her@compel.UUCP (Helge Egelund Rasmussen) (06/12/90)
I'm using the Turbo Silver 3.0 raytracing program on an Amiga and like it very much. However I would like to use some other textures than the two supplied with the program. According to the manual: ... Impulse Inc. will release into the public domain the information and/or software necessary for Silver users to create their own textures. The question is: Has Impulse released this information, and if the answer is yes, where can I get it? I also would like to create some objects without using the editor (to create landscapes etc.), but to do this I need to know the format of the Silver save files... Does anybody out there know the format of these files? Helge --- Helge E. Rasmussen . PHONE + 45 31 37 11 00 . E-mail: her@compel.dk Compel A/S . FAX + 45 31 37 06 44 . Copenhagen, Denmark
new@udel.EDU (Darren New) (06/13/90)
In article <1087@compel.UUCP> her@compel.UUCP (Helge Egelund Rasmussen) writes: >According to the manual: > ... Impulse Inc. will release into the public domain the information > and/or software necessary for Silver users to create their own textures. Well, the $30 upgrade leaves me with an "about" menu that says 3.01SV May 5 and a directory called "Textures.Kit" that contains sample textures and a description of how to write texture routines using the files. Since there is no "This is PD" in the files I looked at, I can't post them. However, upgrading should get you a copy. Are there other people using Turbo? Are you getting good results? I'm getting crappy results, but I'm pretty sure it must be me. I'm trying to get a flame and a wax candle to look right and it just isn't happening. Shaded AsLamp objects shade themselves, which looks terrible. Wax just refuses to be translucent. I get bizzarre stripes of background color through my images, completely unrelated to objects. Also, I would be interested if anybody knows the IFF format for a turbo CELL or OBJECT. I think you can get the disk for $5, but since I'm just playing around I never took the time to order it. I would be interested in getting sample cells to learn from. -- Darren
mtv@milton.acs.washington.edu (David Schanen) (06/14/90)
I contacted Impulse about this a while back. They said that they would provide me with the file format description if I sent them something in writing saying what I intended to use it for (ie make money or personal use.) I never got around to sending them something but I think you could. I also don't have the address handy but I'm sure you can find it... Keep us informed, maybe you can tell them you know this great bunch of graphics programmers ;) -- Internet: mtv@milton.u.washington.edu | "Internet Go, anyone?" -Me Bitnet: MTV@UWAV1 | "It's my theory, it belongs to me!" UUNET: uunet!uw-beaver!u!mtv | -Ann Elk
trebbien@cbmger.UUCP (Uwe Trebbien GERMANY) (06/15/90)
Try to contact Imtronics, Miami. I think, they are distributing Turbo Silver, so they may help you. bye UWE -- Uwe Trebbien trebbien@cbmger Amiga Dealer Hotline Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH Deutschland