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thank you for the reply Larry. How about during rendering of a FLC? I seem to remember the flic rendering crash without it. Peter Landeck
Mr. Rhoten, when exactly does 3ds4 poll the hardware lock beside just after initialization? Can I remove the lock duing a rendering without causing a shut down? during a flic rendering? during a single frame render? Thanks, Peter Landeck
rats. PAL
#hardware lock no laplink
Message #196986
Is there a problem using laplink software and the 3ds4 hardware lock? I transfer files from the desktop pc to the laptop through the same parallel port where the hardware lock is installed. However, with the lock in place no connection between the 2 computers is made. When I remove…
#Ram doubler for 3ds?
Message #195731
Has anybody tried increasing their RAM with ram doubler software? Will this avoid paging to disk? I have 64 mb which should be enough for any mortal. However, I find myself still paging to disk occasionally. Would this software increas my ram to 128 running on Warp? Just wondering. Peter…
Yes, unfortunately I have already done so. I can if necessary remove my scanner to make room, or even the network card. Howver, this still wouln't solve the problem. Peter Landeck
#External ISA slot
Message #195443
I am out of ISA expansion card slots. Is there a peripheral device which will take a card and plug into a com port? Peter Allen Landeck
I haven't got one. I don't own the software. I want to do a little research before I fork over $300. Peter Landeck
No more DXF in and out with Acad R13? Cool. But sorry I can't help since I only use R12 and DXF the sh…. out of it. Peter Landeck From GCP [12-Oct-95,20:22]
Is Nav-CIS like Golden Compass for OS2 warp? I like GC well enough except the filing aspect. Its impossible to keep an orderly record of all your messages written and received etc. I guess it can be done, but too complicated to keep on top of I think. Is Nav-CIS…
I'm not sure what kind of mirror you are creating. If it is a flat mirror then from your description no problem. Are you trying to produce a bumpy "textured" mirror? I would suggest investigating use of a mirror mask. Still only the flat part of the mirror would reflect,…
No, I don't think that's it. I have some instance objects and some 3d objects in the keyframer. Does the shaper take its 3d display from the keyframer or from the 3d editor? Are you saying that instance objects won't display? G'by, Peter Landeck (Are you Australian? Coming to the…
Files are on a FAT partition, but OS2 is in an HPFS partition. Peter Landeck
Shaper has no 3d display
Message #194325
Despite chosing all the objects in the 3d list and turning 3d display on in the Shaper, only 2 objects will display on the screen. The same problem in the Lofter. Can the shaper or the lofter display a 3d scene from the keyframer where I have many instances, or…
#ANIPRO MANUAL
Message #194194
Anybody know where I can get a manual for Animator Pro? Anybody know another paint program which will take a CEL file? Thanks, Peter Landeck
Under OS2. I've never gotten this error message under Dos which usually finishes a render without a problem. Peter Landeck
#2 session render conflic
Message #194137
Rendering 2 sessions of 3ds at the same time under OS2 warp I get the error message "can not access file. Process in use by another program" for one of the sessions. This hangs the computer and forces a reboot. Would anybody have anyidea what file is in conflict and…
Compressed Targa hangs
Message #193961
Rendering a compressed Targa file in the key framer repeatedly hangs the cumputer. A GIF renders no problem. Also a FLC is ok. I use OS2 warp with 64Mb ram. Why would this happen? Peter Landeck
#Couldn't allocate mirror
Message #193772
"Couldn't allocate mirror map" is a persistant error message when rendering a large 3ds scene (greater the 64 Mb memory) with multiple flat reflection mirrors. Rendering is aborted after error message. Does anybody know a remedy for this other than testing each mirror individually? The same scene well render in…
Thanks for the note John. I've tried upping the DPMI setting to more than 256 with the same results. I can't believe I'm out of disk space since 300 meg minimum is sitting free. And I do run in full screen mode. Can you run in window mode? Nothing seems…
#OS2 not paging to disk
Message #193122
Rendering 3ds4 under Warp I get "Render out of Memory" when I exceed the 64 meg ram installed in the computer. From a virtual Dos window without the settings modified the Scene Info shows 65 meg memory allocated at time of error message. On a session using proper settings adjusted…
From:
peter allen landeck
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 26, 1995 11:52 AM
> > Well I cranked the DPMI all the way to 256 meg and I still got > the "render out of memory error". < > > OK, how much disk space do you have before starting the render? > Use F10 in 3DS to find this out. That way…
> he IFAZE program uploader is Christopher Moon 75033,1013 who is > the author of the program. Probably an email to him about the > Cirrus chip would be your best bet for personal help. 1 last question regarding a related topic to above; do you know how I can…
Asysta consultants where
Message #192596
Anybody know where or how I can contact Asysta Consultants? Their address should be in Huntington Valley, PA. They have no phone listing there. Thanks, Peter Landeck From GCP [26-Sep-95,08:50]
> > You must have tried for those files in the last half hour. I just > deleted them this morning as I released IFAZE35.EXE in Library 7 > which replaces version 25 and 28. We are so short of library space > I have to keep the old versions…
From:
peter allen landeck
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 25, 1995 10:17 PM
> Always set your DPMI memory limit to whatever 3DS needs, > regardless of the amount of physical RAM installed. If 3DS tries > to page to disk, 3DS's phar-lap pager will generate a trap in OS/2. > The phar-lap pager will interpret this as a "disk-full" > condition and…
#Inside of object mapping
Message #192473
How can I put a bit map to the inside of an object other than having it render to 2 sides? Peter Landeck From GCP [25-Sep-95,15:07]
#PRJ vrs 3DS file
Message #192472
I still don't fully understand the difference between a 3ds file and a PRJ file except that the latter will also save lofter and shaper files. Is this the only diff? Peter Landeck From GCP [25-Sep-95,12:36]
From:
peter allen landeck
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 25, 1995 12:19 PM
Well, now I can't seem to get 2 sessions of 3ds running together. The second program I launch just hangs at the "initializing 3ds…." dos prompt. Can't imagine what I've changed in the settings to cause this problem. Yes, I'll try DPMI at 256 to see if this eliminates the…
#IFAZE28 gone?
Message #192419
I can't seem to download IFAZE28 or IFAZE25 shown on the ASOFT catalogue library 7 indexe. Are these files scrolled off or delted? Files were posted end of August. Peter Landeck From GCP [25-Sep-95,11:49]
#DPS PAR on OS/2
Message #192402
Anybody know if the Digital Processing System PAR card will run on OS/2 warp? Just wondering. Peter Landeck From GCP [25-Sep-95,10:44]
#LIRITUL3.tga where who
Message #192394
Would somebody have the LIRITUL.TGA bitmap found on the Autovision CD-ROM (imagecel sub directory)? Thanks, Peter Landeck From GCP [25-Sep-95,08:46]
Larry I have another mirror error message- "couldn't allocate mirror map". After 10 or so hours of rendering a multiple mirror scene this error message brought the whole process down. Is there a way to salvage a half rendered flic? Say, with only half the frames completed before a crash?…
From:
peter allen landeck
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 24, 1995 12:49 PM
Yeees, well I've had this problem "no ram at render" with OS2 since I started using it. It seems to be one of the bugs I can't work out. I rendered the file and dos last night and 1 frame took more than 6 hours! I was once advised to…
From:
peter allen landeck
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 23, 1995 10:18 PM
> 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). Thank you for your response Larry. However, I am still getting "no ram at render" or "no ram for pixilation"…
I'll try the rotating the sphere as a set of points Larry. Thanks. By the way, I have 2 more problem/questions. 1. Under Warp on large large render jobs I get "out of Ram at render" error message. If I do the render under Dos I don't get the error…
#Sky .SXP map
Message #191623
From:
peter allen landeck
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 19, 1995 12:16 PM
Is there an SXP file for a sky background, perhaps with some clouds. I'm using the Marble.sxp at present mapped to the inside of a sphere around a scene. Also, I can't seem to figure how to re-orient the mapping; in this case rotate it so the marble veins (clouds)…
Image Browser indexing
Message #191594
Do I have to create a new Browse.idx file every time I search a map directory on a CD rom which has no index written into it? Is it not possible to store a brower indexfile for a CD rom map directory somewhere on the hard disk? This would save…
From:
peter allen landeck
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 15, 1995 10:43 AM
Hi Larry, Well is there a way to rotate the construction planes to facilitate creation of the reflection faces? I seem to remember something in the tutorials or somewhare how this could be done. Thanks, Peter Landeck
Well, the problem with reflection mapping seems to be coming from Acad DXF object merges. Yes if I create a solid inside 3ds there apprears to be no problem with the reflection map. However, If I use a solid modeling command in Acad to form a solid mesh and then…
Mr. Minton, I got this in response to the Insert Animation Track question. I haven't tried it yet.
Re: Changing path scale for instance insertion. OK I'll try adjusting the size of the path before inserting it. I don't really understand why adjusting the scale of the mesh before insertion to fit the path won't work the same way. Anyway. -Peter Landeck p.s. What is "David "sleep 3…
Re: Track insert. I think I'm using the same units. I haven't changed anything in the 3DS.SET file. However, I'm trying to insert the animation from something prepared by Autodesk and put on the tutorial. (Stairs.3ds). How do I check for units? Peter Landeck
#Inserted Animation Track
Message #190310
Thank you for the help with Reflection Mapping. I'm waiting for an animtion to complete (sometime tomarrow) then I may have a better idea of the problem. It looks like some of the faces on some of the instances are reflectiong and others are not. Is it necessary for the…
#Insert animation tracks
Message #190306
I have some difficulty with the Objects/tracks/insert file command in the Keyframer. The inserted animation track is not at the same scale as the mesh receiving it. When I change the scale of the mesh receiving the animaiton track, it makes no difference. The inserted track (path) is equally out…
#Reflection Mapping
Message #190072
Hi Mr. Minton, Struggling with reflection mapping here. Am I missing something or is the following accurate: Instance objects in the Keyframer will not calculate or display a flat mirror reflection map applied to the original object. That is, an object created in the 3d editor with flat mirror reflection…
#os2 background render
Message #188343
Hello again. Now I've tried running a flic rendering session in the background and opening a 2nd session of 3ds to try some more tutorials. Unfortunatly, after finishing a rendering in the tutorial session and returning to the original rendiering session I got the error message "flic file not open…
Happily rendering in the background now, but….new problem, when rendering during "transforming objects" the gas guage "sticks" or hangs about 3/4 the way along. I need to jostle the mouse to unfreeze it and complete the render. Does this have to do with the idle sensitivity setting you were mentioning?…
#os2 background render
Message #186657
Thank you for the tip Mr. Minton. Now rendering fine in the background and I seem to have shaken some annoying pin pricks of white accross the screen which were a nuisance. Another question: Is it possible to run 2 sessions of 3ds4 at the same time under Warp? i.e.…
Thank you for the reply Larry; however, after making the various setting changes 3ds4 will still not render in the background on this computer. I wonder if it is the graphics board that I use? The config.sys shown in the .zip file doesn't work for my cirrus chip 543x based…
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