the construction and placement of objects. I think the manual will give you chapter&verse but essentially the realler you…
Really good silver&gold?
Message #119262
Paul I have 2 observations on metallics with 3DS…. a. If it has a flat front face it needs to move. b. If it has to stay still it really needs some "roundness" c. If it really has to be flat and stay still then separate that flat front face{s}…
Martin If you get the chance, while you are in England, call in to see us. You will be very welcome. call 071 480 6811 we are in London just East of the Tower (Wapping) either way have a good trip Grahame BTW this applies to any other ASofters visiting…
If you are not using the base colour of the object then "mask" through your 2 existing textures with a B/W decal of your star. If the base colour is already in use then Opacity map through to a red object inside.
Gary Many thanks, love the demos, can't wait to try the real thing! Grahame
Gary While you are in mailing list mode can I send my new brochure back to be put through QA. There is _no_ insert for discs 6 & 7 (boo-hoo!) BCNU Grahame
#Message Sections
Message #89161
If I may stick a Trans-Atlantic oar in here, just to say I agree with everyone else that H/W – S/W is a natural split but Materials/Animation is totally un-natural. I'm very pleased to see that everyone sees 3D animation & rendering as a holistic occupation, you don't make a…
Gary Did you get an e-mail from me ?????
Input other than mice!
Message #67877
Hi Greg I use a TDS-Numonics LCII (highly recomended for build quality), it has a built in summaMM emulation. I use the hardcoded SUMMA driver in 3DS. I have mice but definitely prefer the tablet, especially since YG sorted out the behaviour of animation editing in 3DSR3. Grahame
Luis You need to configure the driver by typing "3ds vibcfg". This will take you into the Vibrant configuration screen, its pretty obvious from there. I looked in the Cirrus section, the largest seems to be 1024×768, there is no point in using more than 640×480 for Medit, in fact…
Bailey There is good advice in the previous answers but here are some extra thoughts. 1. download an image morphing program with sample files, there are a couple of good ones in the graphics forum. Then look at the logic required to morph one image to another successfully…. grid point…
Alan I have no experience of drdos or MsDos 6 (I use MSDos 5), the only time I have seen the symptoms you describe was when re-loading 3DSR3 when I was shelled out i.e. running it twice! your problem could be mem-maker not releasing enough memory for 3DS. Try running…
Anthony You need to add the line:- OUTPUT-RENDER-COORDS = YES to 3ds.set. Grahame (if you already have this then ? anyone else ?)
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UK Rendering Service ?
Message #63508
Ring 071-480-6811 We are Magic Lantern, based in Wapping, London. ML is a production company rather than a bureau but maybe we can help.
Good no answers I beat you all to it….. use mouse.idr instead of the built in driver. That will allow the buttons to be swapped. Grahame
#Mouse Buttons HELP!
Message #50768
Help! Help! Does any kind person know how to make aaplayhi (aniplay) respond to a left mouse click to move to the next section of a script. I have to make a presentation for a client which runs with the Proxima overhead projection panel, with its attendant "Cyclops" mouse/pointer device.…
Dear Rod Do your excellent offers extend to Europe (UK) and if so how does one take advantage of them. We currently use Vista RIO for hi-resolution composition and editing but our version of the program is showing its age and the question mark that hangs over its future doesn't…
Martin Newcastle Brown ! you've been away too long and your memory is playing nasty tricks on you. (by the by you may be interested that our latest job is for the Merseyside Development Corporation if we do NTSC transfers I'll make sure you get a copy, a little view…
Martin Newcastle Brown ! you've been away too long and your memory is playing nasty tricks on you. (by the by you may be interested that our latest job is for the Merseyside Development Corporation if we do NTSC transfers I'll make sure you get a copy, a little view…
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#Memory allocation
Message #29009
Hi Gary Thanks for the info, I realised later I could have worked it out by myself, with a couple of experiments. I don't know if the current job will ever get finished properly, the client phoned up in the middle and cancelled ! Can't really complain… they went and…
#AAWIN.EXE
Message #24719
I just downloaded AAWIN V1.1 and tried it , although it has prettier buttons I don't really see any performance improvements. Now I'm not a great windows fan (especially as nothing worth using runs under it) but I have V3.0 just for checking things out. Running on a 486 25…
Greg Don't worry too much – Americans are lucky, they don't come across too many Australians but when they do the experience can be un-nerving. Nobody in the world can do anything that Australians will approve of – not even Australians and especially not Brits, Kiwis or anybody related to…
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