Lightwave Plugins

[pgovotsos]

Originally Posted by emufan

I cannot explain this behavior. maybe it's an emualtion issue.

I can't either but the drag and drop more than makes up for it. What a tremendous time saver that is. I guess that's another reason why you are supposed to RTFM Now I'll be able to easily check every floppy before uploading it. Hopefully that means that there shouldn't be any more bad floppies uploaded. Yay!

Thanks so much for this!

[emufan]

yep, it does help indeed. this does also work with ISO images (you have to install a cdrom file system)
or with folders, which get mounted this way.

[scuzz]

Dunno if any of these are useful. Give me a shout if they are.

http://www.scuzzscink.com/amiga/scuz...ber17_3002.htm

scuzz

[emufan]

this set is already part of TOSEC collection.
but we now have the manual and disk labels too

#1) I had a closer look, on those BBS index files - tosec dont have them all:
Interior Design I (5 disks)
Interior Design II (4 disks)
Interior Design III (4 disks)
Interior Construction Set (4 disks)
Home Interior Designer (5 disks)

atm only 2 sets of them are part of Tosec, but it seems the remaining 3 are available
in those BBS archives on the ftp.

#3) with help from chip, I made a list of all the related disks we have now:

Homes (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 1 of 5)[req. Lightwave].adf
Homes (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 2 of 5)[req. Lightwave].adf
Homes (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 3 of 5)[req. Lightwave].adf
Homes (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 4 of 5)[req. Lightwave].adf
Homes (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 5 of 5)[req. Lightwave].adf
Interior Construction (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 1 of 4)[req. Lightwave].DMS
Interior Construction (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 2 of 4)[req. Lightwave].DMS
Interior Construction (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 3 of 4)[req. Lightwave].DMS
Interior Construction (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 4 of 4)[req. Lightwave].DMS
Interior Design I (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 1 of 5)[req. Lightwave].DMS
Interior Design I (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 2 of 5)[req. Lightwave].DMS
Interior Design I (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 3 of 5)[req. Lightwave].DMS
Interior Design I (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 4 of 5)[req. Lightwave].DMS
Interior Design I (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 5 of 5)[req. Lightwave].DMS
Interior Design II (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 1 of 4)[req. Lightwave].DMS
Interior Design II (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 2 of 4)[req. Lightwave].DMS
Interior Design II (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 3 of 4)[req. Lightwave].DMS
Interior Design III (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 1 of 4)[req. Lightwave].DMS
Interior Design III (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 2 of 4)[req. Lightwave].DMS
Interior Design III (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 3 of 4)[req. Lightwave].DMS
Interior Design III (1994)(Replica Technology)(Disk 4 of 4)[req. Lightwave].DMS

can you confirm the correct number of disks of each set?
disk #4 of "Interior Design II" is missing - if the set consists of 4..

[pgovotsos]

So I went through all the documentation and fixed several problems. I straightened out skewed pages. I rotated about 50 pages in the GVP ImageFX manual that somehow got scanned upside down. Yeah I know, operator error All of the documents are now right side up - you don't have to rotate in your PDF reader anymore. They should automatically rotate when you print them - at least it does in Foxit Reader. Now all of the documents should be searchable. If I missed any please let me know so I can fix it.

I also replaced the bad disk for eclips_Disk_3.adf

Here is the list of everything that was replaced.

Documentation folder:

\Hardware\Digital_Processing_Systems\
DPS RC 2000 Personal Series Remote Control manual


Multimedia_Resources folder:

\Aloha_Fonts
eclips_Disk_3.adf
eclips Electronic Clip Art for the Professional manual

\Light_ROM
Light ROM 6 Manual


Software folder:

\DevWare
Crouton Tools 1.1 January 1994 manual

\Dimension_Technologies
Composite Studio Professional 2 manual

\GVP
GVP ImageFX manual

\HiSoft
Amiga Zip Jaz Tools manual

\JEK_Graphics
Pro Fills 2.0 Volume 1 manual

\Legacy_Maker
Pan Canvas 2 Manual and FAQ

\Nova_Design
ImageFX 2.1 Manual Addendum
ImageFX 2.1a Manual Addendum
ImageFX 2.6 Manual Addendum

\OZware
Aussie's Short Cuts 1.0 manual
OZware Co Pilot Audio manual
OZware Co Pilot Video manual

\Samplitude
Samplitude MS 3.0 manual
Samplitude Pro II manual

\Synergy_International
Hollywood FX 1.30 manual

\Visionaire
Visionaire manual

\Visual_Inspirations
Batch Factory cover
Control Tower Cover legal size paper
Control Tower Version 2 manual


And now for the latest new things uploaded in this batch


Documentation folder:

\Books
Inside Aegis Animator by John Skeel
Lightwave Power Guide by Dan Ablan Companion CD

\Hardware sub folder

\Allen Avionics
Allen Avionics TDL487 instructions, advertisement and images

\E3B
Deneb manual

\Eagle_Computers
Eagle 4001T manual

\Videtech_International
Vidtech Scanlock VSL-1-N manual
Vidtech VideoMaster Advertisement
Vidtech VideoMaster Data and Configuration Sheets

\Elbox
Mediator PCI 3/4000T manual (don't know why Elbox won't post this)

\HiQ
Siamese System Manual in English and German

\MicroSearch
ChromaKey+ Users Guide

\phase_5
CyberStorm PPC manual in German and English


Multimedia_Resources folder:

Airships Volume II in Turbo Silver format

\Kara_Computer_Graphics
ANIMFONTS 2
SUBHEADS 1
SUBHEADS 2
Headlines, SubHeads, HeadLines2 manual

\Visual_Inspirations
road_signs.scp (Super Copy Pro image of original PC disk that can be opened in WinUAE if Cross Dos PC1: active)
Road_Signs_for_LightWave_do_not_run_installer_copy_objects_and_scenes_manually.adf
Road Signs cover legal size paper
Road Signs for LightWave manual

This is unfortunately the PC version and not the Amiga one. Best option is to open the adf and copy the scenes and objects to the folders on your hard drive. Do NOT run the installer. It's a PC program and won't work on an Amiga. Read the manual. These objects are single sided polygons to speed up rendering. If the back side will be seen, the manual gives directions to do that.


Software folder:

\Aegis
Aegis Pro Motion manual
Modeler 3D manual

\A_Plus_Development
AutoPaint manual
Disk coming in next batch. This is very similar to Composite Studio but has fewer features. The positive thing is that it is super fast and uses much fewer resources than Composite Studio

\Beilschmidt_and_Dorn
XiPaint 4.0 CD
XiPaint 4.0 Cover
XiPaint 4.0 Manual
This program has been uploaded elsewhere but I didn't find the manual (such as it is)

\Byte_by_Byte
Sculpt 3D manual

\Digital_Creations
Brilliance Version 2.0 Users Guide

\Electronic_Arts
DeluxePaint III Quick Reference
DeluxePaint IV user manual
DeluxeVideo III Bonus Utilities Disk manual
DeluxeVideo III Manual
DeluxeVideo Post Production Kit manual
Deluxe PhotoLab Manual

\Heifner_Communications
PEGGER Box
PEGGER Serial Number.txt
PEGGER Version 1.0 Users Manual
PEGGER Version 2.0 Updates and Changes manual

\HiSoft
Amiga Zip Jaz Tools manual

\JEK_Graphics
Pro Fills 2.0 Volume 1 manual

\Macrosystem
MovieShop 3.6
Retina 2.3
Samplitude MD for Maestro Pro and Toccata 3.00
Toccata 1.1

\Matrix_Productions
PRO WIPES Version 3 cover

\Motion_Studios
Fantastic Dreams Install Disk (goes with the CD previously uploaded)

\Nova_Design
ImageFX 2.0 Big Black Manual

\proDAD (sort of a mishmash of disks that was in the box)
Adorage 2.5 Update
Adorage 2.5 Update Serial 0049
Adorage 2.5 Update Serial 1438
Adorage english version 2.5 Upgrade Set Disk 2 (two different copies)
Adorage Magic DVE Vol II Movieshop Version Cover

\Virtual_Reality_Laboratories
Distant Suns 4.0 manual
Vistapro 2.0 manual

\WK_Artworks
Wildfire 7.16 plus Sets 1 to 4 of MovieShop Operator CD
Wildfire 7.16 plus Sets 1 to 4 of MovieShop Operator Cover
I think this is a newer version of the operators than the ones I uploaded previously.

\Zuma_Group
TV Text Version 1.0 manual
TV Manual Changes and Additions for Version 1.1


Floppy labels and CD faces have been scanned and uploaded for much of the software in case you want to recreate the disks. They are rough cropped leaving a good bit of space around the edges.

This is probably going to be the last update for a while until I can go and get the next load. Enjoy!

[emufan]

thank you very much, again alot interesting stuff
the other day I was playing around with Aegis Pro Motion,
took a while to get some basic animation, now with the manual I'll try again

[pgovotsos]

Originally Posted by emufan

the other day I was playing around with Aegis Pro Motion,
took a while to get some basic animation, now with the manual I'll try again

That's exactly why I'm trying to get all the documentation I have uploaded. We've got lots of great software here but a lot of it doesn't have as nice of an interface as Lightwave for example. Pretty much everything is clickable somewhere. Without the manual you wouldn't get the keyboard shortcuts that make working with it so much faster but you can still do everything.

Could you imagine someone sitting down cold with Imagine (no pun intended) without a manual? That is such a funky interface and instead of using standard names for functions they delighted in making up their own names for everything. You couldn't figure out anything just from context since their context is so unusual. Heck, WITH the manual it wasn't a cakewalk to figure out Imagine

[emufan]

Real3D was another of these apps, I never understood. too many buttons :/
there was that impressive lizard cover image, so I once tested a demo version,
but this was no fun at all.
so I went back to LW and did rotate some cubes and spheres

btw: Heifner_Communications/PEGGER_Version_2.adf is bad, can you try to copy it again?

[pgovotsos]

Originally Posted by emufan

Real3D was another of these apps, I never understood. too many buttons :/
there was that impressive lizard cover image, so I once tested a demo version,
but this was no fun at all.
so I went back to LW and did rotate some cubes and spheres

btw: Heifner_Communications/PEGGER_Version_2.adf is bad, can you try to copy it again?

That's funny. I really enjoyed Real3D. I got it when I got a Retina for my 3000 and something about it clicked with me. I had more trouble with RetinaEMU than Real3D

I'll try to make another copy of the disk this weekend. I thought I had checked all of them with Disksalv but must have missed it. Sorry about that.

[emufan]

may happen I did test real3d when I already did some startrek animations,
erm, cubes and spheres, in LW. so the real3d gui was a bit odd
I think the pegger disk was one of the first uploaded. only tested recently.
hence the late report

[pgovotsos]

Uploaded a new copy of Pegger. This one should be good. Let me know if there are any problems.

[emufan]

Originally Posted by pgovotsos

Uploaded a new copy of Pegger. This one should be good. Let me know if there are any problems.

disk is good, I was now able to start pegger from that disk

[pgovotsos]

Newest videos:

\Axiom_Software
WaveMaker Motions Elements and Prefabs

\Commodore_Business_Machines
Amiga Video

\Desktop_Images_aka_Rave_Video_Production
Great Toaster Graphics
Lightwave Flying Logos
The Creative Magic of Ron Thornton Spacecraft Surfacing Techniques

\Desktop_Images_aka_Rave_Video_Production\Beta_Dealer_Demo_Copies
Lightwave 3D VT4000 Displacement Mapping Morphing and Bones Beta Dealer Demo
Video Toaster Essentials VT4000 Beta Dealer Demo

\Light Speed Video Magazine
Light Speed Volume 2
Light Speed Volume 3
Light Speed Volume 4
Light Speed Volume 5

[emufan]

thank you. the library is growing

[Muadib]

Ron Thornton's video! Me Wants!
Where are these located again, please?

muadib
Amiga Raytracing Society

[emufan]

everything is in ~Uploads/pgovotsos

[pgovotsos]

Originally Posted by Muadib

Ron Thornton's video! Me Wants!
Where are these located again, please?

muadib
Amiga Raytracing Society

The one I just uploaded is the second tape in the series. I haven't unpacked the first one yet. There is also the companion CD in the same directory that has the scenes and models and such that accompany the tapes.

Edit: BTW this tape has more glitches than most. This is the best of the three copies I have - possibly because this one was still sealed. I'm almost thinking there were problems with the master tape because some of the glitches show up in the same place on all three tapes.

[emufan]

currently playing with LW on the PeeCee, redoing a tutorial.
this is really outstanding, growing city. for now the streets are moving.
it's done with morphing. sooo cool.

[emufan]

Originally Posted by pgovotsos

I'm almost thinking there were problems with the master tape because some of the glitches show up in the same place on all three tapes.

If you know basic things in lightwave you can follow, despite the quality.
what he says does also help alot, and it's some historic document anyway

don't get me wrong, but I did convert one of the videos using ffmpeg -i in.mpg out.mp4 - no further option.
what you get, jugding with my no more perfect eyesight, is an (almost) identical video
and you save 90% diskspace.
just try on your own, makes things faster for you and download time is reduced aswell

[Muadib]

Originally Posted by emufan

everything is in ~Uploads/pgovotsos

Thanks emufan! I get an error

'530 Sorry, your maximum number of connections from this IP (1) has been reached.'

from my FTP client, though, but I'll solve this somehow...
UPDATE: Fixed!


Again, thank you P, this is really amazing stuff! Eyxaristoume!