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Wayne,
Thanks as always for your input. I'm still having trouble with compiling
with Afega. When using the command, I get no activity at all, so after a
while I hit "enter". Then I get a message that says "Some movie. Only
two frames." This is the same problem I had last year on my old machines,
and somehow we fixed it with the EGASHADE.bat and the proper configuration.
If I try to project the two frame movies I get red horizontal dashes on the
screen.
The renderings show as EGA when I read them with READRND.EXE but they just
will not compile.
Here are the batch files I have tried.
(From page 38 of the PIP project)
EGASHADE.bat
SET SHADECFG=C:\SHADE2\EGA
SET SHADE=C:\SHADE2\RMANSUPT
SET shadeRDfile=320,200,10000,13100,256,63,64
SET RIPROGRESS=1
C:\SHADE2\SHADE %1 %2
When configuring AutoSHADE I have chosen option 4 for display and rendering
devces every time (EGA choice). I have tried to use a hardcopy rendering
device of 256 colors and continuous colors. I have tried rendering with
record on, then hardcopy on. I have tried with hardcopy rendering device of
#5, none.
I have also tried editing line 3 of the EGASHADE.bat as follows- SET shadeRDfile=640,318,2053,2707,256,15,16 (as per p. 31 in
AutoSHADE installation and performance guide)
SET shadeRDfile=640,318,2053,2707,16,15,16 (wild guess – somewhere
in the manuals I read that Afega only understands 16 colors)
SET shaderDDfile=640,318,2053,2707,256,15,16 and
SET shaderDDfile=320,200,1000,13100,256,63,64
I think I have tried the EGASHADE.bat every way mentioned above with every
combination of configuration of AutoSHADE ega with hardcopy rendering
devices.
I have not tried ADI drivers, but I shouldn't have to, should I?
I am confused about the ShaderDDfile (double d) you mentioned, because none
of the manuals show a double d.
Nothing I have tried works. Please send Kleenex.
Thanks again,
Tommie
Hi Tommie, sorry your troubles continue. Unfortunately you keep catching
up to me (or is that vice versa?) in airports, where I am again now, but
let me take another run at it here.
First, go check up on my clue about the strange spelling for the
SHADERDFILE setting. Check in the PIP or Theme Project instructions to see
how it is spelled there. I know for sure this is done correctly in the PIP
project (i wrote 'em!). However, my internal hard disk has had a LOT of
data added to it since then so I can't recall just what the correct
spelling is. I can tell you that we had a LOT of people having difficulty
with the spelling of this setting parameter. Unfortunately I am working
strictly from memory (and at 4:25am) and as anyone who knows me, my memory
is a very dangerous place!
Re the settings themselves, you are likely mixing up the settings for
resolution of files for Animator which must be 320x200x256 and those for
AFEGA which MUST BE 640x480x16 only! What does READRND tell you the
resolution of these files are?
You might also check out the .cfg files. Try deleting the .cfg file that
is in \SHADE2\EGA and then fire up AutoShade again with the EGA bat file,
do the config for EGA and proceed.
I won't be near the information I need to get you a better answer for some
time now, so I hope someone else jumps in here or you can put a message
through here to Alan Kalamja and he can help you out. He wrote the Theme
Project. I'll go leave him a message here too.
Can you also give me your phone #? You didn't leave it with your original
voice mail and I don't have it with me from the past. I will call you when
I get the fix for you.
wayne
PS. I assume the old machines that you had this working on are gone so you
can't go check out their .cfg and .bat files?? (just thought I would check
and you are too far away to hit me if I am insulting you!) <g>