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In lugnet.cad, Allen Smith wrote: <SNIP> (...) Depending on their viewpoint and experience with LDraw, different users might argue that either inclusion OR exlclusion can be confusing. By including both in the library and providing a way to identify (...) (15 years ago, 25-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I tried to add my custom colors to the lg_color.inc file. It works now This is how my lg_color.inc looks: ___...___ // 0 #declare lg_black = texture { pigment { rgb <33/255, 33/255, 33/255> } finish { lg_solid_finish } } // 1 #declare lg_blue (...) (15 years ago, 23-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) It looks to me like a texture issue rather than the color itself. I would recommend adding your color directly to the lg_color.inc file. Copy the definition for the existing blue and change nothing but the RGB color values for the pigment. (...) (15 years ago, 22-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) SNIP (...) I am not very familar with POV-Ray. But could it be that the color 162 is not completely described or that is uses the slope surface here? The problem occur only at that place at the object where the light direct reflect. So I (...) (15 years ago, 22-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hello Eric, to further explain my problem Ive rendered a scene. (URL) left part of the fig uses the normal blue (color 1). Teh right part uses my personal color 162 (a darker blue) As you can see, the color 2 part of the torso front looks (...) (15 years ago, 22-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) It's pretty hard to say what is happening without seeing your files. I need to see the portions of the POV-Ray file which define colors, or the include files which show colors. You could also post an example *.ldr file. Eric Albrecht (15 years ago, 22-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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Hello, Im new to LUGNET. Although I use LDRAW yet for some years, I recently got interested ib creating and using custom parts (especially minifig torsos). I've created some easy to use template so I can create custom minifig torsos via bmp2ldraw32. (...) (15 years ago, 22-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.cad, Chris Dee wrote: snip (...) The zip archive's chief virtue is not its familiarity, but its cross-platform portability. It's very important to maintain that. (...) I fixed that Bricksmith bug about a year and a half ago, so you don't (...) (15 years ago, 22-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) It makes more sense for "Monorail" to be a valid CATEGORY than some of the existing ones, so I added it a while ago. The definitive list is at (URL) Chris (15 years ago, 21-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think there is some part of your equation that we don't realize/understand? I can view all my LDRAW models without any updating, thanks to the "moved to" concept. The models doesn't become obsolete even though the part numbers are updated. (...) (15 years ago, 20-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I was going to start my response with "I don't understand", but Orion beat me to it. It is absolutely not necessary to update existing models with the replacement file referred to by the "~Moved to" file, but maybe I am missing something about (...) (15 years ago, 20-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) You should take heart from the fact that this phenomenon has slowed a GREAT deal in recent times, the number of possible renumbers is way way down, and number accuracy is way up. TLG doesn't tend to switch from solid to hollow studs anymore, (...) (15 years ago, 20-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hmmm, subparts are used by many parts so I can see how they might be referenced a gazillion times by an extremely large model file like Datsville. (...) What tool makes the movedto.log file that's giving you such trouble? Can it be adjusted to (...) (15 years ago, 20-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I don't understand what you're saying here, Tore. The ~Moved To files prevent the need to update already existing files by providing a back reference to the old part number. This prevents a part from disappearing from a model simply because (...) (15 years ago, 20-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yes, I know my suggested approach has its obvious downsides. But the current system really makes me Yike!, too. When do we reach the point where the downsides of the current system overturn the advantages? I think we've already passed that (...) (15 years ago, 20-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) <snip> (...) (the "fake" number 111 sticks around, and the official design number 2222 points to it) Yikes! So you want everyone stuck with 111 for all eternity? With the current system, I'm free to remove 111.dat if I don't want it, and end (...) (15 years ago, 20-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) <SNIP> (...) The problem is that it doesn't. As I pointed out in my latest post, (URL) , almost every single existing LDraw model file ever made needs to be updated with every parts update realeasd. That has absolutely nothing to do with true (...) (15 years ago, 20-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) For some reason, those 18 "moved to" files in parts\s make a lot of noise for me. I know they shouldn't but they do and I haven't figured out the reason yet. There is another problem. It is kind of subtile, so I don't know if I'm able to (...) (15 years ago, 20-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Advanced folks could have MovedTo directory and move all the "0 ~Moved To" files there. You can then add MovedTo to MLCad.ini to tell it about the MovedTo directory. You keep the MovedTo files (if you want), MLCad's auto update, and yet not (...) (15 years ago, 19-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I have not tested version 2.1 yet, but in version 2.0 you could disable polling in the extra menu. Or enable to poll on demand. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 19-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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