Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!vsi1!zorch!ditka!qiclab!baer From: baer@qiclab.UUCP (Ken Baer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Prob. with ShowANIM ? Message-ID: <3472@qiclab.UUCP> Date: 11 Dec 89 17:47:24 GMT References: Reply-To: baer@qiclab.UUCP (Ken Baer) Distribution: na Organization: Animators Anonymous, Portland, Oregon. Lines: 25 In article dg49+@andrew.cmu.edu (David A. Gillespie) writes: >I have been having a problem with ShowANIM, and don't know what to do. I try >to ShowANIM filename, and it gives me the first screen and then says "illegal >op value for delta mode". This doesn't happen for all ANIMs, but it has >happened for ones like HappyGuy Here's the problem: this is a Sculpt3/4D Movie file. It is not a legal ANIM (op 3|4|5) file. Byte-by-Byte used the ANIM file structure, but used their own packing format. Therefore, you can only view these files with their PD Movie program. Luckily, they added true ANIM support to their latest version of 4D. You can convert these Movie files to ANIM using Animation:Editor, if you need to mess around with the frames. Byte-by-Byte hasn't made their movie format public, so you can't modify or work with the frames in a Movie file, unless you convert it to IFF's or ANIM. But, if you just want to view the animations, pick up a copy of Movie off your local BBS. Hope this helps. >Dave -- // -Ken Baer. Programmer/Animator, Hash Enterprises. \X/ Usenet: baer@qiclab.UUCP or PLink: KEN BAER "I want to be an ..... ARCH VILLIAN!!!" -- Petey Pate.