POV-Ray : Newsgroups : moray.win : Re: SeaShell Plugin : Re: SeaShell Plugin Server Time
24 Jun 2024 07:40:12 EDT (-0400)
  Re: SeaShell Plugin  
From: Philippe Gibone
Date: 9 Jun 2003 07:12:25
Message: <3ee46b99@news.povray.org>
Hi Thomas
Thanks for being concerned.


> The pre-defined shape 'coquille' is the basis for all lamellibranch and
> brachiopod shells, so mostly the bivalve class. I think the name should be
> changed to 'lamellibranch', as more specific.
I agree ("coquille" is a very generic name in french) , and will do it

> Maybe a bug: when changing parameters in, for instance, coquille, and
> switching then to ammonite, the shape inherites the changed parameters (at
> least it looks so when viewing the wireframe which is not the basic shape
> anymore). As far as I can tell, this only happens to the ammonite. All
other
> selections show the basic one. Deleting the shell and restarting the
plugin,
> of course shows the correct ammonite shape.
> Maybe another bug, I am not sure: Several times while changing parameters,
> Moray froze. Only way out was ctrl-alt-del and restart Moray, although the
> mdl was corrupt sometimes and had to be deleted before (due to the crash
> exit, no doubt). It may be that the freeze happened because of an
> incompatible parameter value (too high for instance) so that the wireframe
> update took too long or was not possible.
I think all your problems come from the known bug :
When you choose a predefined Shell in the listbox, the parameters are
updated so the wireframe, but the dialog part of the screen is not updated.
I don't know if it is a FullMoon bug (I asked the author), or if there
exists a function that I don't know, sort of UpdateWindows (if any one knows
it...). A turnaround : select another object (even a light or a camera),
then selectionner the shell : the good parameters are displayed.
I experienced the freezing of Moray when I forget to select another object,
then select back the shell.

pgb


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