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#VP problem

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#171539From: david W. mennenohMay 23, 1995 6:33 PM

I'm having a problem with Video Post which is proving very annoying. I've got a sequential series of .tga's named MARI0000 – MARI0168. In VP when I enter mari* as my bitmap name the entry comes up as being 338 frames long. This only seems to happen in this one particular project. If I start up 3DS and go right into VP and add the entry it comes up correct. Problem is I need it to work with this project. <g> I know I can fix it using an .ifl but this still is a pain, and I just wanted to see if anyone had seen this and why it's happening.

#171565From: May 23, 1995 9:00 PM

Dave: >> I've got a sequential series of .tga's named MARI0000 – MARI0168. In VP >> when I enter mari* as my bitmap name the entry comes up as being 338 >> frames long. This only seems to happen in this one particular project. I'd wager that _somewhere_ in your map paths you have a file named MARI0337! Use an IFL, fixes it forever! Greg Pyros

#171756From: david W. mennenohMay 24, 1995 8:26 PM

Hey Greg, Nope, nowhere is there a file named mari0337. I did a search on my entire drive and the only ones are 0000-0168. Like I said it works fine if I start up a clean 3ds project, but if I load the one I need it pukes. I did use an IFL though and it works just fine. It's just that .ifl's are a pain in the butt if you want to do transitions. In these cases using the 'ol mari*.tga is much faster and easier. But oh well, it works at least…. DM

#171895From: May 25, 1995 5:05 PM

Dave: Twilight zone time! (Insert theme music and effects here) Greg Pyros

#172366From: david W. mennenohMay 28, 1995 11:20 PM

Yup! I've had that same thing happen before though. I have no idea why it does it though. Maybe I'll try and spend some time seeing if I can nail it down. So how are things in the big time? <g> I'm sure great, it seems like you're involved in some pretty fun stuff lately. Take care. DM

#172416From: May 29, 1995 11:42 AM

Dave: Yes, we're having fun out here! Lots of 3DS work, TV shows, architectural walkthroughs, CD-ROM games, etc. We are currently expanding and re-modeling our offices (I can't wait for this @#%& construction to be over!) so things are thrown up in the air a bit right now. But this will give us more room for people, equipment, etc. Greg Pyros

#172836From: Alden V. HolmesMay 31, 1995 1:15 PM

David, >> Yup! I've had that same thing happen before though. I have no idea why it does it though. Maybe I'll try and spend some time seeing if I can nail it down. So how are things in the big time? <g> I'm sure great, it seems like you're involved in some pretty fun stuff lately. Take care. << I recall having this problem once or twice in the past also. I want to say that I had accidentally rendered some of the images to different sizes (640X480 and 752X480). When I corrected the couple that were different, VP read them correctly. At least, that's how I remember it. Give it a try.