CompuServe Messages

O, the thrill of exploration (of the PAR of course <g>). I think it is obvious that one should not ditch the framebuffer. To bad direct access to the PAR's 24 bit framebuffer is not implemented. I found that you could also quickly view images from the PAR drive from either 3DS Editor, KF, or MatEd by first setting the From-PAR type to TGA, then View Image and click on the PAR drive and image name. Comes up much quicker than the 3DS output to the framebuffer. However, it won't work if Display is set to none, and you still have to wait till the image goes to the 3DS display (UNLESS you set the display size smaller than 752*480 and Cancel when it reports "Image too large for device" <g>). If this gadget catches on, perhaps 3DS could be made PAR aware. All this is good fun, but again, I concur with David Stinnett: "Keep the FB!" It's nice to know the alternatives, though, in case the ol' VISTA breaks down at some inopportune moment.