Aquarium "Tweaking" Trick - Page 4

James · 03-04-2004, 05:10 AM

This thread should be consider as advance setting for MA....expecially Morgan's explanation are very good..even with pics....

ESHIREY · 03-04-2004, 09:37 AM

Wow Morgan , Great info .

Wizwad · 03-04-2004, 02:50 PM

And happy birthday Morgan. Another year closer to 30!

(I should be so lucky!

)

nick c · 05-14-2004, 03:10 PM

I am getting ~150 fps while downloading software and listening to MP3s and have a few other programs active in the background. So I'm not worried about taking a frame rate hit. I tried hitting 'N' and I just got an error sound, nothing changed. (I'm running a Mac, I don't know if that matters). Is this feature disabled in the latest version or not availabe on Macs?

Basically, I want to know what I can do to make it look its best, regardless of frame rate. Could someone please summarize?

Thanks!

JimO'Connor · 05-14-2004, 11:13 PM

Originally posted by nick c
I am getting ~150 fps while downloading software and listening to MP3s and have a few other programs active in the background. So I'm not worried about taking a frame rate hit. I tried hitting 'N' and I just got an error sound, nothing changed. (I'm running a Mac, I don't know if that matters). Is this feature disabled in the latest version or not availabe on Macs?

Basically, I want to know what I can do to make it look its best, regardless of frame rate. Could someone please summarize?

Thanks!

Hi Nick,

Calc Normals is "Shimmer" on the Mac product. Shimmer "high" is calc normals every frame for every fish. Shimmer "low" is calc normals for half of the fish each frame. Shimmer "off" is calc normalsl off. I don't think that there is a key equivalent for it.

I monitor the Mac list more closely than the Windows list, but Morgan is pretty good about answering the Mac questions when I don't see them.

cjmaddy · 05-15-2004, 05:19 AM

Nick,

I have no experience of Macs at all! - but if calc normals (Shimmer?), is available, I say USE IT!

Do a search through the forums for more information!

..... there's lots of it!

I'm not a, 'N key and CalcNormals paranoid obsessive!' for nothing!

03-04-2004, 05:10 AM	#61
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05-14-2004, 03:10 PM	#64
nick c Registered Join Date: May 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 18	in summary I am getting ~150 fps while downloading software and listening to MP3s and have a few other programs active in the background. So I'm not worried about taking a frame rate hit. I tried hitting 'N' and I just got an error sound, nothing changed. (I'm running a Mac, I don't know if that matters). Is this feature disabled in the latest version or not availabe on Macs? Basically, I want to know what I can do to make it look its best, regardless of frame rate. Could someone please summarize? Thanks!

05-14-2004, 11:13 PM	#65
JimO'Connor Mac Development Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kenai, Alaska Posts: 678	Re: in summary Originally posted by nick c I am getting ~150 fps while downloading software and listening to MP3s and have a few other programs active in the background. So I'm not worried about taking a frame rate hit. I tried hitting 'N' and I just got an error sound, nothing changed. (I'm running a Mac, I don't know if that matters). Is this feature disabled in the latest version or not availabe on Macs? Basically, I want to know what I can do to make it look its best, regardless of frame rate. Could someone please summarize? Thanks! Hi Nick, Calc Normals is "Shimmer" on the Mac product. Shimmer "high" is calc normals every frame for every fish. Shimmer "low" is calc normals for half of the fish each frame. Shimmer "off" is calc normalsl off. I don't think that there is a key equivalent for it. I monitor the Mac list more closely than the Windows list, but Morgan is pretty good about answering the Mac questions when I don't see them. Jim O'Connor Order N Development

05-15-2004, 05:19 AM	#66
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	Nick, I have no experience of Macs at all! - but if calc normals (Shimmer?), is available, I say USE IT! Do a search through the forums for more information! ..... there's lots of it! I'm not a, 'N key and CalcNormals paranoid obsessive!' for nothing!