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Actually you can get a DOS dump if you use the "err>err.out" parameter when running. Standard parameter when you beta test games. Judy
I don't use either QEMM and I use the NOEMS parameter if I use EMM386. I am not the one having a problem. Judy
Ralph – Guess what – it is firmware not hardware that uses memory. And I can assure you that QEMM in STEALTH mode (as does 386 MAX, Cloaking devices etc.) causes a host of problems with various applications. QEMM being the most popular OEM memory manager tends to be a…
Why are you using QEMM? I have a Micron and I never use QEMM when running 3DS – I would not be surprised if QEMM (esp. if you have Stealth mode turned on) was the cause of your page faults. Page faults are software problems caused by software not hardware…
Head Modeling?
Message #187025
I would like to hear how you do that too Martin. Judy
I believe that I saw an announcement from Nik Grant that DOS support would continue and there would be a R5. In any case R4 is very good and now a spline patch is coming for it! Judy
I don't have that same problem as I am not going to MAX but am waiting for 3DS v5.0 for DOS. Judy
I will have to try absolute mode – I don't care much for relative mode in 3DS. Judy
Thanks for the tips! About the only time I want to use the tablet in 3DS is when I use MeshPaint. I am still getting used to the way the different mapping styles look when unfolded. Judy
Thanks for the info. I too have to run WTEST to get it working in 3DS – Judy
I finally got the ARTZ to function in 3DS – I had to load it with a relative operand (WMOUSE /R) – Once I used the r operand it worked fine – but I still prefer the mouse in 3DS – I had wanted to use it with MESHPAINT. Because…
Thanks Jonas Judy
Thanks – for the info. I am using the WACOM Art-Z not the big 12×12 – I wonder if that is the problem. Judy
#Tablet in 3DS – HOW
Message #184427
I am trying to set up a Wacom Tablet to work in 3DS – I load the DOS driver instead of the mouse driver – but it is dead in 3DS. Judy
Thanks Brian – I will put them up in the utilities section of the GAME Publishers. Judy
Could they be made public on the GAMxPUB forums – many vendors upload FLC files but no player 🙁 We have PKZIP in LIB 1 on all our GAMxPUB forums for users needing utilities and we would like to have a FLC player also. Judy
Actually I can tell you about 2 orders – Prior to making them free I ordered one with a credit card – but when it arrived I refused to delivery. My card has still not been credit for the return! ALso Bethesda Softworks either under their own name or that…
I read it and I wondered if they were talking about the same product we all know so well 🙁 Just shows you can't believe everything you read!
Glad to hear that it is more than just this little band on CIS. Judy
You have to wait until the SysOp opens the section. Then there will be a big public announcement etc. etc. The SysOp/WizOp decides when the section is ready to go public .
I hope so, since that is the only way that changes will ever be made and product improvement take place. Unfortunately I expect that complaints and unhappiness from non-CIS users will never reach Autodesk's ears. I suspect that the indication will be in dwindling sales! Judy
If the company does not respond to customer dissatisfaction early on in the process, complaints gets nastier and with a good reason! Judy
The manual is NOW FREE if you know about it on CIS. I know of people who are not on CIS who have paid for it – and I haven't heard that Autodesk is going to offer them a refund either! Judy
I agree with you – I personally never understood why they just couldn't make the change to AA which so many people really like and used a great deal. AAS just isn't even half as good as AA and I find myself using AA instead of AAS. But like you…
Certainly they would have been better off to just add true color support to AniPro – which still remains a superior product and far, far better than Animator Studio. YOu are definitely right the move to Windows killed it! Judy
Who are you the Animator Studio "thought police"? If someone has a problem with an Autodesk product or it doesn't meet customer expectations, they should speak up and say so. Animator Studio has certainly failed many of its purchasers in this respect. It has all the earmarks of a program…
I assume Animation Master for Organic? Judy
The current price of MacroModel is $198.99 – I understand this is a big drop in what it used to be. I was and still am interested in ANimation Master – they are supposed to release just the modeler for about $200 – but nothing yet. I am sorry to…
#MACROMODEL+3D Studio
Message #176489
Would anyone care to comment on the suitability of MACROMODEL for orgnic shapes which could then be brought into 3DS for rendering etc. Judy
Jim – HMMMMMMMMMMMMM I agree with you. Judy
I really like special effects works – and I thought the Jurassic Park effects were great. Lawnmower Man/ Johnny M. are just too much "junk" for me to waste my time on. FOr my money the best special effects still come out of Industrial Light and Magic. No-one is even…
It will be management and backers that care about production costs – and if it's a flop they will care even more so – if it's a mega-bucks hit they won't care about costs. Judy
You get a tutorial manual with AS – NOT a reference manual. If you want a reference manual you can either print the on-line help or fork-over $19.95 plus $3.00 (S&H) to Autodesk for the reference manual that SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED WITH THE PRODUCT! Judy
You hit the nail on the head! Judy
Only if the movie is a success – if it is a flop no-one will care how the graphics were done and how great they are! It is like the game industry – Critical Path had great graphics but was a flop so no one carried about the graphics. AITD1…
Thanks David! Judy
Thanks Santi Judy
Thanks for the info. Judy
That sounds fantastic – I assume it is going to be available in the US. Where is the current modeler available in the US? Who sells it? How soon before the IPAS comes out?
Where does one find Vivid? How does it compare with POV Ray?
Look at the car labeled Customer Service/Technical support – see where it mentions on-line help. Read that section closely. It will tell you how to print pages AND THEN – IF YOU PREFER hard copy $19.95 + $3 (S&H) Isn't that nice 🙁 NOT! Judy
I have just uncovered the fact that the reference manual is available for $19.95 + $3.00 S&H. See my post to Nik Grant. Everything sounds like "sticking it to" the end-user to me!
Animator Studio Guide?
Message #171245
After careful perusing of other material, I see that the references manual is available from AUtodesk for $19.95 +$3 S&H. IS that currently shipping? ALso now that I see that you are selling the references manual separately – tell me again about you "not needing manuals if the code is…
I would like to know who was at those meetings! I bet it was the "bean counters" and their abacus 🙁 . Does this statement apply to 3DS also? Sorry I don't buy that one – as a matter of fact it may be the joke of the week :-).…
I second your post! Long Live Ani Pro! Judy
I am very disappointed that AS has the "manual" on-line. I really prefer hard copy and find that it is disorienting to have to go to on-line help for what is essentially reference material. My personal opinion of on-line help is that a company is saving $$$$ at the expense…
Thanks for the tip.
Thanks Jack. What I ended up doing was changing the RES 3 line in the 3ds.set to the resolution I wanted and then rendered it with no output to the screen. That seemed to work and I had a 15Mb file 🙁 Judy
Thanks for the info – I will be following your advice the next time. Alas I am too far along this route to do other than trudge on to the end 🙁 Judy
Rendere:300 dpi woes.
Message #170512
Since the book jacket will be 10"x8" – I multiplied by 300 and got an image resolution of 3000×2400. When I input that into the renderer configuration and start to render the image – it automatically changes it to 640×480. What do I need to do to get the renderer…
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