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|  |  | Anyone know the best (i.e. fastest rendering) way to make a seamless "loop-
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|  |  | None wrote:
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> Anyone know the best (i.e. fastest rendering) way to make a seamless
> "loop-the-loop" track?
Render one frame.  That loops fairly smoothly.
Regards,
John
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|  |  | On 2 Oct 2003 13:53:53 -0400, None <Non### [at] on ca> wrote:
>Anyone know the best (i.e. fastest rendering) way to make a seamless "loop-
>the-loop" track?
A bit more detail would help:-}
Regards
        Stephen Post a reply to this message
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|  |  | "None" <Non### [at] on ca> wrote in message
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> Anyone know the best (i.e. fastest rendering) way to make a seamless
"loop-
> the-loop" track?
If you just mean repeating a series of images, then I would assume that you
would be better off looping them in an external application, rather than
waste rendering time producing identical bitmaps.
Beyond that, what John and Steve said. Post a reply to this message
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|  |  | I'm pretty sure this person meant a loop-the-loop as in
a track that goes in a loop.  i.e.  flips over.
Like the old electronic cars we had as kids?  on the
race-track?  with the triggers that would speed it up.
It would get to a point where it would go up...up...up
and around in a circle, upside down at one point?
some people call that a loop-the-loop, or loop-de-loop.
i.e.  from the side:   ___.O.____
"Tom Melly" <fam### [at] tomandlu co  uk> wrote in message
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> "None" <Non### [at] on  ca> wrote in message
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> > Anyone know the best (i.e. fastest rendering) way to make a seamless
> "loop-
> > the-loop" track?
>
> If you just mean repeating a series of images, then I would assume that
you
> would be better off looping them in an external application, rather than
> waste rendering time producing identical bitmaps.
>
> Beyond that, what John and Steve said.
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|  |  | If I'm right, you want to make a race track type loop?  up up up and around?
if so, a simple bezier patch might work.  If you use Moray, it has a
totorial
on how to make bezier patches...and in the tutorial, they show you how to
twist one into a twisted ribbon type shape.  If the array was big enough
length
wise, and you played with it enough, I'm pretty sure you could get a loop,
instead
of just a twisting ribbon.
might want to download the software (if you don't already have it), and
check it out.
http://www.stmuc.com/moray/
"None" <Non### [at] on ca> wrote in message
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|  |  | John VanSickle <evi### [at] hotmail com> wrote in 
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Thanks John, I'm sorry I didn't explain what "loop-the-loop" track is.  
sOda figured me out, I meant a track loop, like in a roller coaster loop or 
actually more like the old "Hot Wheels" miniature car plastic track loops. Post a reply to this message
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|  |  | Stephen McAvoy <McA### [at] aol com> wrote in
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> A bit more detail would help:-}
Good point, sOda figured me out though. Post a reply to this message
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|  |  | "-s0da-" <ske### [at] msn com> wrote in news:3f7ca757$1@news.povray.org:
> I'm pretty sure this person meant a loop-the-loop as in
> a track that goes in a loop.  i.e.  flips over.
Yes, exactly!  Also like they used to have with "Hot Wheels" miniature car, 
a plastic track loop.  You let go of the car from the top of the track, it 
goes down and "loops the loop" without falling and continues down the 
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|  |  | "-s0da-" <ske### [at] msn com> wrote in
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> If I'm right, you want to make a race track type loop?  up up up and
> around? 
Yup, a race track loop, exactly.
 
> if so, a simple bezier patch might work.  If you use Moray, it has a
> totorial
> on how to make bezier patches...and in the tutorial, they show you how
> to twist one into a twisted ribbon type shape.  If the array was big
> enough length
> wise, and you played with it enough, I'm pretty sure you could get a
> loop, instead
> of just a twisting ribbon.
> 
> might want to download the software (if you don't already have it),
> and check it out.
> 
> http://www.stmuc.com/moray/
Ok, thanks, I don't have Moray.  I'll check it out, but I think it's 
shareware.  I'll see if I can make a bezier patch mathematically first. Post a reply to this message
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