This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Michael, the official area for Imagine support used to be the Impulse section in AmigaVend, but message flow has dried up. It seems like everyone is now in one of two places: – The Impulse section on AnVenA (PC Animation Vendors A) That's the official Impulse section. – The Imagine…
Need YOUR B150 config
Message #48018
I have two questions. I've been experiencing very slow reads on a Bernoulli 150 cartridge that has seen hundreds of files written, deleted, and rewritten over time. I've been trying to identify the cause of the slow reads, and am now in the process of locating a low-level device monitor,…
Frank, I'll forward your message to the Internet's Imagine Mailing List, and if anything comes of it, I'll repost it here for you. (You may also get private replies directly, since your CIS address is accessible from the Internet) Blaq!
#WTD:Cycle Muscles
Message #47640
You want to talk to Tim Wilson at 76432,1122. He's the author of all those Humanoid, Cycleman, Cycle Muscles packages. Blaq!
Warren, thanks for seemingly popping out of nowhere with this great bit of news! Unfortunately, I have already searched the Net every which way I could, and never found the site you referred to. Is there any chance you can give me some pointers? Many thanks. Blaq!
#47301-
Byte articles on 3D
Message #47353
Congratulations, John, on your Byte article. It's nice to see that your cross-platform talents are still put to good use. Blaq!
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PAR and Imagine
Message #13434
>> If you add the TCP/IP protocol stack to WfW, and add an Ethernet to the Amiga, you'll be happier.
>> Great message and great synopsis of some of the characters on Babylon 5.
>> I made 2 states with an object in 2 different positions
Thanks for the informative message, Jim. I'll need more than a null modem or removable drive, however — what I want is to have full peer-to-peer networking going, so that each machine can access the other's hard drive transparently. Blaq!
(Gold Channel message — to all operatives — Section Leader finally sucked into neverending Sci-Fi discussion — situation is proceeding according to plan) >> Yes, the cast worked great together, but only AFTER about the first season.
>> What would it take to connect a Pentium to an A2500? Or how will/does your Pentium A3000 work?
>> "… It was the Dawn of the Third Age of Lens Flares. The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for Lens Flares…"
I just posted my reply to your Star Trek:Voyager comment in a new thread. This unrelated topic will probably have a life of its own for days to come, so let's split off the discussion to a separate thread title. "ST:Voyager (non-Imagine)" Blaq!
ST:Voyager (non-Imagine)
Message #11238
>> BTW, anyone find the new startrek boring dumb and somewhat femministic-ish? Gene Rodenbury (sp?) is probably rolling over in his grave.
>> I still had some trouble until someone (Charles Blaquiere on IML?) explained to me that you
#11018-
Velocity vs. Accl/Dccl
Message #11236
Oops! This is what happens when you try to explain something at 2 AM. When I talk about slope values, "above 1, the line becomes more and more horizontal" should read "…more and more VERTICAL".
It might help if you included a list of the software included with your CD32. Blaq!
Rich, read message 194613, where Jim Drew lists several items. One of these is a DCTV, a magic box which offers the following: 1) slow-scan (~10 sec.) color digitizer 2) true-color display (shows especially-encoded 16-color images as almost-full NTSC color, works with animations too!) 3) nice paint package with painterly…
#A4000 FOR SALE
Message #195211
If they're two-faced, it probably means they were created in Lightwave. Blaq!
#Stage Editor
Message #11016
>> Make a note of object locations and load them all in the detail editor. I usually do all my positioning in the detail editor for just this purpose.
BEST FOR 2-D ANIM???
Message #46661
>> The procedure sounds much like Lightwave and other standard 3-D packages. > Can I set my objects out on the "stage" and grab and stretch points there, or do I have to make the shapes in an editor
Amiga in PC Magazine
Message #189244
That message to PC Magazine was dead-on. Bravo. I especially loved the part about rolling in the aisles! Blaq!
Repair Centre for Amiga
Message #189243
I'm sorry Ketan, but I can't help you. I'm in Toronto, and if you were too, I could've asked friends for the name of a reputable repair shop in town. You might try again with a geographically-oriented topic, such as "NewBrunswick RepairShop?", which fits exactly in 24 characters. Blaq!
>> FiW prints very well and supports Type 1, NimbusQ, and CompuGraphic fonts on any printer
#Final Writer Q's
Message #188000
Over the next few months, I'll decide whether to buy an accelerator + memory for my 3000, or a PC or Mac. If I elect to keep the Amiga, I'll want a great word processor. Final Writer (3?) seems to be the best choice, but I'd like to know from…
Where in Canada are you located? Blaq!
Thanks for the suggestion. I had the feeling, though, that the de-interlacer adjustment was designed to cure what Commodore called "pixel jitter". What I'm experiencing is a hiccup where the whole display jitters up by one scanline for a fraction of a second. While fiddling around with things tonight, I…
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Amiga->PC Upgrade?
Message #103187
John, in order to give you an answer, I'd like to know which differences, if any, exist between the Amiga and Windows versions of InterChange. Blaq!
#IM Examples for Hilary
Message #102689
Hilary, Aargh — I've been away from the Forum for a week and a half, and would you believe it, that's the time a helpless new user showed up! Ohhh, when I think of all the opportunities to help I've missed… Oh well. If I can't help you with that…
#3 IM Forums, you know
Message #4138
Hey, PC Imagine users! You may want to know about yet another source of Imagine information, the original source as a matter of fact. GO AmigaVend has an Impulse section, where Imagine owners also discuss our favorite 3-D program. Browsing all 3 Forums where Imagine information can be found (GUGrpA,…
I would create an AmigaDOS script file that temporarily changes the system default text font, runs your program in the background, and returns the font to its original setting. You could then use IconX to associate this script file with an icon, and use the script icon instead of your…
Tim, your reply to Michael Miloff piqued my curiosity. I'm a longtime Imagine user, with decent knowledge about other software (including Lightwave), but whose knowledge primarily comes from reading magazines. This means I'm vulnerable to hype and the "let's sweep those faults under the rug" attitude which may prevent me…
Tim, yes, my technique would take longer as the user increases the blurriness. Since one parameter would determine whether Imagine used a 2×2, 3×3, etc. group of reflection "para-normals" , rendering time would increase as the number of surface "para-normals" increased. Application of my technique wouldn't to affect brushes at…
#Windows system palette?
Message #3368
Pretty soon I'll receive WinImages, and the first thing I want to do with it is use its superior dithering capabilities to convert some Corel Professional Photos into Windows wallpaper. I'm not too sure what to expect, however, when Windows tries to harmonize the image with the current screen palette,…
Tim, reading the discussion, I feel that if any other software offers built-in blurring of cubic environment mapping, it will suffer from the same problem you discuss, i.e. curved surfaces will show a wider view of the environment map, where the blur will look proportionately less pronounced. My personal take…
Mike, I understand the need to establish a 1-pixel border around the altitude map. After all, I assume the normal disturbance at any point is calculated by conputing the difference between that point's brushmap pixel, and the pixels above and to the left; this means the top row and left…
Mike, I'm clear on one point, but unclear on another. You say I can install Imagine on more than one machine, for example an office PC and a home PC, as long as I only _run_ it on one machine at once. That's fine. But what if I want to…
Grant, many thanks for the detailed low-down on your Voyager pilot work. As you know, many online denizens live and breathe for that kind of insider info. Your post is going straight to our local 3-D BBS. (700 users in its file, although I have no idea how many are…
AVision:How2MakeListReq?
Message #45200
I'm trying to implement a list window in AmigaVision, and would like advice on how to proceed. The list may be longer than the window; I would create scroll buttons, of course. My goal is to have the user click on an item in the list, and do processing based…
In addition, I hope they fixed another Altitude Mapping bug: the one-pixel border which appears when you use repeating maps. Makes creating repeating patterns, like leather for example, impossible, unless you want a "leather bathroom tiles" effect. Blaq!
#Imagine multiple license
Message #3218
Mike, with computer prices dropping all the time, and with some of us eventually getting to do "real" (i.e. paid) animation work, it's only logical that eventually some of us will start a render farm, if only a 2-machine one. What is Impulse's current position regarding one user/multiple Imagine installations?…
Stephen, the docs say "the texture axis bounding box actually bounds the area of effect of this texture". Since you say the top/bottom get cut off, and you also get an elongated effect, perhaps your X/Y axes are not the same length? The Imagine Texture Guide (an electronic AmigaGuide version…
George, I have The Director 2, hold it in great praise, yet don't use it currently. I don't have a use for its abilities at the moment, and will probably buy Scala this year, what with the price being $150 and all. In addition, for light multimedia, I would probably…
yes, please do keep us abreast of what you did/did not do in each episode! Lightwave animators keep getting better and better, and I find the level of excitement is still high among us active Amiga owners. Playing "spot the LW graphics" will be tough on ST:V, because of the…
I'm sending you a basic twinkle animbrush by CMail. Works best at 15+ frames/second. You're welcome. Blaq!
Just an idea: if you can't get the problem resolved, how about this workaround: – rotate brush 90 degrees – shear in Y – rotate brush -90 degrees Since I'm told Brilliance has a beautiful, keyboard-rich interface, each of these operations is probably one keystroke away. Blaq!
Speaking of mergers, did you hear that french conglomerate Le Groupe Bull and german company Siemens came this close to a merger, until a high-level executive realized what the new corporation would be named? Blaq!
How about this alternative? http://www.sam.iam.com Blaq!
#FieldRend bug workaround
Message #3089
As of this writing, the current version of Imagine is 3.1, and it suffers from a bug that manifests itself when you combine pop morphing with field rendering. I'm very happy to share with you a workaround for it! As you know, Imagine doesn't allow morphing if the source and…
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