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(...) Cool, it has all the new pieces from the latest update. Any idea when/if the version at img.lugnet will be updated to include those new pieces in all the standard colors? I never did figure out a way to properly produce all the pieces in all (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm really eager to host these -- and have space set aside -- but I don't have the time/experience to build them myself. --Todd (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I worked on this a bit last night. The process needs just a bit of additional functionality, and I'll be able to whip through all the desired colors. Steve (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I have all the time in the world, I've just proven myself to be either too dumb to follow Steve's instructions or incapable of accurately explaining my problems with the process. :( If anyone can figure it out it's Steve. When I finally got to (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Awesome!!!...!!! Very happy to hear that! --Todd (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The funny thing is, it's taking longer to convert from BMP24 to GIF than it did to render the images in the first place... ImageMagick gives better compression than Paint Shop Pro (not sure why that is...), but IM seems to be an order of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Can I quote you on that? BTW, I had a slightly different take on that meeting. I felt like a complete duffer, who was lucky to be sitting around with some real pros. Steve (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I wonder if it has something to do with the image sizes being so small -- that the overhead of firing up IM for each image is the bottleneck. Under FreeBSD the executable I got when I compiled IM was 2.5MB(!) and I seem to remember it also (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Heh. Maybe. It might also have to do with me trying to run it in the background on a Win98 machine. I moved it over to an old P166 with NT4, and it's going much faster. Unfortunately, the P166 doesn't have enough disk space for all the BMP (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) You know, if you could script this us so I could run it I would be happy to let it run on any number of my available PIII machines with scads of diskspace. In fact, with just a little time and effort I could rig up a remote controllable (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Sure :) (...) Nah. I can't speak for Matthew G or John M, but I'm basically just a longtime computer hardware geek trying to keep finding new things to play with each year. :) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) At this point, it's all over but the zipping. But I do plan on making some improvements, so it can be done as a delta-process, instead of rerunning the whole show for each parts update. I also plan on packaging it up, so anyone can run it. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, I just pushed the first set of files over to the ftp server. The file is imgld0.zip, it contains black images for all parts. Take a look at this, let me know if this is a good format (ie, makes it the least amount of work for you to publish (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Full-on swingage! OK, I see the other colors there too now. Man, this fully rocks! These are nice and very small and _very_ quick to load. (...) Yup, that's great. (...) Fine too! (...) OK, I got 'em up now, and the URLs go like this: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad)
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How 'bout Chrome BURPS!!? (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> That rocks, man! Way cool. Thanks, Steve and Todd. (...) waterfall in a diorama. (GMLTC didn't have a waterfall in the last layout for lack of trans blue bricks, and for lack of place to put it) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) These are great. Todd, might you have a few minutes to write a Random Part/Colour Generator like the Random Set Name Generator? Idea stimulants for CAD builders! By the way, these are nice for fountains: (URL) Heather -- Heather Patey Pirate (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) For the non-numeric among us: 0 - Black 1 - Blue 2 - Green 3 - Teal 4 - Red 5 - Dark Pink 6 - Brown 7 - Light Gray 8 - Dark Gray 9 - Light Blue 10 - Bright/Light Green 11 - Turquoise 12 - Scala Salmon (I'm winging it. This color is not a very (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad)
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Ahh, yes - you have discovered that some LDRAW elements have colors hard-coded into them. They therefore do not appear with the color specified, but rather with the colors embedded into the .dat file for them. :-) Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Park: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Random swing from left field... One of the new DUPLO sets (3095 Wildlife Park) does have trans blue DUPLO 2x4 bricks... (23 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) You're *left* field now? That doesn't seem like you... Dave! (23 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Further pulling this discussion on another tangent: Another of the new Duplo sets appears to come with trans-dark green Duplo train tracks. Unfortunately, it only has straights, so the Emerald City Express will have to run on a linear track. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, you know, I get around... Frank (23 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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