CompuServe Thread

WARNING: this text may a little bit confusion for normal 3ds-users, it is for vibrant only. and in a shortform a programmer should understand! BUGREPORT VIB.-PRE 108 base: pen90,32mb, plato, amibios, (board will be change >end of month) scsi 2940 adaptec, hp hd 1gb, tosh. cd. 1 504mb fujitsu ide, 1 1.3gb wd32xxx ide. matrox millenium 4wram (NO 2+2!!!), upgradesocket=free, bios 1.7 vesa 'til 2.0. monitor mag17f. mga.mon=vesacomp. 1280×1024@76hz opsys: os2, warp 3.0 with winos2. ——————————————————————————- ———— !!!!! 1240x1024x16777xxx don't exist in the 4mb version of matrox millenium! !!!!! the max. 16777xxx-col-resolution is: 1152×882… ——————————————————————————- ———— vib-res.: main-screen: 800×600 65k (need hi-, or more colors for gradient) render-scr.: 640×480 true material-s.: 640×480 true flics : 640x480x256, only! i know that a higher res. is poss., but i see no sense in… if you have a idea… 3ds : rel. 4 – one of the first…sr#:xxxxxxx000124 locked. ——————————————————————————- ———— report: no truecol. res. over 800 is stabil, sys/task hangs. start 3ds: begins with flimmering(?)/left/right in upperhalf of screen. strong to see under 16bitdos, less under warp. i booted for control from a 16bitdos-bootdisk, only! tongle f3,f4<>f5 screen-hz instabil. 56 or 60hz. no rythmics. *see vib-res monitor-usage: preset (factoryfix), monitor-usage: user (progammable) no hz-variation whilest tongle. 3ds is running, tongle 3ds<>os2, instabil, os2screen don't come fast back. time between 3ds<>os2 ~1.5 sec.! screen-lcd-mess.: out of range. …first black, then comes the 3dsscreen – but i'm in os2-screen! help: click in the (false)"3ds"-screen, a icon of wps you may found and you can start a task. back to 3ds…warp toggles to 3ds but you see only a damaged screen (blinking). help: try f3<>f5 – mostly the next 3ds-screen is to see, sys works. … i render in f3/f4 a single-frame (camera)… if rendering is ready (to screen only)…can't see single rendered frames. in f3/f4 the screen switch to…(?) tries to show, stays blank, sys/task hooks, f3,f4,f5,esc don't reakt…try alt,esc toggle to os2/wps, click on 3ds-icon (were i know it is) – back in 3ds, no pict to see, screen is damaged, blinking, try esc, nothing comes,…use f3,f4<>f5 see 3ds. 3ds in (os2)backgrd. open a (i.e.) os2fullscreen-session, all's good. if you go back to wps, you see the renderringline (red) like a hypertext…fully animated. no res. >800/65k is stabil. flics-playing…see no probl. *see vib-res <space> tongle whilest rendering to screen in f4: not possible. some lines (10-15) are to see at the upperscreen, only. task hangs… like f3… mill…could be faster…i know there is no way for 3d realtime…why not? that's the result of the first 2 days… i (we)'ll hope it helps. wfg michael droth [M D'Vision] – Europe