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WolfsongCG

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  1. I guess at some point browsers stopped supporting direct ftp connections. Brave, Firefox and even Edge want to open an external application to open ftp://ftp.hash.com/pub/misc/rlmhostid.zip. Looked it up and confirmed that they don't support ftp links anymore


    So, I downloaded a FTP client, and when I try to connect it asks for a login and password.

    Is there a set login for the FTP?

    Or maybe someone can set up a HTTP link to the file?

  2. 4 hours ago, thekamps said:

    I have the training video CD's but there is no reference image included...just the will.mdl

    That's actually a first for me. Any time I've seen or purchased a video training series, it's included the reference images so you could follow along.

    Interesting.

    Thanks for the clarification!

  3. Awesome! That's perfect.  Pretty much exactly the concept I was going for - but better since it has that cool extra bit of transition in there. There'll be a bit of umm.. "back and forth" in mine due why it's changing shape... I don't wanna give anything away since I could change my mind before then.

    I set mine up with a 4 point circle as well and was wondering if that would be enough (the joys of learning when everything's a ?)

    How do the Live Answer Times work? What software is used, etc? I assume that's the thing you do on Saturdays from what I've seen?

  4. Hello,

    I had an idea about an animation I'd like to do which I'm trying (probably unsuccessfully, knowing me) to keep fairly simple. It involves basically one thing that I want to make sure is feasible before moving forward. If not, then I need a Plan B.

    I have a round hole in a flat surface. For part of the animation, I want the round hole to morph into a square hole, and then back to a round hole. 

    Is that something that can be animated?

    Thanks

  5. I think that's the most of it. 

    Lighting and such will take time and trial and error, so nothing I could ask about for that.

    I suppose rendering to a transparent background where there's no "halo" around the sprites would be helpful (if that doesn't come free). But that's also getting ahead of myself. Knowing the camera settings is helpful for now.

    Thanks!

  6. I've been itching to start up creation of a game and thought AM could be a great tool to create the art for it, particularly characters, objects, maybe even tiles and environment stuff.
     

    I did a search and found info about 3D models (for Quake, etc), but I didn't find anything specific to creating 2D art. It would be from a side view, so a flat, orthographic camera would be necessary for sure.

    Are there any resources I've just not found yet on how to set up a scene for something like that? 

    Thanks

  7. Figured out the cause (though I don't know the reason it happens)...

    Was trying to think of what's different on this install of Windows from my last one. This time around I set my main monitor to 4k and I guess AM doesn't like that.

    I changed it to 1440p, same as my previous install, and now it works as it should.

    So.. Got that solved. Now I just have to figure out how to make the text look not horrible.

  8. Hello,

    I reinstalled Windows over the weekend, and just got AM reinstalled today.

    I'm having a really strange glitch with it that didn't happen before. 

    When I try to move around UI elements, toolbars, dialogue windows, and such, the outline of the element I'm moving is offset by quite a bit, and it's impossible for me to place it where I want. I have no idea what is causing this. 

    I tried restarting Windows, and uninstalling and reinstalling AM. Neither thing fixed it.

    Luckily, I was able to capture the outline bit in a screengrab. I added a red oval where my mouse cursor was. So, you can see what I'm talking about.

    Adding and editing splines works just fine. No problem there. It's specific to the UI.

    Has anyone seen this happen before?

    OffsetWindows.png

  9. Hi, Rob..

    Thanks for putting that together!

    It's weird that the two sides were uneven, I was holding down 1 when moving the extrusion across, and I had changed the "offset" for extruding to 0. I must have accidentally tapped it at some point. Ah well.

    As for the rotating restricted to X. That's brilliant! I saw another vid of yours showing the rotation technique, but it never occurred to me that the axis restrictions would also work for that. That's super handy to know.

    As for the tool that removes the need for peaking CPs, I'll have to look into that. Another in a growing list of "cool things" AM can do that aren't obvious, at least not to a newbie. Was looking at the different threads about interesting things people are doing just with materials and decals, and it was making my head spin.

    Anyroad, thanks again for the help and the video!

     

  10. Hiya, Fuchur,

    I did get it to work without crashing, but lost all the curves I'd set in the affected spline. I couldn't tell you what I did differently though. Maybe the positioning wasn't quite the same as previous attempts. 

    Knowing what I do - that there's negative after-effects, even without crashing AM, that I'll just try to find ways to do it manually. If the extra time is required anyway, I'd rather spend it just getting it to work correctly the first time, rather than fixing errors created by the plugin afterward.

    I think Robert is maybe giving it a look, too, though. So I'm interested to see what he may find specifically with my geometry.



    Thank you for giving it a test, though!

  11. Hi,

    Is there known issues with the CutPlane Wizard plugin? I've tried to use it a few times to create a 45 degree cut so I can make a corner desk. It works fine until I close the the widget window. Then AM crashes to desktop - no warnings or anything. It just shuts down.

    Is there another, better way to accomplish this?

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