[Render Animation Preview]

As of the moment there isn't a current Software Development Kit for Quicktime (.MOV) available so A:Mv16 Beta cannot render out to the .MOV format. There is also a problem rendering out to .AVI format but I haven't seen that confirmed yet.

 

Not complete correct , mov format is only not supported in the 64 bit windows version , the other versions can save quicktime formats.

[path constraint trouble]

A dynamic constraint is not going to work, the trailer will fall through the ground plane. I'll see if I can get something working for you.

 

It can work , look at my projectfile .....

[path constraint trouble]

I would suggest another bone orientation for your truck bone like the attached projectfile . Also using the truck bone for the path constraint instead of the modelbone .

 

test.zip

[path constraint trouble]

Without the linked chor, the projectfile is useless ...

[CPU Render Benchmark]

I'm working on a solution for the netrender/multicore problem ,availableness planed for V16 .

[Liquid help?]

I do not understand why in a camera view occurs clipping

(Particles are cut off by square area)

I think I read this is a new feature Steffen added to that latest A:M (15J+). It is supposed to help speed up fluids in real time I think.

 

There is a speedup only for very big fluidsystems , where particles much outside the viewport

[Exporting Camera Data]

If you can make something that exports a "standard" that can be used with programs like Vue or Particle Illusion (or terragen) that would be great.

 

Vuepython (camera,light,chor export as python script)

Pimotion (described on my website ..)

[Exporting Camera Data]

BUT: I have a little problem here. When I call the "SaveRequest" function to prompt for a filename, AM becomes unresponsive AFTER the user selected a filename. I have validated it, no other plugin code after the call gets executed.

 

Not seen this yet .

Maybe You should try to link with the actual libs (VS2008) A:M 150 SDK

 

 

On a related note, if the user cancels the selection, AM will call the plugin nother two times. I might have missed a setting in Visual Studio (I use 2008 by the way) but since every other operation works fine, I doubt it.

 

The return value from a plugin must be always true , didn't remember correct, when this was changed , I think V14 or earlie V15 .

[Happy birthday :-)]

Happy birthday to all of our old and youth members

[A:M reports]

I've had problems where the bug would occur only in the release version, and not the debug!

debug heap ? , I'm running in this too some times , but's here not the cause .

 

Another problem , where i'm running into today (or how to make the programmers life complicated ...).

After two hours of searching a new introduced bug, and short before to kick off my machine out off the window , I found my mistake ...

   BinNode *new_binnode = &m_fluidProp;
  for (BinNode *binnode = chor; binnode; binnode = binnode->m_bn_nextbinnode) {
  if (binnode = new_binnode) {
	 return;
  }
  }

 

What was wrong with this code (for non programmer's ...)

 

line 3 should be a comparision , not a assignment ....

[A:M reports]

I think we've just arrived at the holidays.

(Thats the time each year bug fixers get a few hours off)

 

bad shot

 

since the 24. (my first christmas holiday) I have spend each day upto 10 hours for bugfixing .....

(okay it's a very nasty bug , which occurs in the debug version first after 1 hour rendering .... (in the release after 10 minutes ...))

 

 

I don't also know exactly , why reports is offline , but I assume Jason merges the both database (in the past , there was a database at www.hash.com and another at www2.hash.com , not compatible)

[AM Web subscription 15.0i - NOT WORKING ON MAC OS X 10.5.6]

It can be that this is a permission problem for the A:M directory , like this topic

[Can't Launch on Mac OSX]

If A:M is crashes after this dialog

 

please check the permissions for the A:M directory, they must be writable for admin like the next screenshot .

 

If this is not the case , please correct the permissions and drop a note here , that I can check what's happend there .

 

The activation dialog for the websubscription comes first after A:M is started and looked like the screenshot

[The 15.0i installer]

Enable the logfile for the windows version

 

On the properties for the A:M shortcut add in the tab "Shortcut"

in the line "Target" after "...\Master.exe" -log , like the

screenshot enable_log.png .

The logfile is created after starting A:M in the A:M installation

directory and named master.log .

 

On the mac , the logfile is always enabled , because I hadn't found a way

to start A:M with a passed parameter , but this coming only from my limited

OSX knowlegde ....

 

[The 15.0i installer]

Please open a bugreport for this problem .

With Your projectfile and the master.log .

Also I need to know , if render (Q) is failed only , when You try this for the entire viewport or also when You try to render

only a portion of the viewport .

[15.0H crashing shaded or wireframe mode?]

For clarification

 

I had made a too aggressive speedup optimization in V15.h . (shame on me ...)

 

This affects only multicore/hyperthreading systems (except mac's)

 

Symptom

- App crash

 

Happens

- when You switch to any shaded mode , with some cp's/ groups selected

- decals applied to the model , and they need to recalculated (importing model , changing decals etc .)

 

possible workaround

- deselect all, before switching

- set realtime decals to off

 

I think (fingers crossed) , I have catched this problems now , and hope we can release 15.i before christmas .

[midifile plugin]

The link is corrected now .

[am acivation code]

When a file called "master0.lic" is inside the A:M directory , move it to another place .

and try to start A:M again . The dialog where You have to put in Your activation code

should popup again .

If after this the same errormessage occur , I need both master0.lic files to track down the problem

open for this a bugreport , flagged as private .

[v15g camera]

Will be fixed in the next version , sideefeect from 0005442 :-(

[Windows 7 A:M not working]

The dialog box for the online activation would be displayed at the first programm start from A:M , not during the installation process .

 

If this doesn't happend , please open a bug report .

[Windows 7 A:M not working]

Have You downloaded the right installation paket , should be named AMWeb.exe ?

 

Remove V15 with the uninstall link .

Than reinstall it .

through the first start of A:M there should come up two dialogs,

first the contact data , second a dialog , where You must type in

the activation code .

[Windows 7 A:M not working]

From your logfile I have seen , that A:M stops at validating the registration .

It's look like there is a problem with Your licensefile .

 

After You have put in Your activationcode , have You seen this dialog window?

 

Look in Your A:M directory ("C:\Program Files\Hash Inc\V15.0\") , there should be a file called "master0.lic" , move this file to another place .

Than restart A:m , the activation dialog should come up again , put in Your activation code again .

 

If this doesn't help also , please open a bugreport on A:m reports , because in this situation I need to view into the licensefile , this file should NOT

attached here .

[Windows 7 A:M not working]

first try a start with hiolding the shift key down ,

 

if this doesn't help

 

Open the program properties

add in Destination (or Target didn't know how it's named originally) after master.exe the option "-log"

 

and post the file master.log , which will be in the A:M directory

 

and look if is in the A:M directory a file called master0.lic .

[What I'm working on...]

I think it's a sideeffect from

#0005442: [Realtime] Bones and Null objects should be colorable too.... and it should work in Chor-Window too

 

I'll look into this .

[using modeling tutorials on VISTA]

In the program properties , You should set "disable desktop composition" to on