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Guru explains serious new Windows vulnerability, an exploit that requires zero action by you to work! Short version of advice: Update your Windows and turn OFF "IPV6" (Which you probably don't need ON anyway)

After conferring, we found that @Tom 's A:M was behaving oddly. If he went to Render to File and left the "Format" as default AVI, then went to the Filename dialog... ... to set a file "Type" there, such as .tga... ... that would cause A:M to append a fictious .ic file type when saving a render (and fail because there is no .ic type) instead of the .tga he wanted. I'll note that in my A:M I get a different behavior. Trying to set a file type in the filename dialog has no effect at all! The Filetype will always be what was set in "Format" The work-around is to always use the drop-down list at "Format" to choose a file type, and to not select a filetype in the filename dialog In addition, the "Set" option lets you set any parameters that are peculiar to a format, such as compression, or bit depth. Screencam of problem: TomsFileTypeBug.mp4

hmmm... I'd be curious to see a screencam of this happening, beginning with setting the filename.

I was able to load your PRJ, which seems not to require any images. Does the error say which image IO was missing? like jpg? tga? etc...

Steffen pointed me to an older version of the MS Visual C++ Redistributable at this address https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#visual-studio-2010-vc-100-sp1-no-longer-supported It is in this portion of the page, although the above link should take one to this directly. This solved the problem of the missing dll. Steffen tells me that the A:M installer is built to install this dll so it is uncertain why it didn't work in this case.

UPDATE FROM THE FUTURE: Since this thread was made, a new option has been added... Measure Distance. In Modeling Mode, Shift-select any two points. They don't need to be on the same spline.... on the selection and choose Measure Distance A popup will report the distance.

We got the installer downloaded and ran it, but A:M itself won't run because of missing mfc100.dll The fix for that is supposed to be running the MS Visual C++ Redistributable but that didn't help either.

First , are you really on a 32-bit computer? It would have to be ancient. However, the 32-bit version can run on a 64-bit Windows. CRDOWNLOAD? What is that? [UPDATE: the CRDOWNLOAD file seems to be an incomplete download on a Chrome-based browser, of which MS Edge is one. Installing and downloading in Firefox solved the problem] After i right-click on the link in Jason's post, I choose "Save Link As"... ... then I choose a save location that will be easy to find and I take note of the file name that is being downloaded. In my case it is "AM_64Bit.exe"... That file is my installer and that is what I will run to install A:M.

I wonder which one is the evil twin.

If you didn't get the download location you can download the latest installer from this page... https://forums.hash.com/topic/53444-v195c/#comment-432447 After you run that installer and it finishes, run A:M and it should ask you for that 16 digit code. Of course, you will do this on the computer you intend to use A:M on. I recommend directly copying and pasting the Code from the email into the A:M request window. Welcome back to A:M!

In another thread you wrote this... Based on what you describe, the code you previously bought was installed and working on another computer? That will cause the error you cite above when you try to use it on another computer. If it's not expired, then ask Jason if he can write it to transfer a new computer. If it is expired, then you need to buy a new license and get a new activation code.

Do you mean you are trying to sign into your Hash store account? Or something else? If you are trying to log into the store, did you try resetting your password? Of course, you must be using the exact same email address you signed up with.

Here are some empties, Myron... TKBottle011.prj

Congratulations, Myron! You're going to be too fancy for us beer & pizza types on the A:M forum! Suggestion... set the "Refraction" property for your glass material to something above 1.0 1.1 or 1.2 will probably be fine.

He might get a "traveling" penalty!

Such exceedingly broad and loquacious questions give the unfortunate appearance of an unserious post. I suggest you bring specific questions as they occur in your work. For example: That isn't enough information to answer to. It is best to post an example of the problem in a case like that. Or you can bring it to Live Answer Time (see the link in my signature below).

I'm needing someone to 3D print the image contest medals and send them to me. But Germany is a bit far off for that.

Anyone here have a 3D printer and know how to use it? The resin kind, not the filament type.

You can always find the latest installer on the forum at "Latest Info" If you want v19.0 or earlier you can get those from ftp.hash.com (note that browsers no longer work to access ftp sites. you need a dedicated ftp client like Filezilla.

that's a good looking face! Can we see a wireframe too?

Hi Myron! For a folder... on User Properties and do New Property>Folder. on the folder to Rename it Once you have the folder you drag a Pose by the cross hairs icon next to its name onto the folder . You can't drag the poses within the folder to re-order them but you can drag a pose up onto the folder to make it the last in the list.

Hi @johnl3d I will guess that different rigs with some, but not all, bone names the same cause the different result. It is also possible to get the different result if both have the same rigs but one has limbs set to IK and the other has the limbs set to FK. Tricky stuff, this reusable animation!

That is a very curious effect. The explanations never make sense to me.

Something I was trying. I stopped when I realized I would have to substantially rethink the particle emitters. sparklers000.mp4