I have found many features missing from moray, but most notably, there
is no bump_map option. I am wondering-how could I get that to work(I am
POV-code illeterate.)well? Could I learn how to POV-code, then write an
.mtx or something.

Well, thanks in advance for responding.

P.S.- Despite a few missing features, your doing a bang up job,
Lutz-best, and most compatible, primitives modeler on the
market!(probably least expensive, too.)

--
"Intensification of food production to feed an increased
population only results in a further increase of population."
-Peter Farb


"It may be that my progeny[humans] will
teem over the earth like locusts,
stripping it bare,until they drown
in their own filth and hate the very
sight of one another and go
mad. Still they must go on,
because to grow without limit is
good and to accept the limits of the
law is evil." Ch.9-6 Ishmael, By Daniel Quinn.

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Well, isn't my face red. Moray does have bump maps. They just don't work as
I thought they would. I created a bumpmap in leveller that has a tiretread
sort of thing(one tread). Then I applied it to a torus, but all that
happens is that the torus has a lot of tiles of different shade. If you
want, I can send you the whole mess via e-mail.
Any help would be apprecited.

Thanks in advance...

Alex Magidow wrote:

> I have found many features missing from moray, but most notably, there
> is no bump_map option. I am wondering-how could I get that to work(I am
> POV-code illeterate.)well? Could I learn how to POV-code, then write an
> .mtx or something.
>
> Well, thanks in advance for responding.
>
> P.S.- Despite a few missing features, your doing a bang up job,
> Lutz-best, and most compatible, primitives modeler on the
> market!(probably least expensive, too.)
>
> --
> "Intensification of food production to feed an increased
> population only results in a further increase of population."
> -Peter Farb
>
> "It may be that my progeny[humans] will
> teem over the earth like locusts,
> stripping it bare,until they drown
> in their own filth and hate the very
> sight of one another and go
> mad. Still they must go on,
> because to grow without limit is
> good and to accept the limits of the
> law is evil." Ch.9-6 Ishmael, By Daniel Quinn.



--
"Intensification of food production to feed an increased
population only results in a further increase of population."
-Peter Farb


"It may be that my progeny[humans] will
teem over the earth like locusts,
stripping it bare,until they drown
in their own filth and hate the very
sight of one another and go
mad. Still they must go on,
because to grow without limit is
good and to accept the limits of the
law is evil." Ch.9-6 Ishmael, By Daniel Quinn.

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Alex Magidow wrote:

> Well, isn't my face red. Moray does have bump maps. They just don't work as
> I thought they would. I created a bumpmap in leveller that has a tiretread
> sort of thing(one tread). Then I applied it to a torus, but all that
> happens is that the torus has a lot of tiles of different shade. If you
> want, I can send you the whole mess via e-mail.
> Any help would be apprecited.
>
> Thanks in advance...

Well, fromt he sound of it, there are a number of possibilities. First, the
tiles could be caused by pixelation: ie: your bump image is too low res. Or, it
could be using a bad mapping. For a torus, acting as a tire, I think a simple
cylindrical projection is best...

Dunno if this helps...

(BTW, your sig's are longer than your message... not a good idea, in general)

Simon
http://home.istar.ca/~sdevet

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Hi Alex Magidow, you recently wrote in moray.win:

> Well, isn't my face red. Moray does have bump maps. They just don't work as
> I thought they would. I created a bumpmap in leveller that has a tiretread
> sort of thing(one tread). Then I applied it to a torus, but all that
> happens is that the torus has a lot of tiles of different shade. 
Make sure you understand how imagemaps and bumpmaps are applied to
objects, specifically the projection type. Then if you still reckon it
has something to with Moray, upload the MDL and bumpmap to
ftp.stmuc.com/pub/moray/incoming and I'll take a look.

- Lutz
  email : lut### [at] stmuccom
  Web   : http://www.stmuc.com/moray

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Lutz you have to be the coolest guy I've ever seen on the internet.
I'm a newbie to POV/Moray and I've been lurking here for a while
trying to pick stuff up (making the occasional post) and you are very
active. This is the second time I've seen you actually offer to
"debug" (for lack of a better word) someone's code. I can't think of a
cooler thing than to run into a problem with a program and have the
developer actually fix my code for me free of charge. Keep up the
outstanding work!

<wipes the brown off his nose - sorry but it had to be done>

Lutz Kretzschmar wrote in message <35f### [at] 19417421410>...
>Make sure you understand how imagemaps and bumpmaps are applied to
>objects, specifically the projection type. Then if you still reckon
it
>has something to with Moray, upload the MDL and bumpmap to
>ftp.stmuc.com/pub/moray/incoming and I'll take a look.

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Hi Nicholas Hanson, you recently wrote in moray.win:

> Lutz you have to be the coolest guy I've ever seen on the internet.
Awwww, shucks <blush>. Thanks.

- Lutz
  email : lut### [at] stmuccom
  Web   : http://www.stmuc.com/moray

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