CompuServe Thread

Robert, Let me try to address each of you questions in turn here. >> 1. Is there anyway to select what mode the Project Editor Show function displays in? << The SHOW function in the Project editor will display the Image in the resolution that the Image was rendered in. To display and use the Truecolor modes detected when viewing Images that were rendered in that resolution, you must also have the TrueColor button selected in the Project editor. >> 2. What is the menu item that displays VESA modes for? Can you select any of the mode for use in the editors or display modes? >> The menu merely cycles through all the VESA modes that Imagine has detected in your graphics card. Imagine will detect all of your card's modes if it is VESA 1.2 compliant. Otherwise, it may miss a few resolutions. If your vesa drivers are not 1.2 compliant, contact your video board manufacturer for updated drivers. Or, you can use the Universal Vesa driver available in the GRAPHDEV forum whichs works great with most boards. The display modes are only for viewing your rendered images or anims. The resoultion of the editors, for now, is fixed. This may change in the next version of Imagine. >> 3. I seem to be missing the lensflar.itx file. << The lensflar.itx has been renamed to twinkle.itx since a global Lensflare.ifx was added. >> 4. I have several other .itx files that are not mentioned in texture.txt, where are these documented? >> Which ones specifically? I ask only because I don't know if Impulse amended their texture docs from when 3.0 was originally released. >> 5. Is there anyway for me to create my own ITX or IFX files? << If you are a C programmer, then yes. Information on object and texture specifications are located in the file IM3DOC.ZIP in the Impulse file section. >> 6. Lastly, I purchased directly from Impulse and my package did not include a registration card. << You're registered automatically when you purchase direct. Hope that helps a bit, -GreG

Robert, I believe GreG mentioned the docs files describing the Imagine object and texture file formats. One thing not mentioned in the texture format docs is what compiler to use when creating PC textures. Imagine's textures are linked (not compiled) as Phar Lap REX objects (Relocatable EXecutable). The REX file format does NOT support Borland's 32bit compiler (4.0), and you will be unable to link in your math libraries if using Borland. Several compilers are supported by PharLap's REX files, including MetaWare's High C compiler, which Impulse uses. To save you a thousand headaches, I recommend this compiler. You will also need to purchase a PharLap product that includes LINK386, which produces the actual REX files. The IFX format has not been made public, nor has the lighting texture format. I've asked for these to be released, but because both are in a state of flux, it may be some time before they are made available. If you do decide to dive into texture creation, drop me a line if you have any questions. -Steve