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>#: 35327 S6/Videophile > 24-Jun-90 13:23:48 >Sb: #35010-ANIM5 conversion >Fm: Jim Ogilvie 76247,741 >To: Ken Cooper 73627,2334 > >Ken.. > >Thanks for uploading the program. Unfortunately, it just stops one step >short of what I need it to do. If I want to convert a sculpt anim to >anim5, (that is, the anim5 format that AmigaVision wants to use) then I >see no way of doing it. I know that AmigaVision will read anim5 format >files generated by dpaint, so if I use the bridge utility to convert >sculpt to dpaint format, it complains that dpaint format will not accept >HAM formats. This is unfortunate, but I can see why the person who wrote >the software put it in. I thought this was going to be my answer..alas it >doesn't seem to be. > >I tried to get onto the bbs that was listed in the doc files, but you need >to send in a reg. fee to even leave messages. So I have no way of >contacting the author to get his suggestions. Oh well..but thanks for >your help! > >Jim CBM Ottawa ——————————————- Taken from Mindlink BBS – Vancouver, BC. Mon Jun 25 19:29:02 1990 Letter : 188820 From: Ron Tarrant [976] Subject : ABridge Ken, From the sounds of things, Jim is trying to do two things that ABridge was not intented to do. First, unless I'm mistaken, he's trying to convert Sculpt-Animate "J-type" compressed anims to standard Anim-5 format. This is beyond the scope of ABridge, unfortunately. The specs for J-type compression were supposed to be released to the public some time ago but never were. If Jim wants to take anim files from SA4D into AmigaVision he will have to have the latest version of SA4D, namely version 2.09 or 2.09c (the later being the 020 version). In the 'take' requester there is an option for Loop Mode. If he selects "Anim-5" for a Loop Mode option then ABridge will deal with the file. If he's using SA3D as opposed to SA4D [ MORE ]