Problem of mapping an image accurately on a terrain in Vue has been discussed often... With a 512x512 terrain and a 512x512 bitmap, (or when terrain and map resolution are identical), I found the best to check 'faces' for mapping and 'object standard'. then, it is easy to map the image: resize the image by 11.36 in X and also 11.36 in Y. (if you choose, 'automatic' in place of 'faces', the picture will be reversed !) With Vue Pro this is sufficient to obtain the good mapping... With Vue4.2, I find it necessary to offset the image by half its size in X and in Y.. here, it would be offsetX 256, and offsetY 256. Once you get the good mapping, if you resize globally the terrain, then you'll have to resize the texture in the browser with the same value ! (rumen franis: dans l'iteur de texture, augmenter la taille par 11.36 dans les deux axes, vifier que le mode de mappage est 'objet standard', et choisir 'faces' au lieu de automatique. puis faire un offset de 256 pixels en X et en Y. Si on redimensionne globalement le terrain par la suite, il faudra redimensionner la texture avec la me valeur. exemple, si on grandit le terrain 1.5 fois sa valeur de dart qui ait 1.00 en x et y, il faut amener la texture 1.5 aussi.. cela se fait dans la fenre se trouvant sous la prisu en haut du browser! l'image jointe reprente un essai sous Vue Pro... avec Vue4 il faut en plus faire l'offset de 256 pour une image 512x512...) Maybe there are other easier ways ? this is the one I use, hope it can help a little :)

My two cents... if you have a scanner, try scanning your own signature in shades of gray and use the pic in a Vue terrain then clip the unwanted parts.. you can obtain a very neat 3d effect with the whole range of Vue's texturing and lighting :)

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Normally VuePro, on startup should tell you if your card is recognized and compatible... then, if it is, the first thing to try if you experience crashes is to try disable 'backdraw thread"... if this doesn't solve the issue, I feel you should simply reinstall completely the app.. I know this seems absurd, but many have observed that the first install is sometimes defective. Hope you can get through that ;) Paul (P.S of course be sure you have the latest updates for your video board.. and the last official update from E-on)

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Check that 'force use reflexion maps' is not checked in options..

Maybe You mean you have a problem while trying to work WITH this tut ? I tried it I've Vue Pro, the tut is on CD3 : 07Flickering lights and all is OK everything works... maybe a screenshot of the prob would help ? (if you have no tool to make a screenshot, use the printscreen key of keyboard, go into your usual 2d app, edit/paste...) Paul

I suppose when you say 'larger' area, that in fact you mean 'deeper' area and I explained it above : the deepness of the zone is mainly tied to the amount of BLUR percentage.. the size (in deepness, thickness etc...) in focus is between the two planes you can see in the camera cone..

Now you must be aware that this zone represents only a space where sharpness is SUPPOSED to be tolerable the real 'total' sharpness would be where the square helper dot is ... a virtual plane in fact
this tolerability being really subjective you may find, with large amount of blur percentage that you can't obtain your object sharp enough to your taste ...

[but if you look only for the wideness(larger angle)it is the FOCAL setting you have to reduce(as for a regular camera, the smaller the number, the wider the angle...)]

(Pardon me if I did not understand the point of your question exactly..)
Paul

Depending on whether you have Vue4 or Vue4 Pro, the answer would not be exactly the same... in Vue4, when you choose some blur percentage, you'll see two planes appear in the camera cone (the lines that materialize the sight of cam in 3D views) This is the zone in focus. the more you augment the blur, the shorter the space between thee planes. when you edit the number in control, you move this 'zone box' along the cone. In Vue Pro there is a 'helper'(in form of a small squared dot) you can move more precisely and even link to the object of your choice that you want to be kept in focus.. in both cases I find it preferable to choose a long focal for camera... hope this helps a little Paul

You'll have to restart the application though...

.. It is not the terrain you need to edit if you want to modify its texture, it is the material of your terrain... right click in mat preview and edit... for the triangle ? ..maybe two objects not joining... did you use boxes or terrains with water mat ?

You just select menu/ Python/run Pyton Script... you'll get a file browser letting you choose the script... after running the script, render your picture!