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From: menzies@CAM.ORG (Stephen Menzies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: DCTV
Message-ID: <1991Apr28.083028.4990@CAM.ORG>
Date: 28 Apr 91 08:30:28 GMT
References: <8852@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Altitude.CAM.ORG, St-Lambert QC  CANADA
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seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) writes:

>In-Reply-To: message from bobl@graphics.rent.com

>IMAGINE is copy protected...
> 
>It apparently does some kind of snap shot of your system.  Try to run it on
>another machine after you've installed it, and it'll crash.  

I'm not so sure, sean. I have two machines and have moved the program
from one to the other after it was installed. I've had no problems other
than what I would consider *real* bugs in the software, many of which
I have verified with other registered users who are running it on the
original machine it was installed on. 
> 
>It'll stick wierd control characters in your GLOBALS timeline...insert
>ACTORS that aren't there.  And if you get as far as a RENDER, it LOCKS
>after the initialization phase.
> 
I haven't had any problems with those. The problems I have had are:
	1> System often crashes on an Undo (after heavy editing);
	2> System crashes after entering unreasonable numbers in the
	   Action editor;
	3> Cycle editor refuses to load a "cycle" object that has been
	   saved and reloaded 8 times (I had this verified, reported
	   it to Impulse(1.0) and they haven't fixed it(1.1);
	4> Grouped objects often "fly" away from their own axis(!) in
	   the Stage editor during rotations. (can't figure this one out
	   but it seems that if you add an increment of .0001 to the
	   position bar on 1,2 and sometimes 3 axis, from the original
           position it loaded in, the object is ok again);
	5> the accuracy of 1/1000 is not always maintained. (things move
	   around aliittle).
	6> their are others I can't think of right now and I suppose 
	   many more to come:( but the point being, maybe you got a
	   "bum" copy or you have found some *new* bugs.)
>The protection has been verified by IMPULSE!
> 
Sounds pretty strange to me inlight of the above.  
>Sean
> 
>BTW> I'm not a pirate...I was trying to demonstrate the local dealer's copy
>     at a TV station.  After an hour's work, I decided to call Impulse, and
>     their tech support (such as it is) told me about the protection.
> 
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Stephen Menzies
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