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#AAS and Swapfiles

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#197152From: Bruce MeikleOct 26, 1995 8:20 AM

Is there a way to specify the location of swapfiles in Animator Studio? What am I missing? Bruce Meikle WZMH Architects

#197174From: dave aguilarOct 26, 1995 12:37 PM

>> Is there a way to specify the location of swapfiles in Animator Studio? What am I missing? << hi Bruce. for any Windows application (including AAS) the location of the swap files is controlled in the Windows system file SYSTEM.INI. the environment variable TEMP is used by default. check your AUTOEXEC.BAT file for SET TEMP= statement which points to where swaps are created. also, to change locations, edit SYSTEM.INI with any text editor… find the portion of the file [NonWindowsApp] and add the statement Swapdisk=x where x is the directory path. for example: [NonWindowsApp] Swapdisk=e:\temp sets swap files to the e drive, temp directory. make sure the drive has at least 1MB space free (i usually recommend 50MB, or 16MB is using a RAMdisk), the fastest drive you have, and if possible use the drive with the most amount of free hard drive space available. -dave

#197227From: alec jasonOct 26, 1995 5:32 PM

Dave, Do you know if there is any way to save AAS .tga's as 24bit — not 32 bit? AAS doesn't seem to allow any choice in the matter. And is there a way to save the .tga's in compressed format? AAS is so slooooooow and clunky with more than ten or so targas that it is just about unusable. Thanks, Alec Jason

#197324From: Nik Grant [adesk]Oct 27, 1995 10:41 AM

"Do you know if there is any way to save AAS .tga's as 24bit" You should bring it into SoundLab and save it with the Alpha channel deleted. This reminds me of the Tips and Tricks (page 12 of the 1.1 version) about getting files from AAS into the DPS PAR.

#197316From: Bruce MeikleOct 27, 1995 9:40 AM

dave: Thanks for the reply. I was actually looking for a way to direct swapfiles from AAS *specifically*, not general tempfile info. I wondered since AAS preferences allows you to specify size why it didn't let you create a seperate drive(s), directory or directories for location, ala Photoshop. Bruce Meikle WZMH Architects