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Wrong atmosphere loads with .BR3 files

digitalblasphemy_68d9ab4869digitalblasphemy_68d9ab4869 Posts: 2
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Good Monday to you all.   I recently purchased a copy of Bryce 7 with the hopes of re-rendering some of my favorite old (1997-2001) Bryce files.   Most of these are saved in the .BR3 format (Bryce 3?)

Unfortunately all of these files load with the atmosphere set to default rather than what I had saved with the file.    Basically my .BR3 files are useless because it would be very difficult to 100% match the atmosphere settings of the original.   Yes, I could probably fiddle with the settings and get something close.   I require 100% fidelity with the originals however so that won't work.

I hope there is some way the program can be updated to read the atmosphere information from these files.   My (unfortunately rate) .BR4 files load fine.

Anyone else having this problem?

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  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,152

    If you still have Bryce 3, install it. I have all Bryce versions from version 4 installed, each one in a different folder and I can use them all.

     

  • digitalblasphemy_68d9ab4869digitalblasphemy_68d9ab4869 Posts: 2

    Unfortunately I don't have my old copy of Bryce 3 (or 4 for that matter).   That's why I purchased Bryce 7 :-)

  • David BrinnenDavid Brinnen Posts: 3,136

    I do not have any .br3 files to test this idea but perhaps you could load them into say 5.5 instead, which was made freely available, legitimately as far as I know, but if not then I am sure the moderators can remove the link.  I post it here in good faith in the hope this might help.  http://www.schoolfreeware.com/Freeware_Bryce_Download.html  Be careful to use suitable virus protection, I do not know the provinence of this website.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    It just points to CNet, which goes back to Daz, which no longer has 5.5 for free,  so close, but no cigar.    smiley

  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,152
    edited December 2016

    Since br4 files load fine in 7.1, I doubt that 5.5 would be of any help anyway. Question is,whether br3 files load fine in 4.

     

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  • digitalblasphemy_68d9ab4869digitalblasphemy_68d9ab4869 Posts: 2

    Unforuntately I don't have my old copy of Bryce 4 either.

    Btw, Here's what some of my old renders look like.

  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,152

    I do have Bryce 4 still installed. If you want you can send me a br3 file and the rendered image and I can see what I get when opening in it in Bryce 4. My hope is that when it renders correctly in 4, and it is saved, then 7.1 opens it correctly (I have 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 6.1, 6.3 and 7.0 also installed if any intermediate steps are needed).

  • mermaid010mermaid010 Posts: 5,026
    edited December 2016

    Beautiful renders. smiley yes at the site you linked.

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