robcat2075

Hmmm... has the Nvidia driver been updated recently? I'm not saying that's good or bad, I'm first asking if it has.

What is the ground and background in those?

If the map is the one shown behind the character, the correct choice for type is "Latitude longitude"

Global Ambience, whether one "global color" or "image based", is the illumination that AO (Ambient occlusion) is occluding. You need both.

My login page only has settings. No options for updates

This most likely includes your broadband modem at home which is often a router itself. F.B.I.’s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware I'll note that whenever the tech support for my internet provider said i needed to reboot my modem, they said it needed to be unplugged for several minutes to really clear it.

I knew there had to be a scientific explanation. I keep my water heater set at 120°

I think I recall you or someone talking about this previously and proposing that 3-pointers be subdivided like 5-pointers are...

What might you propose as better subdivision of the triangular patch?

reminds me of "the Grinch"

Are these all from the same A:M model or is each one different?

Yes, all A:M files will work, not just MDL. Yes, Windows 7 removed the code that allowed the CD copy protection to work because it was a security risk. The copy protection was not written by Hash, they licensed it, so it wasn't possible for Hash to update that (if it even was possible) I think you will enjoy the faster performance and features of new A:M versions. I recommend the annual subscription version.

You should be able to take models from v13 and v14 to later versions with little or no trouble. The big file format dividing line is between v12 and v13. You can't take models from v13 or later into v12 or earlier. If you should have any more questions, this is the place to ask!

When I export your model to OBJ and re import it into A:M I see that the triangle on the left, that was made by moving two corners of a 4-point patch together, exported with un-necessary edges, but the triangle on the right which is a real triangle exported without un-needed edges. the left triangle has 5 vertices at the top but the right one has only one vertice at the top.

Is the problem that "Remove degenerated faces at export" isn't removing triangles? Are these red bold line unneeded triangles?... f 1/1/1 2/1/2 3/1/3 f 3/1/3 1/1/1 1/1/1 f 1/1/1 3/1/3 4/1/4 f 4/1/4 1/1/1 1/1/1 f 2/1/2 5/1/5 6/1/6 f 6/1/6 3/1/3 2/1/2 f 3/1/3 6/1/6 7/1/7 f 7/1/7 4/1/4 3/1/3 f 1/1/1 4/1/4 8/1/8 f 8/1/8 1/1/1 1/1/1 f 1/1/1 8/1/8 9/1/9 f 9/1/9 1/1/1 1/1/1 f 4/1/4 7/1/7 10/1/10 f 10/1/10 8/1/8 4/1/4

I made simple model to export and when I look at the triangles only OBJ it only has three edges to each face, not four. Where does the four problem come up? # OBJ - Exported from Animation Master # 1OBJ mtllib ModelTris.mtl o ModelTris.OBJ v 5 15 0 v 5.96244e-08 15 5 v 1.78873e-07 10 15 v 15 10 0 v 1.13247e-06 10 -15 v 3.77489e-07 15 -5 v -15 10 -2.26494e-06 v -5 15 -7.54979e-07 v 2.38498e-07 -0 20 v 20 -0 0 v 1.50996e-06 -0 -20 v -20 -0 -3.01992e-06 # 12 verticies vt 0.00000 1.00000 # 1 texture coordinates g default s 1 usemtl UnKnown0 f 1/1/1 2/1/2 3/1/3 f 3/1/3 4/1/4 1/1/1 f 1/1/1 4/1/4 5/1/5 f 5/1/5 6/1/6 1/1/1 f 6/1/6 5/1/5 7/1/7 f 7/1/7 8/1/8 6/1/6 f 8/1/8 7/1/7 3/1/3 f 3/1/3 2/1/2 8/1/8 f 4/1/4 3/1/3 9/1/9 f 9/1/9 10/1/10 4/1/4 f 4/1/4 10/1/10 11/1/11 f 11/1/11 5/1/5 4/1/4 f 5/1/5 11/1/11 12/1/12 f 12/1/12 7/1/7 5/1/5 f 7/1/7 12/1/12 9/1/9 f 9/1/9 3/1/3 7/1/7 # 16 triangles

Crazy idea... could a small text macro be written to strip out the second A and just leave f A B C?

Could you export a quad model from A:M, then convert that into a proper triangle model in another App? Does Blender or other 3D modeler have a button to convert quad meshes to triangle?

Do you need triangle export? What is the advantage over quads?

Do you get a different result if you the model through some other polygon app, like Wings 3D, first?

I suspect the "direction" maps may be of most use in animal furs that have a very definitive direction out of the skin.

Yeah, I think it's originally Arthur's code. Anyone know how to contact him?

450° water sounds hot. Record hot for water. I suppose that has something to do with that 180°-rated pipe failing.

I'm thinking my original curriculum might be a bit skimpy. Here's an expanded version. -Simple bouncing ball -Bouncing ball with squetch -Broad jump -Walk -Weight shift or side step -Head turns -Pose-to-pose acting exercise (this is definitely a more-than-one-session project) That's a lot of stuff, though.

I'm flexible on this. It is difficult to find mutually convenient times, however.