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The bogus pkz300 has actually been around for a couple of months. Sounds like someone is just doing a better (?) job of spreading it around. LAM
Jim Lammers, who runs the Rendering Plant, is interested in Telnet access, but doesn't have that capability yet. LAM
My understanding is that the dongle is polled at startup, and at various times otherwise. It is not polled during the rendering process. LAM
OK, I'll try again . Have you tried lowering the Path/Steps value? The default is 5, and can be either increased or decreased. LAM
Path/steps in Lofter? LAM
I went through and collected various threads from over the past year on quaternions, and sources of information regarding them. I will upload these threads as QUATERN.ZIP in Lib 3. This file will become public in a day or so. LAM
Saw that nobody else who actually know's what they are talking about is answering, so I'll speak up . What you are looking for is refered to as "rack-focus". LenzFX supports this. There are several files out in the libraries which might be of interest. Do a keywork search on…
This problem occurs when the executable becomes adulterated. This can be from a virus or from other sources. I would recommend checking your system for virus', then reinstalling 3DS from the original shipping floppies. If the error messages persist, please call your dealer for help and possibly a new set…
It sounds like file LZFXGI.TGA in Lib 1 will take care of it. LAM
Liquid soap was invented because bar soap is non-hygenic. Too much bacteria lives and grows on it. So if you ever model a bar of soap in 3ds, be sure to include all the little bugs (just to stay on topic here ). LAM
I just did a text search on "shutter" on all messages for the past year, no hits on what you are talking about. LAM
Autodesk, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pyros Pictures. News at 11. LAM
Its in 3de2.zip in lib 10. LAM
It sounds like you have the incorrect video driver set. From the command prompt do a "3ds vibcfg", and select the correct video card for each setting. It sounds like whomever lent you their copy of 3ds may not have included the manuals. Better get them or you will be…
>>1.2 Gig is way too little
re: invalid project files: there is a thread file dealing with these in the libraries. Look for INVPRJ.ZIP. It seems to be usually caused by hard disk controller problems, or network problems (if you are saving across the net). LAM
I just uploaded a thread file on text in 3ds. It contains various threads dealing with text, including a description of how Yost Group did the same thing as you are trying to do. The file should be available in Lib3 in a day or so. File name in TEXT.ZIP.…
You won't have any problems running alpha-split regardless of the color depth of your display. The alpha channel is at a lower layer of code than the video drivers. LAM
But it's not as good as mine . Jim actually was looking for the Select script Kyle put together for selecting faces. Imagine that, two scripts with the same name . Actually I had to modify mine because both out routines use a 3de file, and people were getting the…
This is going to sound really stupid, but try decreasing the refresh rate at whatever resolution you are running 3ds in and see if that helps. I have an ATI Mach 64, and if I set the refresh rate above 60Hz, I get an error message the Bios doesn't support…
I haven't had any video problems running 3ds under os/2 like you are. It definitely sounds like a video driver problem of some sort. Have you tried just using the vga or vesa driver to verify that everything is ok that way? You may also want to try decreasing your…
Have you looked at the following? This particular script requires TSE, but all the info is there…. [74664,2144] Martin Doudoroff/KUB Lib:18 SELECT.ZIP Bin, Bytes: 3467, Count: 187, 17-Mar-95 Title : Select Faces by Normal (Script'd utility) Keywords: TSE SCRIPT PXP SELECT FACES NORMAL UTILITY 3DE Fantastic script for The Script…
3ds will still accept keyboard input, so you just need to do and escape and a carriage return. This all isn't the cleanest way of doing things, but it works . LAM
are you sure that you don't have another file called bg_2 in a directory which is in the map paths before the one you want? LAM
I uploaded a bunch of threads on invalid rats-nests as RATSNEST.ZIP. UStation seemed to be a common cause . You should look at that file and see what the collective wisdom is. LAM
Dave's CIS address is 70214,774. LAM
Generally speaking, if you are doing paging while running 3ds, running under os/2 will be faster than running under dos. Os/2 will handle the paging, and can do it faster than the PharLap dos extender in 3ds. As long as I didn't have other tasks running at the same time,…
I just uploaded 2 thread collections – one on booleans and the other on invalid rats-nest. Should show up tomorrow. UStation seemed to be a common problem source for invalid rats-nests. LAM
Not positive, but I think there was a demo version of drape, but then it was never released. LAM
I have a copy of several threads dealing with invalid rats nest. Most of them seem to deal with Ustation . I'll prune those threads out and upload them as a file tonite or tomorrow. LAM
What you need is the Animation Support Libraries, without a doubt! This developers kit includes C and Visual Basic Programmers reference manuals for the Windows Player, Fliclib and File Format manuals, Code examples and other support files, POCO and POE reference manuals, and more. You can order this kit directly…
>>Is 3ds max for NT ??? Yes >>Where can I find information about it? >>Is the interface better? you can find all press releases/public info here in the forum by searching the libraries under the keyword "MAX" – there are several screen grabs of the new interface as well. >>Is…
Take a look at msg 193951. I describes what's necessary to get 3ds to run under Win95. LAM
I have an AVI file at work showing the "lighting of the charcoal". Yep, the RIGHT way to warm up about 60 pounds of charcoal. It's about 50 megs long. LAM PS: They used 3 gallons of liquid oxygen. Can you say good-bye grill ?
I bounced that question upstairs to the ADesk people. You should get a message from them shortly. LAM
You can just set you high message pointer back to get the original message. Randy's message is still there. LAM
You can select the objects to be attached, and do a create/face/detach. LAM
VBPLAY.VBX interfaces with aaplay.dll. There have been problems reported with trying to run full screen flics using aaplay.dll under WIN95. The fli/flc routines are growing long in the tooth, and you may want to consider alternative file formats. LAM
Here is a previous message: 1) Copy the file MCIAAP.DRV to your \windows\system subdirectory. 2) Load the file SYSTEM.INI into an editor, such as notepad under Windows, or Edit under DOS 5.0. 3) Locate the line '[mci]' (without the apostrphe's). If this section does not exist, you may add it…
Pricing shouldn't be included in a message if you are trying to buy or sell something in the forum. For something like this, which is of interest to various people, go ahead and give the price. Unless you are going to start selling them . LAM
MCIAAP is included in the file WINPLA.EXE (which is a self extracting zip file). WINPLA.EXE is in library 7. LAM
I looked through some older messages, and found a little more info on 3dturbo. 3dturbo is similar to optimize, but also imbeds an optimized model inside the more detailed model. It also supposively hides backfaces, so that the on-screen redraw time is less. Not sure from what view the backfaces…
Do you have the Animation Support Libraries? This developers kit includes C and Visual Basic Programmers reference manuals for the Windows Player, Fliclib and File Format manuals, Code examples and other support files, POCO and POE reference manuals, and more. You can order this kit directly from Autodesk by calling…
Yeah! I helped solve a problem ! Just watch it with qemm though, there are so many options that you will start tinkering with them to get more memory, and all of a sudden discover that your floppy disk is working any more . I believe that 3DTurbo speeds up…
The ncdebug statement could have come from anywhere . I don't think that it is important for the concern at hand. It sounds like the os/2 video driver isn't supporting background execution if the application is in graphics mode. Bummer. About all I can suggest is to try selecting the…
> ..without succes to find the way to stop the annimation loop on the last > frame. How can we do that with an FLC ? I don't believe that there is a way to stop the loop on the last frame. About the best you can do is have…
The other one was by (or called) Metagraphics Media!Lab. GO METAGR for more information. LAM
The ability to run 3ds as a svga or vga session in the background depends on whether the os/2 video driver supports it. Most drivers seem to support it, some do not. With your card, I'm not sure, but it should. You are probably using drivers written by S3, which…
Not sure under what conditions you can recover the files. I think it makes a difference on what pallette mode you are running in: low, medium, or high. High, I believe are basically targa files (16M color). Low and medium are 256 color encoded, and may (or may not) be…
Do a search in the libraries for the keyword "play". There are several product announcements out there for various types of players. LAM
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