I guess that the contretemps over the word “port” caused some collateral damage. You can never tell with these things. A single binary bit that is wrong - 0 to 1 or vice-versa - and you’re in the mire. When one considers the astronomical numbers of bits that we are constantly moving about, the striking thing is not how many errors we encounter, but how FEW.
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Anyway, it’s done now. Per ardua ad astra - through difficulties to the stars. (Or in my book, sheer bloody-minded persistence.) All (!!!!) that remains to be done is checking and bundling for D|S users. For them alone I have included a velvet drape over the balcony. You can see it below, together with the effect of the spotlight. Either or both may be removed.
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Will someone please confirm for me that D|S users require the .dso files as well as .obj, .mtl and textures? Perhaps we can get it uploaded tomorrow.
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There is something weird about the thought that sixty years ago tomorrow, as a young man I gathered with a heap of my relatives to peer over their shoulders at the new-fangled television set. We had a definite sense of history in the making and we have not been disappointed. Elizabeth has done a first-rate job and I hope that she will be around for a long time yet.
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Sixty years! Well, well, well.
Oh, and on the English language…I find that the literacy rate is much lower than advertised. At least that’s my determination based on what I see in forums and emails and even professional advertising and news articles. I can’t believe some of the things I see coming from big businesses and top news agencies!
As for Poser’s manual, I haven’t read through it yet. But at least it comes with a manual!
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I currently work on a warehouse floor for my night job (gotta feed the kids somehow!) and the other evening I was reviewing the grammar of the safety notices: four posters for four with glaring errors. Five if I count the one on the breakroom door reminding us to “keep a eye on safety!”
Don’t get me started! The type of advertising that makes me grit my teeth in rage is that which suggests that you save when you buy. (Only perhaps if you intended to buy in the first place, mate.) Then there was the notice that exhorted, “Don’t fail to miss it!” So I didn’t.
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Mmmm. No comments yet on which files you want me to include for D|S users?
I don’t use Poser, but I usually just use the Poser versions of things in DS if there’s two available. Usually the differences are so miniscule (DS could do Displacement before Poser could, for example) that it’s not worth the redundancy at the end-user level. Sometimes it’s all a matter of shaders, so why not just release the DS-adapter kit for the Poser version, if the Poser version works in DS?
I don’t use Poser, but I usually just use the Poser versions of things in DS if there’s two available. Usually the differences are so miniscule (DS could do Displacement before Poser could, for example) that it’s not worth the redundancy at the end-user level. Sometimes it’s all a matter of shaders, so why not just release the DS-adapter kit for the Poser version, if the Poser version works in DS?
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A major problem with all 3D modelling is the wide variation of user knowledge and ability. Already, we have had users take the published Poser version of the palace and successfully translate it for D|S, while others demand extra files. This is not a simple subject or model and I feel obliged to make it accessible to as wide an audience as possible. All would welcome a “click and go” download. One must add too, the complication that neither D|S nor Poser completely import .obj files. For example, if an object has several .jpg attached (for texture, bump, displacement, etc.) then Poser will import only the last one encountered, leaving the user to note the ommission(s), track the file(s) and attach them. I discovered today too, that sometimes D|S will not import displacement files - and I have yet to discern when it does and when it does not. The problem here is that displacement is used quite widely in this model and I very much fear that users may encounter considerable difficulty when matching the mappings.
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It is to be confessed that I have never heard of a DS-Adapter kit. Please tell us more about it. Where can I get it and does it work?
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