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Here's a slightly modified version of your script that may help clarify: buff=1 setblack load 1,"tutorial:pictures/drumkid.1" load 2,"tutorial:pictures/drumkid.2" module "smus" smus "loadscore",1,"tutorial:music/bach.smus" smus "loadinst",1,1,"tutorial:instruments" smus buf,"findbuff","voicea" rem 60=mid"C", 1=note is not heard smus "setsigs",buf,74,1 fade smus "startscore",1,1,4 dim data[4],4 /top: smus "waitsig",data display buff if data[2]=100: rem signals end of…
No, the Director version 2 is only available from dealers at the moment. Keith
The status of the Director II is somewhat uncertain at this point due to the delay in availability of an AGA version which has caused a distributor to discontinue ordering the product (no doubt because of to few sales of the current non-AGA version). Keith
"scorestat" is used only to determine where a score is with regards to the number of times the score was set to loop with the "startscore" command. For example, if the "startscore" command was used to cause the score to play three times, you can use "scorestat" to determine which…
There is an experimental AA version in the works, but I don't know when and exactly in what form it will be available. Expect it to be announced here once it is. Keith
Possibly, but I'm not able to tell you exactly when right now. Keith
Partial screen HAM wipes should work, here's a simple example I tried using the Diner.anim image: load 1,"tutorial:pictures/diner.anim" copy 1,2 clear wipe 2,100,53,65,265,51,133,66,1 pause 100 If this works for you, yet you still are having problems, you might construct a simple script like the above that illustrates the problem. Keith
Within the U.S., the upgrade to The Director version 2 is $65.00, shipping included, and the Interim Toolkit is $10.00. add $10.00 shipping to Canada, and $15.00 outside U.S. and Canada. Details on what The Director version 2 contains is in the general information file in the Library section of…
I've used Fantavision a little, but I have no idea about the current support status of it. There used to be a program that could be used to capture single frames of any double buffered output and save it as an ANIM, I used it a long time ago to…
The Interim toolkit can be ordered for $10.00 from Right Answers regardless of whether or not you have previously purchased the original Toolkit. However, the interim toolkit will not be accepted towards upgrading to Toolkit II (which may now end up Toolkit III), only the original Toolkit will. As far…
Director I did not auto-center overscan images, and even with Director 2, centering can cause some right edge clipping (depending on Preferences). The only way to solve the problem under Director I is to use the Position command, to move the image further to the left (yes LEFT). What happens,…
We are exploring ways to work with all of the 24 bit boards, under AmigaDOS 3.0. The Opalvision does seem like a nice system, and we certainly include it in the list of boards we're interested in. To get the upgrade for the Toolkit (we have an Interim Toolkit which…
I don't expect that some kind of encryption is difficult to add at the compression/decompression step, in fact, there are crunching utilities that do such things. However, I also figure we will not be doing our own trailblazing in the compression algorithm area, since there are multiple standards in this…
>I just had a problem running ANIM's that are 736X482, 8 colors. >The anims were BLOADed. A 704X480, 16 colors anim plays back fine. >Any thoughts? Could you be more specific? I know I've played ANIMs that size. How much chip RAM does your system have? Fast RAM? What happened?…
Well, CDTV supports a new compression mechanism, which is supported by The Director as far as images are concerned. The Squeezebox library can be accessed via the CDTV module for images, and images can be loaded and retained in their compressed form in RAM. They can be decompressed on the…
I haven't tried using MED with The Director, if anyone has, I'm sure the information would be useful. Thanks, Keith
Yes, the information on upgrading is in the library section, the file is called D2INFO.TXT Keith
This really isn't the right forum for that question, I don't know at the moment what street prices for A4000's are. This is the forum for questions about The Director version 2 the authoring system published by Right Answers, Inc. If one of our readers knows the answer to this…
Hello yourself. Welcome to the Director forum. Keith
RA's address is: Box 3699 Torrance, CA 90510 Phone 818-840-8021 Keith
The only problem I'm aware of with regards to The Director and DCTV is in the overscan centering for which there is a workaround. The Director will center an overscan image around the current Preferences setting, which means that if Preferences is too far up and to the left, it…
Good question. I've been wondering when we're going to receive the AmigaDOS 3.0 software from C=. I attended the recent seminar at WOC, and now I find the machines are shipping, yet so far we have received NADA through the developers program on the subject except for a short compatibility…
The Director's sound module does not support stereo samples directly. You can save a stereo sample as seperate left and right samples, load them both, and then using the sound "STOP" command, hold off the playback, issue two sound "PLAY" commands, then use sound "START" command to start the channels…
Page 14-3 and 14-4 of the manual discuss FADE parameters which provide processor independent FADE by inserting video frame sync'ed delays This is the ONLY way to achieve a processor independent fade, and unfortunately, the only way to get a reasonably quick fade is to select it to step only…
Yes, I'd be curious to know some more specifics, I tried the example here and it worked with no problem. If there is some error condition that isn't being reported, I'd like to identify it so it can be fixed. Keith
>#1 If we stick to manual TC entry it is probably better to have a statement >like " TC=01551329 " written alongside each event entry. Then a GOTO would >bring you to something like " WHEN TC >= MIDInow: DISPLAY " That is a thought, encoding the timecode into a…
To protect for illegal goto's there are a couple of things you might do, such as use ON GOTOs instead, which will fall through to the next line if there is no match: ON value GOTO F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,F6,F7,F8,F9,F10 ON value-10 GOTO F11,F12,F13,F14,F15,F16,F17,F18,F19,F20 ON value-20 GOTO F21,F22,F23,F24,F25,F26,F27,F28,F29,F30 Could be a bit to…
>A line from this list could look like this "TC057A=01:55:13:29". The timecode will be handled by the MIDI module as seperate values in an array, something like this: DIM tcode[4] …. MIDI "readtime",tcode This will read the current timecode value, and return the frames/seconds/ minutes/hours values in seperate cells in…
Using Scalable Fonts
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I figured out how to use the stroke fonts, try a script like this: NEW 1,640,400,2 LOADFONT 1,120,"CGTimes.font" :rem load 120 pt CGTimes SETFONT 1 MOVE 10,200 TEXT "120 PT." PAUSE 100 The CGTimes is built on the fly by AmigaDOS when the LOADFONT is performed. Works great. Keith P.S.…
>#4 Can D2 activate fades done with the SuperGen SG-10? Via AREXX, provided SuperGen has AREXX hooks, which I think I've heard it does. >#5 Is there any source of example scrits from you or other people? Not as many as I'd like, while there's a lot of people doing…
>My application for synchronization is subtitling where in a >half hour program there could be as many as 400 cues. It would be >important to have both a record and playback mode. You would play the >video tape and click a key activating title changes and recording the >midi numbers.…
>#1 My halfbrite anim that could not CYCLE did in fact have cycling colors >that were not contiguous. Will there be a patch available that will run >DPaintIV anims without restrictions? We're looking into adding that. I'm not sure what form it will be released in at the moment. >#2…
Richard, my response is too large for a single message, so I'm posting it as several followup messages…….. Keith
You can try a ctrl-c into the Projector window (use Amiga-M to get to the workbench and click on it). It may not be 100% guaranteed, but I think it works most of the time. Another approach is to use the ABORT command to enable abort from the keyboard instead…
We don't have a .film file disassembler, primarily because many of our customers are interested in the security of the distribution of their films. The existance of a decompiler would have an adverse effect on this sort of security. Keith
The fast ram sample glitch has FINALLY been fixed. Able to reproduce it, I was able to make short work of it. Both the Sound and SMUS module are affected. I have uploaded them to the AmigaVendor forum section 14, as soon as the sysop validates them, they should appear.…
Note that since Director scripts may have labels which begin with a slash, and CompuServe's edit commands also begin with a slash, you will need to indent a little with a space or two before labels if you are going to include scripts in your messages: /top: display 2 etc.…
Its a little hard to follow your script which seems to be missing a few returns. But, it does seem likely that a 3000 pixel wide buffer might be the trouble. The Director does not pose any buffer limit sizes because Commodore has increased them over time, and we didn't…
AHA! I just tried it with the tutorial sample titan3.snd, and was able to reproduce it. I don't know why it has been so difficult in the past, but now I have what I need to chase the problem. It is a known problem, and I don't know of a…
That's right, I remember now. The COPY command is occuring simultaneously with your first ANIM command if you don't use the extra PAUSE. What happens, is that when the blitter is setup for the last bitplane of the COPY the blitter is told to go ahead and the CPU doesn't…
I have heard reports of a LOADFAST bug like the one you mention, and had even experienced one myself a long time ago. Unfortunately, I have since been unable to reproduce the problem, the original sample that I noticed the problem with was taking up a lot of space on…
Again, while I realize the name of this forum is Right Answers, that is because it is the name of the company that makes The Director, a multimedia program. I have no idea even what an ATONCE card does, you'll have to fill me in a little more if it…
If I substitute other ANIM files for the two you are using, ths script works fine, which leads me to believe the problem may be in the first ANIM file itself. Try swapping the two anim filenames and see if the problem follows the ANIM instead of the script. If…
Yes, there is a chance. I think the Probe sequence was converted to Director 2.0 (it was originally a Director 1 script), which would be HD installable. Problem is, I don't have any idea what happened to it. It wouldn't be too hard to recreate it, but at the moment…
Yes, I've had pretty good luck manipulating DCTV images in The Director, though there are a couple of things that are helpful to know. 1. DCTV works in Hi-Res, but each DCTV pixel consists of multiple hi-res pixels together. There may actually be different modes, but one thing I know…
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* * * * * BUG REPORT * * * * * * A bug has recently been detected causing obscure memory trashing using The Proj2 player program previous to version 2.24. The use of the FOR command with a single numeric parameter (no variable parameter) will cause the 4…
386sx Bridgeboard? Interesting, but I haven't heard a thing about it. And ok, so our company is named Right Answers, Inc. but that doesn't mean we have ALL the answers, only that the ones we do have are appropriate for the situation. Right now, since all our Amiga products are…
Yes, there is an update to the ADDENDA file, it is in the library and named ADDEND.TXT. Keith
Well, to be frank, it has been getting more difficult to continue to do business strictly on Amiga profit margins. Because of that, we have been taking several steps in the direction of multi-platform. However, don't automatically assume this means that your Director scripts will port directly to a MAC…
Math Stack Imbalance occurs when certain invalid expressions get past the compilation portion of The Director without detection, and result during runtime in an extra numeric parameter on the stack after the expression has been evaluated. This usually occurs as a result of some kind of error in an expression,…
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