This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#Layman Psychologists
Message #178181
"Thank you Dr. Freud. Maybe some self perscription is in order, like some vallium for your 3DS anxieties. " Layman psychologists, Tsk,tsk,tsk… As you would well know, if you knew anything about psychology, Freud would have NEVER prescribed Valium, he would have prescribed Cocain… Jack
Concerning the reflections C. Van Oyen already answered that one, when it comes to the shadows, that might just be your own personal bias… Adjust the BIAS in the shadow controls and you can have the shadow move further or closer from/to the object… Must be a "page 7-163 not…
Field Render Design Flaw
Message #174860
"Jack, Have faith in The Yost Group. Come on! There's no way R5 is going to be slower. I'd bank on that one. As for multiple processor support it'd be a shame if it wasn't there. I guess we'll have to wait and see." Nope, we don't have to wait,…
Completing the package!
Message #174859
"Your'e right Jack. Nuff said. I'm breaking out the manuals. Zack" Now you're talking! 😉 You first have to know how to do something before you can apply it to the "what to do now" case. If you have any questions after the tutorials, lemme know, mayhaps I can help…
#Field Render Design Flaw
Message #174858
"Jack, >> SLOWER THAN….
"If you think that I'd be doing a new release that was actually SLOWER than previous releases, then you haven't been paying attention to what we've done during the past 5 years." – G Aha! The answer hoped for! Thanx, GOOD NEWS, especially after that CADALYST report on AUTOCAD NT……
"Jack, You might try looking at some of the good books available on 3DS…. -Matt (Acive Media Graphics) -Matthew Vaughn" Thanks! But I think you wanted to send this message to zack lyon… ;-0 Nice try though… hehe BTW, I do have both those books since the day they were…
" the alpha will be a much requested platform. Maybe then more publishers will start supporting the Alpha. Hopefully…" When they do, I will. 🙂 (But since they aren't even supporting the Intel base (millions of computers) yet, I'm pessimistic) All jokes aside, I wished we could get the stuff…
#Completing the package!
Message #174577
"I am just trying to get used to what results I get when changing the fit shapes, scaling, swapping, refining, etc." Niceley explained in the manuals, nothing cryptic about. " I have many desktop publishing packages to create the artwork in. Fractal Painter and Kai's Power Tools comes to mind…
#Keyfactory
Message #174576
"Here's one to try Jack Try simulate the blast effect of a nuclear warhead. Key Factory can do this. This is my next adventure with Key Factory. Mike" Easy! Add a few trees from Schreiber's Nursery and you can have all the leafes blow away while you're at it. Or…
"I use AutoCAD and DESIGNER, but I would like to be able to quickly create a look for the client and output it for their approval using 3DS. " Like any other (high-end) stuff, this is not a package you'll learn over-night. "I have tryed to create a simple cushion…
"Well, at least as far as it being a Pentium issue. But it's still not a 3DS issue, no matter what you say. And, FWIW I don't even have a pentium….. (Goin' right to Alpha come fall)" Never did say that it is a 3DS issue, it is a Pentium…
Radiosity
Message #173410
Are you sure you aren't "seeing" things? (or is it that they hit my blind spot?) BTW, I think youmeant the foeva centralis, not the macula lutea… The curvature you may experience could be due to convergence, but that would be surprising, since you are focusing to distance not closeness…
"UNABLE TO CREATE .LOC FILE" I'm running on a Netware network, my workstation is running OK- does anyone know where the *.LOC file is written to (couldn't find mention of it in any reference I have)? Or any ideas as to why this machine is not playing nice? Of course,…
"For example. Last month's front cover of CGW; A Casio watch; An HP calculator; A FORD Probe; a cat; a chicken; an airplane; etc. etc. It apears that these things cannot be fully realized in the plain jane package of 3D studio. What would I have to aquire to do…
Yup, try setting your mouse speed (or are you using the ADI drivers?). Jack
" >> Does that sound like it could be anything else BUT a Pentium FDIV >> roundoff error? No, it doesn't. But, maybe you need to dig deeper. Since 3DS doesn't use _any_ double precision math it's highly unlikely that's the problem. Could the Pentium itself use the double precision…
"There's so much you can do It's unlimited. It's a must for any 3D artist's tool box. Mike White [SDP]" PSSST…. Don't give away our advantage 😉 Couldn't agree more, I'm still playing around with it and got so many ideas on what to use it for already, that I…
"I asked before if anyone knew where to find a sampling of their MANY libraries, but no one knew……Do you?" Call Schreiber at 1-800-252-1024 and get a catalog. Jack
#Thanx
Message #173223
And so he did… Thanx mucho beaucoup grandioso, Jack
#Keyfactory
Message #173222
I just got my Keyfactory from Schreiber Instruments, MAN THIS IS NICE, you oughta check it out! This is the good stuff! Sorry to be rambling, but boy, am I impressed. This dynamic/static motion IPAS really has it all. You can even have actions happen at collisions etc. (like automatic…
"Does anyone out there have any trees? Or know where to get them…Just simple, trees….. I don't want Lollipop-look-alikes…. Any help is appreciated." If you want hte real thing: Schreiber's Nursery lets ya do 58 differrent trees at any height any month of the season, and these babies are beautiful……
"Probably like many of you, I have purchased NT 3.5 Workstation to prepare for R5. As far as "hard to get it up and running" goes, I have had nothing but a nightmare with it. Sometimes boots, sometimes doesn't. Typestry2 (32 bit) will crash it everytime I envoke a processor…
Tape Disk….. Could you please let me know who handles this product and what the model name or number is so I can look into getting one. Your recommendation gives me insentive to find out if this is something I need. The latest is Tapedisk 6.2, its made by Tapedisk…
"Are you saying that you lost both of those and you want me to send you another one?" Nope, I gave them away to others interested in'em. (Thought that might generate some more business for ya) "I can put one in the mail to you next Monday." Please do… JD
#tapedisk
Message #171585
Im finding tapedisk very useful. I think its perfect for animators because seek times for sequential files are so quick. It enables me to render animations several times the size of my hard drives without constantly moving files around. Couldn't agree more! This is one of THE BEST investments I…
#Yost catalog wanted
Message #171584
Hey Gary, waazuuuuhhp? Haven't gotten the catalog I asked for when I returned the card from my Rel4 upgrade, just thought it might be time to politely ask… (it's been only a few months') Fun aside, I would really like another copy of it, so if u could find the…
#Pennello news
Message #171583
" free AIR Frescro CDROM (courtesy of Xaos Tools and Planet Studio) worth $199. If you are already a registered user email (serial number and address) and I will get one to you. " Finally, the long promised CD… I was supposed to get one with my Pennello (a long…
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Autodesk Confirms NT 3ds
Message #158422
"Probably because it's very similar. But don't forget who designed and wrote OS/2. (I'll give you a hint: it wasn't IBM)." Don't forget who took it away from MS to do it themselves… "Ex: Downloading a large file via OzCIS while editing a doc in Word (Win16) is *not* a…
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#Autodesk Confirms NT 3ds
Message #158421
Jack: "I just called and got your answering machine! Call me whenever, (714)833-0334, x12" Did and got your answering machine , I'll try again on Monday. " – just promise not to talk about operating systems! " Damn! There goes the "infiltrator's plan" Don't worry, I'm sick and tired of…
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#Autodesk Confirms NT 3ds
Message #158420
Hmm, Max or Targa, Max or Targa? Now I don't know what to think anymore. Supposedly the PAR is tops, but then it seems to have its problems. What to do, what to do? Back to being serious: Can I use a Targa (or the Max for that matter) in…
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#Autodesk Confirms NT 3ds
Message #158419
"I hope to be at Siggraph again this year. You'll find me at the Adesk booth working the crowd and at the Adesk parties. %-\.. " Sounds familiar BTW, I forgot to note: I finally got a response out of the upgrade problem: I supposedly already had the version (was…
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#Autodesk Confirms NT 3ds
Message #158418
"Since I last posted that message, I've found many programs going NT all over the place. Stuff like PhotoMorph, etc. I doubt you'll have to search very hard for useful NT programs when R5 comes out.. they should be in abundance. NT's on fire. (without MS's help, IMO)" Couldn't be…
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#Autodesk Confirms NT 3ds
Message #158417
"Its a combination of Corel Draw, Alta Mira Composer, PhotoStyler and compositing like Video Post all bundled into of…" Wow, a definite "MUST HAVE"… Jack
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Autodesk Confirms NT 3ds
Message #158416
"Photoshop, Painter, Elastic Reality, 3DS (soon) are all out or coming soon for Win/NT" that's an overwheling lot the windpws stuff actually runs slower, btw. But as I said:"Enough about NT" Jack
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Autodesk Confirms NT 3ds
Message #158415
Yup, that's it. My gripe wasn't 3DS, but NT, all I said was that there is better and more stable and smaller and faster and more supported stuff out there… That's all, otherwise there's no need for discussion, that's the way it's gonna go, one way or the other. Jack
"Wasn't the "Dr. Calagari" and didn't Peter Sellers Star in the Remake?" I can't believe you guys don't know your highschool dramas… Tsk,tsk,tsk It was "Das Kabinett des Dr. Calimari" a German movie subtitled in Italian, roughly translated:" The meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything", aka a Russian Novel…
"…get it to work in "absolute" mode; there doesnt seem to be any way to configure Ani Pro to work with the stylus in "relative" mode. I tried using the microsoft mouse emulation driver with comes with the stylus — but this gave unpredictable results. Can anyone help me, I'm…
Hey Greg, I sure would apreciate some of your advice on output (to video). My buddy Jim (Lammers) told me that you might the guy to ask questions about it… I was thinking about the PAR, but after talking to him, I'm not quite sure anymore… Please gimme a call…
" MS certainly isn't perfect, but I still like 'em. Especially after putting OpenGL in NT. 🙂 They really impressed me there." OK (and I mean it!), except for:" the GL part", since (as usual), it isn't their idea. "Picture Publisher has the best NT support, Photoshop also runs faster…
"Well my favorite paint program, Ron Scott's QFX, is being ported to NT and it sounds even better." Lemme know when it's there… (don't even know wht it is, to be honest….) (((no sarcasm intended, just for the rest of u guys))) Jack
"Can we start this discussion again the first day of SIGGRAPH? Until then we've got a product to develop. " Hmmm, now you got me cooking… (What, what, whaaaaat? ) Sounds good, will do, I hope to meet you in person there, please make sure you let me know when…
"yes, I agree with you on that point entirely. That's why I cautioned Jack Death that if he went _too_ far, everybody would eventually just ignore him. And how long can you just talk to yourself? . " Love it, keep on talking…
">> It seems to me, that the only opinions allowed are the one that are agreeable to the "mainstream".
"That's interesting. It actually performs a little faster than Win31 on my machines. What kind of machine are you running?If you're not running NT on an advanced machine then you're right. Hang it up. It doesn't take well to 386's @ 33Mhz. FYI I'm running two Pentium 90s; one with…
"Clay, I don't have a simple answer, but as a professional working in this industry all one has to do is look around to see who's doing what for what OS. Every significant piece of professional software is being ported to NT not OS/2, and they're all doing it now.…
"Jack, Jack, Jack…" Bruce, Bruce, Bruce… "Freedom of speech is a wonderful concept, don't you agree? You pay your $9.95 every month, and you get to post anything you want, anywhere you want in the always open and rarely censored, .." What's that "rarely censored" deal? Do u know something…
"OTOH you are absolutely right about NT. They don't support it nearly as much as it should be. It is extremely more advanced than Win95 and yet has less market share! (A beta with more market share than a released product? Believe it!) I personally wish they'd dop the whole…
"FWIW- Microsoft has dropped their requirement that Windows 95 labeled programs needs to run on NT (like they had origionally stated). I think that's pretty typical of them, and thought you all might be interested in letting MS know that NT support of your favorite programs is a very good…
"That's fairly hypocrytical since you are using MS-DOS to run 3DS, no? If you hated Microsoft so much you'd be over in the Mac forum and not here. " Invalid premisses, yield invalid conclusions… "The fact is, no matter how good or bad Windows NT is, you are still going…
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