#3DSR4 & Matrox Illum Pro
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I have 3D Studio R4 on a Compaq 486/66 Eisa (Deskpro M) with a Qvision
1280 E video board and a Matrox Illuminator Pro 4MB DVE Frame Buffer.
I have talked extensivly with Matrox and we are all stumped. I put
the render-display to rdpapi configuration per the instructions in
the Matrox manual and checked that against the instructions in the 3D
Studio manuals. They concur. The board and its software drivers
installed correctly also. I set the display to single screen and
installed the VGA passthrough cable from the Matrox board to the
Qvision board.
The problem is that there is no render display when toggle to it and
also the render hangs forcing a reboot. To top it off, the Windows
drivers don't seem to work. I have a NEC 21 inch 6FGp monitor and the
Matrox PRO OUT cable. No output when I switch to BNC connector
either. Leave me a message or call me at (817) 837-2029.
This is a poor excuse for a reply, but here goes. I had no luck doing a
VGA pass through with my VGA card (S3 801/803 compatible) to my Targa+64
framebuffer, and just gave up.
>> VGA passthrough cable from the Matrox board to the Qvision board. <<
Actually, it goes from the Qvision to the Matrox, right?
You've got all the right settings in your 3DS.set file for rdpadi (you
wrote rdpapi)? Does your system work with 3DS without the pass-thru? Can you
render through the Matrox when you select Render-display RDPADI in 3ds vibcfg?
Paul D. Sanford [LEVEL 5]
Thanks for the reply.
Yes 3d Studio R4 works fine with the normal Vibrant drivers set to
Compaq mode. Renderings are fine and the display works fine.
No I did not write the rdpapi, it came as a software driver with the
Matrox card.