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Hi Grant… I have never uploaded anything to the group yet. Ill give it a try probably this weekend. The last time read anything on uploading it seemed like to many rules and I dont want to rub anyone the wrong way. Is there any clean procedures (txt) files to…

Hi Grant I just read about the modify/object/xform in the Inside 3dstudio book last night by accident. I was refering to rotations. Tomarrow I will be able to test the xform out. I think that will do the trick. Reguarding the second part of the chain going screwy… The second…

I can't seem to find any memos on the flaws and inhancements made to r4c2. Is there any recording or posting of the changes in the new realease. I just recieved my copy and was hoping some of the problems Ive been having in the IK will go away. When…

Hi Anne I knew I was lost. I have not found anyone at Microsoft that has a clue yet about that problem. Im off to acad forum. Thanx for the help….

R13 for windows has to be filtered through Microsoft Win32s to take advantage of 32 bit processing on Pentiums when using Windows 3.1. Win32s on Dell "Dimension 90" pentiums will not accept the "s3 2.02 1024 x 768 'XXX' colors LF" video drifver. I've had to reconfigure Windows to use…

Hi Jonas Im morphing from a small flame to a larger flame and back again simulating a thruster firing in a space vehicle. So if transforming objects is morphing then yes that is going on also. Hey while I'm typing is there anyone I can send some questions to reguarding…

Hi Does anyone know or speculate why my PC would lock up when rendering a flames IPAS. I have rendered with no problems before but all the sudden I'm locking up. No keyboard action or mouse function, got to reboot. I have reloaded all software thinking a file went corrupt.…

Hi there Bob Thanx for you help… The problem ended up being a bad Micropolis 2217A hard drive. The heads were apparently sticking and couldn't scan the entire disk. The next day It died altogether. Micropolis replaced it no probs there. Everything runs just fine once again. I was running…

Im having a problem recording to the PAR card from 3DS4. The TGA files start landing on the dedicated 2217a Micropolis hard drive and then it stops and I get an error message that the PAR cannot open the TGA file or the file is corrupt. The resault of that…