3D modelling - HELP!

EaX · #1 January 20th, 2005, 01:39 AM

hi!
i was about to download the program you mention here (doga i think it's name is), but the problem is that from what i see it's about 30 mb don't?, and with my modem it'll take about 3,4 hours with luck, so...., it's worth?, i've blender, but it seems a bit complicated but i've to read some tut i found, so what do you think, should i try to download doga?

Atrocities · #2 January 20th, 2005, 01:47 AM

If you want to make ship sets and have fun, then yes, it is worth it. But be sure you download DOGA L3.

TurinTurambar · #3 January 24th, 2005, 06:44 PM

Grrrr! My DoGA L3 seems to have "blown up;" I open a part in the assembler and as soon as I click any part to edit it, I get:

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Pame has caused an error in PICLIB.DLL. Pame will now close.

... and then it crashes. I assume PICLIB is the picture library?

On another note, I can't seem to use any of these *****in new textures I downloaded either. (Moreover, when exploring the file folders of DoGA, I find all sorts of textures and effects that aren't available when I'm using the Parts Assembler, but I think that's a whole 'nother issue.)

Is there a standard resolution that the textures have to be? Do they have to be .png files? I can take a jpeg of a table-lamp from a desktop folder and paste it over a ship hull, but not any of these textures. WTF?

Oh, and the uninstall process won't finish either, so I can't reinstall the darn thing.

LIL' HELP....!
Turin

TerranC · #4 January 24th, 2005, 08:19 PM

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TurinTurambar said:
On another note, I can't seem to use any of these *****in new textures I downloaded either. (Moreover, when exploring the file folders of DoGA, I find all sorts of textures and effects that aren't available when I'm using the Parts Assembler, but I think that's a whole 'nother issue.)

Is there a standard resolution that the textures have to be? Do they have to be .png files? I can take a jpeg of a table-lamp from a desktop folder and paste it over a ship hull, but not any of these textures. WTF?

Turin

They can be in any resolution, and they can be in BMP, JPEG, PNG, or in TGA format.

As for your PICLIB.dll problem, I haven't a clue on how to fix it; try just reinstalling over everything and see if that works.

TurinTurambar · #5 January 24th, 2005, 10:10 PM

Thanks TC. I'm tired and hungry right now so this isn't the time I guess. I'll try manually removing all the L3 crap and reinstalling after that. I tried just running the install again and it does the same thing.

Ugh. Computers.

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TurinTurambar · #6 January 26th, 2005, 01:57 PM

OK. So the error occurs when I click an arrow in the bottom of the texture window and open a file browser. (Attached screenshot). If I click to set an external texture to that button, that's the error I get.

Now. The problem is, once you set that button to that texture it can never be changed, that's a function of the program that TodZ mentions even in his tutorial. And now that the texture is in there, anytime you try to edit any pallet, it sees that error in loading to PicLib and the whole thing crashes. The whole program is now completely defunct. The only solution is to manually remove all of DoGA (data/mecha backed up of course) and reinstall the whole thing.

That TOTALLY blows. Has anyone else had this problem? I have all my external textures in a folder on the Desktop... is that wrong? / should they be "installed" somehow? Where do you guys save your textures?

I know it's not a size problem, cuz I have several at the recommended 512x512 and those don't work either. I also know it's not a filetype problem; they're all jpeg's.

I'm at a loss and haven't worked on a model in a week and that's really buggin me...

I'll reinstall it tonight and try to get that funky error again. I've tried emailing TodZ, but he hasn't responded.

Turin

<edit: found the error screenshot>

zircher · #7 February 18th, 2005, 05:52 PM

What's your current status on that PAME bug? I think I replied off list several weeks ago. One possiblity that has come to mind is that a progressive JPG image might freak out the image library code if it didn't know how to parse it. Also, I think you can just edit an INI file to remove files from your texture scratch pad without having to re-install L3.
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TAZ

Specifically, you can edit dogal3.ini with any text editor and change/delete the UserTexture entries. That might save you some grief.