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I'm surprised to read that... on Thom? Plain yellow Thom? The specs you have are all way better than the computer I'm on and i don't have any trouble with Thom. Something must be wrong. One thing to check... go to Tools>Options>Global and check "Limit real-time subdivisions" That stops you from going past 4x4 subdivisions with the Page Up key in shaded mode. Let me know if that changes anything. Edit... I'm looking at me video card specs I have 2GB rather than your 1GB. maybe that would be why? experiment... try setting your monitor resolution to something small like 1024x768, run A:M, load a model and see if it is still slow.

that does look better. Looks like a traffic jam out front!

See if this answers any questions. I forgot to mention, turn Cast Occlusion OFF also if you are going to use AO. clip4860SkyDome_1500.mp4

For a lot of scenes you can just put a rectangle in the back that covers the camera view. If you have something reflective (in your case you have water) then you may need a dome.

Here's a picture by one of my Facebook friends that shows how strong the difference in "blue" can be between horizon and zenith. Photo by John Blommaert

Sorry! Now it has lyrics!

Yes, a gradient really does a lot to improve skies!

trilobites in the news... Meet the New King of Trilobites, R. rex

Try running the installer again.

Five weeks to go for... Prehistoric!

This is what I see...

I'd like a printer big enough to print a space helmet in one piece.

My first guess is that you have "Onion Skin" on. Shift 5 toggles that on and off and perhaps you accidentally pressed that.

And there was much rejoicing!

Chris Dailey pointed me to a book that guides you through writing a ray-tracing renderer in any language you choose so I imagine you could do it in anything with adequate math ability. Maybe even A:M expressions! https://pragprog.com/book/jbtracer/the-ray-tracer-challenge

This looks OK ---Init Sound Drivers ---Setup Current Sound Driver I wonder why they are not doing anything. Are there any updates that can be made to your sound drivers?

This is a mystery. Does a master.log file appear in your A:M installation folder? Can you post that?

Whoops. What I mean is do one and then check the other. Opening the Windows Sound Mixer will be a maneuver down in the lower right corner of the desktop.

Hi Simon, It's not clear to me why the piano lid shuts. Was it the boy doing that?The boy seems to have not quite touched it I think she is reacting too quickly to the lid. it is almost as if she did something to make it come down. I also think she is reacting too much.

I think Steve means this... Load a sound in the A:M sounds folder, double click on it to try to play it from the Sounds folder, then see if A:M shows up in Windows' Volume Mixer

Asteroid warning: Space rock comparable to dinosaur killer is heading Earth’s way I hope you're started on your "Prehistoric" entry... time's runnin' out!

Yes. I found cartoonhammer and it did work. have you tried this...

Do all sound files fail in A:M or just "cartoonhammer"?

To clarify... You mean you are clicking on it in the A:M Sounds folder?

Hmmm... So the sound is out no matter what version of A:M you install... Do you recall the last time the sound did work and what version that was?