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You don't have to wait 'til after dark for answers to your A:M questions, bring them to Live Answer Time at Saturday Noon CDT Jun 14 2025! Songwriter Cy Coleman was born on this day in 1929. The "Playboy After Dark" Theme "Hey Look Me Over"

I think we're waiting for David to use it in his animation first.

The CS50 download code for "Filter" uses a library for "getopt()" which seems to exist in their linux environment but not in windows. At first blush, this windows replacement seems to work. https://github.com/kubo/ya_getopt

If you want the thickness of the tube wall to be meaningful, give it some refraction setting greater than 1.0

the carts look like they have Ambiance Intensity set to some non-zero level, or they are set to "Flat Shaded", or they are set to Toon render.

Hi Sabino! Great to see you back! As David pointed out, the subscription will get you one year of use of A:M. Iit will let you run any of the versions from v15 through v19.5 Unlike the old CD versions, your subscription is locked to the computer you activate it on. Here is a list of new features in recent versions. I believe v15 did have a CD version but the copy-protection scheme that worked by putting a CD into the drive no longer works on Windows 7 and later.

Only v15 and later use the subscription system. The subscription won't activate anything earlier than that. For the v5-v14 era you need a serial number (found on a registration card) to install and the A:M CD to run.

LAT... Live Answer Time

The oldest installer I see on the hash ftp is "AM98" which I presume to be v6.0 If one could find installer disks one could run ancient A:M on an appropriately ancient OSes. My recollection is that I first bought a "pro"version of A:M v3 and v4 that used a dongle. I was able to install and run that when I was still on Windows 2K, but not after I went to Windows 7. V5? through v14 required a CD in a CD drive to start. That CD scheme is now disabled in Windows 7 and later. V15 was offered in a CD version but it was also the debut of the current internet activation subscription system. You can install and run anything back to v15 with your current sub.

Typing at LAT is possible but awkward. It sounds like your mouse problem is solved however. Hooray!

I want you to be the on the machine that has the problem. Are you near a computer store? Can you get a cheap USB headset with mic? BTW When I Iook at the ports on a Beelink, the icon indicates it will take an analog mic/headset

Hi Darrin, Transparent objects usually need some sort of reflection going on to show they are there and to suggest their curvature. In this sample scene the TubeA and TubeB are the same, but TubeA on the left has some slight reflectivity, which reflects the skydome above the scene. TransparentTubes.prj

10AM! I bet the California roosters aren't even up by then. Probably still dark out!

You should come to Live Answer Time and we could look at it and maybe see something.

Is that the computer you never put on the internet?

My computer has this. If you get Chrome uninstalled, don't re-install it right away.

Nothing changed when you unplugged the mouse and keyboard?

So, this is not an A:M-only problem. Other apps are having weird behavior also. The solution is not going to be about A:M. Something is wrong with the computer or something installed on it. It sounds like mouse clicks and menu events are being generated by something running on your computer. It is not A:M that is doing that. Unplug the keyboard and mouse and wait to see if these every-five-minute things keep happening. Have you don't this yet? It probably won't solve your problem but it costs nothing to try. Do that and then the "Full Scan"

Hi Gary, it's great to see your familiar icon again! It sounds like you have already consulted more knowledgeable minds in the children's media world than us and gotten some clear "not interested" replies. It's hard to ignore that. The expectations for fit and finish in any media is very high these days, just to get anyone's attention. Mark Largent has gotten eyeballs and some fan notice for his "Stalled Trek" shows that he made all himself, but... he hasn't made money on them and no content distributor has expressed interest. Of course, he didn't expect serious interest either. After numerous ventures at the indie comic world he knew that entertainment is a very competitive field. I think we all got into 3D because we had a project in mind. I've been part of several other people's projects and it was fun to help out but not much came of them, ultimately. Today I do 3D because I enjoy the craft instead of having a career goal for it. I enjoy helping and answering A:M questions so if you should decide to pursue your project... because you enjoy it... I and other helpful minds will be standing by.

I've never had such problems with updates myself. I'm not saying it doesn't happen. I'm saying you can set Windows to wait on updates until you are ready. There's a control panel option to pause for 7 days (or up to 35 days if you wish). For most people it will be unwise to leave the computer permanently un-updated. In any event, I routinely image my C drive every month anyway.

I'll note that you can opt for Windows to hold updates until you want it to... https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/making-windows-10-prompt-before-updating/42c226b8-150f-4bef-b0e9-928f8e0ee0a4

The falloff capsule should only show when "Has Falloff" is ON for that bone and the bone is selected. It is showing all the time , even when bones are not selected?

That does sound odd. -Have you tried Help>Reset All Settings - Does any other program have this navigation trouble? - Is this a laptop? Does it have any built-in pointing device like a track pad or pen capability? -Try a different mouse. I had a problem with unintentional scroll wheel events happening when my mouse was failing.

I guess we'll just have to wait until both of you are not at your real job on the same day. 😀

The 2nd Avenue Deli's Tongue Sandwich is now 29.95! Double Oy! Now you can make your own tongue sandwich with this PRJ! Bread 10-32bTongueSandwich.zi Set Tools>Options>Rendering>Use Settings from>The Camera