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From: groo@chsdip (Bill Squier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Imagine: "World Famous Support" ?? (LONG)
Message-ID: <663388289-comp.sys.amiga@chsdip.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jan 91 23:50:23 GMT
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In message <12505@hubcap.clemson.edu> ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (Doug Dyer), writes:
>
>PS: My shipment didn't come with any zerox to explain the textures and effects,
>and I was trying to explode a sphere (primitive). Well, I called up and after
>insisting that I'm pressing return after each entry I ask him if perhaps some
>objects won't explode.  
>    He says all will explode.  Even primitives? Yes even primitives.  Well,
>I finally got the doc on the effects and it explicitly says the sphere wont
>explode (after a lot of frustration).

The tech support guy was entirely correct in this case.  There are TWO
different types of spheres.  One is the CSG sphere, and the other is the
PRIMITIVE sphere (made of polygons).  When you pull down the "Functions"
menu, and the sub-item "Add", you'll note a list of four things pops up,
"Axis", "Sphere", "Ground", "Primitive".  See, there's a sphere there,
and if you select primitive, you'll see a choice for sphere in there as well.

It's the one in the "primitives" requester that can be exploded, et al.


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