#lights, etc
Tim, you're talking about two different things when you mention an
"intensity variable for light sources". First, light sources have sliders
that control their color and intensity (I'm sure you're familiar with
these). That's way different from the intensity of a self-illuminated
material, which has absolutely nothing to do with the light sources (which
is why it's called self-illuminated). The SI materials take the intensity
of the diffuse color and use that, so if your diffuse color is very bright,
the SI material will be very bright in your scene. I'm not sure exactly
what the neon effect you're looking for is, but if you want it to "glow"
the way neon tubes do in atmosphere, you might be interested in the
GLOW.IXP process that I'll be shipping soon. (have you sent you IPAS card
in?)
Regarding your surface mesh question… There's a program called GIFDXF
available somewhere here on the forum that can make rolling landscapes for
you out of Gif files, as can many other utilities. I'm sure one of the
GIFDXF users on the forum can help you out more in that area.
Finally, re AA Pro… there's a new version coming this quarter, but I
can't comment on it until it's formally announced.
– G