 | | New Project: DatShine, LDA, PreL3P, L3P, And POV Involved —Tore Eriksson
| | | | I have decided to set aside at least one hour a day to the project I just started today by writing this post. The three main goals are: 1. Create a short animation, using the tools mentioned in the subject line above. 2. Write a diary that explains (...) (17 years ago, 20-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: New Project: DatShine, LDA, PreL3P, L3P, And POV Involved —Tore Eriksson
| | | | | (URL) just updated. So far, I've written 4 "chapters": * Brief Presentation and Preparations * Creating the Static Scene * Let There Be Light! * Let There Be Light, Part II Next step will be to improve colours using PreL3P. I don't know if it will (...) (17 years ago, 21-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: New Project: DatShine, LDA, PreL3P, L3P, And POV Involved —Matt Wagner
| | | | | | Hi Tore, I've been following what you've been doing with great interest, and have some exciting ideas using your datshine program. However, I can't seem to get it to work. I've downloaded the program and extracted it to my LDraw directory. I run it (...) (17 years ago, 22-Dec-07, to lugnet.cad)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: New Project: DatShine, LDA, PreL3P, L3P, And POV Involved —Tore Eriksson
| | | | | | | (...) Hi Matt, I'm glad you find my project interesting. It's been down due to an assumed HD crash (that fortunately turned out to be no more than just a loose cable!) but after the Holidays, I'll pick it up again. Before running datshine, please (...) (17 years ago, 23-Dec-07, to lugnet.cad)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: New Project: DatShine, LDA, PreL3P, L3P, And POV Involved —Travis Cobbs
| | | | | | | (...) Actually, autoexec.bat only works in DOS/Windows9x/WindowsME. In NT/Win2K/XP/Vista, you set environment variables via the System Control Panel. In XP, the following will work (and may work in NT/Win2K/Vista): Bring up the System Control Panel (...) (17 years ago, 24-Dec-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: New Project: DatShine, LDA, PreL3P, L3P, And POV Involved —Matt Wagner
| | | | | | | (...) Thanks, Travis and Tore. I'm able to render something now. But I'm afraid I have some more questions. 1) how do you incorporate the new "lit" part from datshine into a povray file of a model containing several pieces? Would I just find that (...) (17 years ago, 25-Dec-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: New Project: DatShine, LDA, PreL3P, L3P, And POV Involved —Tore Eriksson
| | | | | | | (...) Merry Christmas to you, too. Don't be afraid to ask, we're happy to help each other- 1) Sounds like you postprocess pov-files. Absolutely nothing wrong with that! We've had some discussions here on lugnet.cad and both ways have their pros and (...) (17 years ago, 25-Dec-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: New Project: DatShine, LDA, PreL3P, L3P, And POV Involved —Matt Wagner
| | | | | | | (...) Hi Tore, I've done some digging with Datshine again recently and came up with some interesting renders using your program. I was able to make the equivalent dat files in other colors by copying your examples in L46 and L47 to make a light blue (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: New Project: DatShine, LDA, PreL3P, L3P, And POV Involved —Tore Eriksson
| | | | | | | (...) Yeah! SW Light sabres! Such a brilliant idea. The only bad thing is: Why didn't I think of it first? ;) You may wish to replace the official 16-edged minifig heads with perfetly round ones, too: (URL) more in my 16 replies to this post: (URL) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: New Project: DatShine, LDA, PreL3P, L3P, And POV Involved —Tore Eriksson
| | | | | (...) assumed HDD crash - I'm back on track with the project again. Today, I've spent some hours just trying to find where in the project I was. Next step is to try to setup the FTP to my Telia homepage on my new PC. Now, where did I store the (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: New Project: DatShine, LDA, PreL3P, L3P, And POV Involved —Tore Eriksson
| | | | | Two new chapters written: Fixing the Colours (URL) First Animation (URL) end of chapter 5 was rushed together due to lack of time, but I'll work on that next time. As always, feedback is welcome! /Tore (17 years ago, 29-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad)
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