Subject: 3.0 question?
Date: Tue, 10 May 1994 07:58:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Andrew P. Vogel" <vogelap@ucunix.san.uc.EDU>

For some reason, Imagine 3.0 is choking on a file on my hard drive. I've got
an A4000/040 with a 340 meg IDE drive. 

I keep getting READ ERRORS on a pic.0029 in an animation I am working on.   
Weird thing is this - AmigaDOS (Copy, List, Delete, etc) handles the file JUST
fine. Is Imagine 3.0 somehow using a custom file reader, instead of the ones
provided by the OS? If so, why?

Also, here's a SNAFU... If you've got an OBJECT loaded into your project, then
delete the object, there is no way to tell Imagine NOT to look for it... Easy
to reproduce. Create a project, load an object, save the project. From      
AmigaDOS, delete the object (or rename it). Go back to the stage editor. Im3.0
will complain, but there is no option to delete the non-existant object, unless
I am missing it somewhere...

Other than that, the program is AWESOME. I've created a really slick little
anim to test the lens flare... Simply a textured torus set on its edge, and
a Flaring light source behind the torus that moves from Right to Left. The
flares look really cool. This will be an impressive part of my demo to my
users' group this month...

Additionally, I have modified my Imagine 3.0 manual a little bit, and it is 
much easier to work with now. I went to Kinko's Copies, had them cut the 
spiral ring binding off, and drill three holes into the manual, minding the
margin. I put it in a small binder I had, and it works GREAT now - lays open
and no pages falling out (problem I had). Total cost: $1.85.



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