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- From: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Cybergrafx and Lightwave
- Date: 09 Feb 1996 12:33:50 -0700
- Organization: HP Fort Collins Site
- Sender: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com
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- In-reply-to: jenkinsa@teleport.com's message of Tue, 06 Feb 1996 11:47:06 -0800
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- jenkinsa@teleport.com wrote:
-
- > Is anyone out there using LW 3.5 or 4.0 with Cybergrafx registered
-
- Yes. 4.0.
-
- > on the top of the screen just before it goes black. Has anyone else
- > experience this problem?. I tend to belvieve its a cybergrafx
- > problem not lightwave. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
-
- Unfortunately, Lightwave does not have support for rendering to CyberGfx
- truecolor screens. In fact, it doesn't even properly support 256 color
- screenmodes - it only uses 8 colors, unlike the PC version which can
- make use of more by displaying different objects in different colors,
- etc.
-
- Best bet is to file a suggestion with Newtek and ask them to support
- both rendering to CyberGfx and bringing the Amiga version up to the PC
- version for making use of color. Its not like this is difficult to do
- or anything.
-
- I suspect it wasn't done because on Amigas without graphics cards (alas,
- the great majority), 256 color screens are etiher impossible (in ECS) or
- not useful due to their frighteningly slow speed (AGA). Thats fine for
- people using old hardware, but unfortunately this particular aspect of
- the Amiga market tends to drag folks with modern hardware back to the
- standards of a decade ago.
-
- - steve
-