dg49+@andrew.cmu.edu (David A. Gillespie) (12/11/89)
I have been having a problem with ShowANIM, and don't know what to do. I try to ShowANIM filename, and it gives me the first screen and then says "illegal op value for delta mode". This doesn't happen for all ANIMs, but it has happened for ones like HappyGuy on the first "Amiga +" disk, for example. Other people have no problem getting them to work, and though I thought it was just the version I was using, I have tried several including the one given on that disk, and no luck. Is there something I'm doing wrong? I have an Amiga 500 with 1 meg, if that matters. Thanks, Dave
baer@qiclab.UUCP (Ken Baer) (12/12/89)
In article <oZUjDhm00WB348D0Qv@andrew.cmu.edu> dg49+@andrew.cmu.edu (David A. Gillespie) writes: >I have been having a problem with ShowANIM, and don't know what to do. I try >to ShowANIM filename, and it gives me the first screen and then says "illegal >op value for delta mode". This doesn't happen for all ANIMs, but it has >happened for ones like HappyGuy Here's the problem: this is a Sculpt3/4D Movie file. It is not a legal ANIM (op 3|4|5) file. Byte-by-Byte used the ANIM file structure, but used their own packing format. Therefore, you can only view these files with their PD Movie program. Luckily, they added true ANIM support to their latest version of 4D. You can convert these Movie files to ANIM using Animation:Editor, if you need to mess around with the frames. Byte-by-Byte hasn't made their movie format public, so you can't modify or work with the frames in a Movie file, unless you convert it to IFF's or ANIM. But, if you just want to view the animations, pick up a copy of Movie off your local BBS. Hope this helps. >Dave -- // -Ken Baer. Programmer/Animator, Hash Enterprises. \X/ Usenet: baer@qiclab.UUCP or PLink: KEN BAER "I want to be an ..... ARCH VILLIAN!!!" -- Petey Pate.
dg49+@andrew.cmu.edu (David A. Gillespie) (12/13/89)
It was suggested that these "bad" files are actually Sculpt 3/4D files, but actually that changes nothing because each time I have used the ShowANIM that came with that file. My latest problem is with one called AntiCBS, which doesn't include it's own file, but still doesn't work. On the HappyGuy, I used the ShowANIM that came on the disk, but still had no luck. Still having problems, Dave