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(...) snip (...) Sorry Jim, I have to disagree. Mouse rotation is not usable on my PowerBook. The model almost always rotates in one direction whether the I start LDGLedit or LDGLite with the j or J option. But for building, I have found that the (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Some bugs with LDGLite
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(...) Did you get my last post about how all of the keys that do anything also casue LDGLite to step the model? From now on, should I say LDGLEdit for edit mode? Should I say LDGLDraw (a bit redundant) or LDGLIte for the viewing mode? (...) For (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Minifig Cloth Cape
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(...) I am using version 2.1.5 In an editor window Options menu it shows 'Decimals (3)...'. Doesn't this work with the "compact" tool? Paul (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: mouse model manipulation
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(...) Do you mean cursor doesn't disappear when you drag the mouse with the button pressed? It's supposed to. That way you can't see it warp back to the center of the window when it strays too far. Or does the cursor reappear when you leave the (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: mouse model manipulation
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(...) Well, I looked at the pdn and pan values, but they never seemed to get crazy or anything (although I'm not familiar with the inner workings of OpenGL so I'm not entirely sure what constitutes fishy). Their values stay relatively close (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Could someone run a perspective mode test on ldglite?
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(...) That sounds good to me. If anyone else has any preferences on this issue (keyboard camera controls) I hope they speak up, I wouldn't want to push for something that was contrary to someone else's needs. But otherwise, sounds like a good (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: L3P error fixing idea (this looks better in raw text, I think)
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(...) Hmm, the LEDIT emulation mode of ldglite uses the l3 parser which calls the function Resequence() right after printing that "bad vertex sequence" message. I bet if you opened the file in ldglite LEDIT mode and then just saved it they'd all be (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: L3P error fixing idea...
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Interesting.... ;-) Thanks! Franklin (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | L3P error fixing idea (this looks better in raw text, I think) [DAT]
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Some months back Lars was kind enough to email me about some errors he'd noticed in a part that I posted to .cad.parts. Most were "bad vertex sequence," but there were a few "identical line" errors and the like. At first my heart dropped when I (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Could someone run a perspective mode test on ldglite?
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(...) Hmmm, well, I don't believe I've ever received a single comment on the "camera" moving keys before. Plus I've never been quite happy with the way they affect the opengl view matrix (but not the ldraw matrix). So I suppose I could just redefine (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | L3P -check error messages
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I was reading the L3P -check error mesage guidelines in the PT reaference section and came up with a few questions: 1. When using the -dist command what should the acceptible value. I use 0.1 and I noticed that the L3P check function as part of the (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: mouse model manipulation
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(...) Maybe we can get to the bottom of this one. Try the debugging command line switch -g and see what it prints out when you do a mouse spin. It should spew all sorts of stuff to the console window. Look for pdn(x,y) and pan(x,y) to see if there's (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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More about mouse spinning - as Chris mentioned in the post I noted before, when rotating the model with the mouse it often doesn't seem to rotate appropriately for the direction of mouse movement -- the model will rotate about a given axis as if it (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Could someone run a perspective mode test on ldglite?
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(...) Here is the post where the mouse issue was originally pointed out: (URL) (at the bottom of the post). It doesn't matter what mode the program is in (perspective or orthographic), mouse rotation is still off somewhat. Basically the problem is (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Some bugs with LDGLite
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(...) I'm pretty sure that's a bug with the OS X version of GLUT. I bet it gives 2 events for each key or button press. Probably a key up and a key down event. I'll have to filter out the extra ones. (...) Hmmm, a quick calculation says 1024x768 (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Could someone run a perspective mode test on ldglite?
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(...) Hi Jim, the internet is a bit smaller than you thought, eh? Imagine my surprise to find a website full of pictures from someone (besides myself) who actually uses ldglite? (...) I must've missed that elsewhere part of the thread. Oh well, I'll (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ** QUAD2DAT ** version 0.9.4 released **
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(...) One quick suggestion. I realy would like the ability to define my own templates. (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | ** QUAD2DAT ** version 0.9.4 released **
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Work in progress version 0.9.4 of Quad2Dat is available here: (URL) Added the minifig head and legs template. Squashed a few bugs. I've also (finally) posted the screenshots of the Diver torso being created. Pics for a minifig head pattern coming (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Using volume textures to draw studs.
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Hello, on the nvidia website I saw an interesting demo called Volume Texture Impostors: (URL) shows how you can make snapshots of a model while rotating and store the slices in a 3d texture. By drawing one of the slices you can display the object (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Could someone run a perspective mode test on ldglite?
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(...) Hello, all! My name is Jim and it just so happens that the web site you've been discussing in regards to the rendering problems is mine. I'm new to LUGNET, so imagine my surprise when I first start reading its Mac section and see people (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: LCD - LEGO Connection Database - Proposal
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(...) Hehe. I, the author of the compiler, had the same problem when my bookmarks had disappeared! So I made a search in lugnet.cad and found your post. Here's the URL: (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | numbers report - 8 June 2002
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Stats for Unofficial Files 85 certified files. 73 files need admin review. 261 files need more votes. <----- *cough* 219 have uncertified subfiles. 94 held files. That's a grand total of 732 files. Franklin (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Some bugs with LDGLite
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(...) OK, this on made me laugh (the odd things that happened)j. First I didn't know that the enter key and space bar did anything, but they don't work quite right either. The spacebar causes LDGLite to draw two steps. The enter key causes LDGLite (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Some bugs with LDGLite
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(...) Just to be clear, the two step jump has nothing to do with LDGLite Launcher. Well, the problem with the full screen modes for me is that the parts remain highlighted. I can't go any bigger than about 750x550 if I want the selected part (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: disabling BFC (was "Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair")
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(...) L3Lab *assumes* the main file is BFC-able. That's a valid assumption for models (ie, files that just reference part-files). But it's not a valid assumption for parts and primitives. Steve (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: disabling BFC (was "Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair")
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Correct me of I'm wrong but I thought that if a part's main file wasn't BFC certified, any subfiles, including primitives, are not processed as being BFC'd (even if the subfile is BFC certified). -Orion (make it billthefish and remove the obvious (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Could someone run a perspective mode test on ldglite?
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(...) Hmm. I was under the (mistaken) impression that glPolygonOffset was introduced in OpenGL 1.2. A NULL return from wglGetProcAddress means that the extension function requested doesn't exist. Apparently the ATI driver returns NULL for core (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: disabling BFC (was "Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair")
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(...) Thanks! I'm adding that one to my "start every new file with these (meta)statements" list. ;-) (...) HSSSsssss!!! The BFC! It burns us, it burns us! Hsssss. Franklin (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: disabling BFC (was "Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair")
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(...) Ha. It's almost a reflex for me -- click a [DAT] link, right-click L3Lab, de-select BFC. (...) 0 BFC NOCERTIFY I don't know if we've got any official files that use this one. It *really* isn't that hard to convert a file to BFC'ness. Steve (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | disabling BFC (was "Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair")
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(...) Heh... :-/ I almost had a ^$#&^#$&%# _heart attack_ just a few minutes ago, when I clicked on the "DAT" link on the message, and parts of the file's image were _BLANK_. (I thought I had maybe screwed up something in the file.) It took me (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | hints for authors (was "Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair & Eyebrows")
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(...) If I can ever remember, I intend to post the "debug" files I created to specifically help me use the "1-4cyls" and "1-4cyls2" files. :-P Franklin (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That's most likely a problem with the version of GLUT available for Mac OS X. It's known to have bugs like that. There's an improved version of GLUT available, that I might try to use for the next release, but I don't know how difficult it is (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Some bugs with LDGLite
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(...) Hehehe. I know. I never did implement it. I think I tried to disable it (so that I didn't have to delete it from the layout), but I couldn't figure out how. OK, so I didn't put that much time into it. That is why the version is pre 1.0. :-P (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Could someone run a perspective mode test on ldglite?
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(...) I knew it! The opengl driver for my older Rage Pro is terrible. I think they just tested it for quake, which probably doesn't use lines at all. (...) I'm not sure what that NULL means. Does it mean there's no fn, or that it falls back to a (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Could someone run a perspective mode test on ldglite?
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(...) True, but lucky for you, I was following this thread, and my work machine (Windows 2000) has a Rage 128 Pro. I get the same effect with the -J option. The -z100 -Z2000 fixes it. One really strange thing, though. As far as I can tell, LDView (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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When LDGLite is launched in LDGLite mode, I am prompted to click on the drawing to go to the next step, but when I click, the programs draws two steps. Chris (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Some bugs with LDGLite
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(...) Thanks for the pointer. I gave it a quick try, and when I select the x,y option for resolutions, I can't enter the numbers, and LDGLite just starts in 320x200 mode. Chris (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Could someone run a perspective mode test on ldglite?
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(...) Hmm, as a matter of fact, I have had trouble with some users I that I do *help desk* for. They just released a new driver for their retail cards and that fixed the issues I have been having with them. (...) Hmm. Yup, they come with Nvidia's (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Yeah, but I hear their drivers still suck. Until I hear otherwise, I'm gonna do it for *any* ATI driver. (...) Don't some of the newer Macs come with Nvidia cards these days? I'm sure they come with a whole different set of problems. Actually (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Could someone run a perspective mode test on ldglite?
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(...) I'm not much of a video card buff, but doesn't ATI have video cards better than the Rage 128? Maybe you could use those settings if the GL_VERSION contains "ATI" && GL_DEPTH_BITS is 24. Just an idea. If you wanted to limit to Macs, you could (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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