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(...) Yes, basically. LDraw color codes are bit-mapped. Bit 8 -> 0=normal, 1=dithered Bit 5 -> 0=opaque, 1=transparent (when bit 8 is 0) Bit 0-3 -> Color index (when bit 8 is 0) When LDraw goes to draw an opaque color, it does (color && 0xF) to mask (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) So, just so that I understand, are you saying that ldraw subtracts 64 from colors between 64 and 128, and uses that new value as the color? I wasn't aware of this behavior. (I understand it might not do exactly that; I just want to know if (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks for bringing this up, Travis. It's a very good point. The answer is: yes and no. The LDraw codes for new Stone Gray, Dark Stone Gray, and Reddish Brown were selected so that the original LDraw will treate them as Gray (color 7), Dark (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I don't want to come off the wrong way here, but is it really a good idea to be using a new color in a part so soon after it has been made official? You can pretty much guarantee it will look wrong in every current program if you do so. Also, (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I updated the list of colors, adding the new colors and changing most of the color values to match the information in ldconfig.ldr. Steve (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Read this page: (URL) understand the overall process. It points you to this page: (URL) to actually make changes, such as registering a new email for posting. XFUT admin.nntp ++Lar (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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How do I change my information on lugnet ? I filled a form long time ago , not to be a member for life i mean to only post at lugnet how do I let lugnet know my new e-mail? about ldraw . How do you all update and install ldraw when a new update (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) We should probably put up a script on the website that reads the official config file, and displays a human-readable color chart. Steve (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) There is a Windows based version (or rather another program) called MLCad ((URL) ). It uses the Ldraw part files but provides a much more intuative and visual method of building models. The installation is a bit complicated (you have to (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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Is this colour number "officially official" enough for me to go and fix this part? (URL) Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...ugnet.com] On Behalf Of Orion Pobursky Sent: 07 October 2004 03:08 To: lugnet.cad@lugnet.com (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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