Well darned if it wasn't checked! When I dragged the file over to the other machine it changed the settings on that program as well. Time to have the eye doctor up my perscription a notch.

I've got it installed on 64 bit Windows 7 no problem.

The Bryster sets up our entry page. Since this is the February/March challenge look for it around March 25th. A post with the header "A Night at the Movies Entry Page Is Up!" will appear in the forum with a thumbtack next to it. For a while it will be pinned to the top of the forum so it can't move down. You will enter from a link in this post not in the post itself. You should also be able to click on the words Challenge Page at the top of the forum header to get to the entry page.

Your picture should be 800wide by 600tall pixels or less in jpg format. You could choose to make it square but 600x600 is the biggest size. Whatever ratio it must fit inside an 800x600 box. It also must take less than 250kb of memory. Lot's of shifting colors can make your picture memory too big even if it fits inside 800x600 box.

You make your own thumbnail and post it with the entry. Thumbnails are 100x100 pixels, jpg format, and smaller than 15kb memory. The thumbnail can be the entire picture shrunk down or just a portion of the final picture.

There will be a box for text. You should write what the scene is about. No one in the US has heard of 1 1/2 Ritter, We barely know who Tin Tin is. Give us some help by setting up the scene. You should also give credit to imports like Victoria 4 from DAZ or even freebies made by other people. If you built the room yourself in Hexagon then imported it say so. Lastly if you built the room in Bryce and it's not imported, then brag about it in the text.

Nudity Rule: If your image shows bare female breasts, genitalia, or bare buttoxs it's considered nudity by prevailing laws where Renderosity's computers are located. (Nashvilleish, TN USA) You can post the image by clicking the content advisory box for nudity when you upload. There is parential advisory software that will block these images from displaying to children. The thumbnail must not show these portions of the anatomy because the content advisory is on the image not the thumbnail. You can crop to show just the head and sholders, draw black boxes, or post a text with words Content Advisory, Nudity, whatever.

Violence Rule: No spattering fountains of gore or S&M images allowed without content advisories or modified thumbnails. These two are site wide rules covered in Renderosity's terms of service and one of the few pages where pressing the language button actually changes the text. http://www.renderosity.com/tos.php As a german speaker please try this page and tell us if it makes sense.

The winner of the last contest Orbital got to pick the theme for this contest. He got to pick some specific rules and they are listed in another pinned thread at the top of the forum. Sticky: February/March Bryce Challenge - A Night At The Movies - Official Thread

If you read it you will see Orbital said imports and postwork are allowed. Sometimes we have all Bryce challenges where no modifications are allowed. In either case you are allowed to sign your work and it will not be considered postwork.

Imports and postwork, how much? Lot's of people use Poser or DAZ Studio and import people. That's something bryce was set up to do. If you got the DAZ cloud city scene and all you did was change the camera location then it's not really your own work. Content should be imported to set up an entirely new scene. If you can use Bryce then use Bryce.

How about a scene specific to this months challenge: I'd like to show the back of people's heads in a theater watching the screen. The majority of the picture is filled with this screen and the movie is Casablanca. I could import a frame from the movie and paste it up. 70-80% of my image is a photo I spent no time on. The rules allow this but members won't like or vote for it. The correct way to do this would be build the scene using DAZ characters and building Rick's Place out of poser primitives. I could paste this image as the screen image and the render would be 100% mine. The contest is as much about how well you use Bryce as it is about composition.

I downloaded everything when Microsoft bought them out. The Truespace manual is in a file called ts76pdf.exe I got it but it may not be on this machine. It's gonna take about 2 hours to search all 2.8Tb unindexed. Don't click on any of the warez or torrent links. They're just viruses waiting to happen.

I'm not angry at all. More like a little guilty. I'm back in University again after 25 years. I don'y get to spend nearly as much time here as I would like. When I show up I tend to jump into the middle of whatever's going on and jump back out again. I don't often clean up after myself.

Please excuse the half hearted translation. What I remember of German I took 35 years ago the verbs went first. Spoken it was like Yoda in Star Wars. Don't necessarily blame the translation. The rules as posted are confusing in english as well.

If there is anything unclear to you please feel free to ask questions. I have a couple of brain cells still working to rub together but am not shy about talking. I'm happy to keep the conversation going till someone shows up with the answer. 

Babelfish is a wonderful program, but it doesn't get subject verb order right sometimes. Anyway here goes...

Diese sind ursprünglichen Spezifikt. für die Herausforderungen.

Die Rückstellung Bildgröße ist 800 x 600. Wegen der Forum Plangröße, funktionieren diese Maße gut.

Größeres alles erweitert über den Rändern hinaus. (und Blicke schrecklich)

Dieses Gewinde bleibt hier an der Oberseite des Forums, bis ich Bryce Backpage zusammengefügt erhalte. I' ll auch legen eine Verbindung zu dieser Seite in jedes Herausforderungsgewinde und laden Bereich.

 Dank für Ihre Geduld ICM

Bryce Forum-Monatsherausforderungs-Richtlinien - (allgemeiner Überblick)

Jeden Monat hat das Bryce Forum eine themenorientierte Monatsherausforderung. Alle Renderosity Mitglieder werden eingeladen teilzunehmen.

Die Sieger der vorhergehenden Monate Herausforderung wählen das Thema für die folgende Herausforderung.

 RICHTLINIEN;

Überblick –

Verursachen Sie ein Bild in jeder möglicher Version von Bryce basiert auf dem Thema der Herausforderung.

• Gewährend Pfosten-arbeiten Sie zusammen mit dem Import der Modelle 3D, oder Abbildungsbeschaffenheiten wird auf einer Monatsbasis entschieden *

 * Diese spezifischen Richtlinien können pro die Mitglieder ändern, die jedes Monatsthema verursachen.

• Lesen Sie bitte die Besonderen über den laufenden Monat, von der Herausforderungsverbindung unter der Bryce Forum-Fahne.

• Alle Eintragungen sind die neuen Bilder, die ursprünglich für die Herausforderung verursacht werden, bitte bekannt geben keine alten Arbeiten (uns wünschen Sie kreativ bleiben).

• Fühlen Sie bitte sich frei, bekanntzugeben in Bewegungarbeiten (WIP), die im Bryce Forum, wie Sie Ihre Weise zu Ihrem entscheidenden Eintrag bearbeiten.

• Entscheidende Einträge müssen von jedem Mitglied zu dem geladen werden Monate Herausforderungsbereich. Sehen Sie " Fordern Sie Upload" heraus; verbinden Sie in der Bryce Forum-Überschrift.

• Fühlen Sie sich frei, Ihre entscheidenden Einträge in Ihre eigene persönliche Galerie zu jeder Zeit bekanntzugeben, nachdem Sie sie in die Herausforderung geladen haben. Abstimmung

• Die Abstimmung nimmt /continue für 3 Tage (im Bryce Forum), wenn nicht anders vermerkt.

• Irgendein Renderosity Mitglied kann wählen, ob sie die Herausforderung oder nicht eingetragen haben.

• Mitglieder können nicht für selbst wählen.

• Wahlsystem 3-2-1 *

• Vor der Abstimmung sehen Sie alle Eintragungen an.

• Jeder Wähler entscheidet auf 3 Einträgen, die sie persönlich das Beste mögen.

 * Geben Sie dem Ihrem meisten Liebling 3 Punkte. 2 Punkte zu Ihrem folgenden und 1 Punkt zu Ihrem abschließenden Liebling.

• Wieder wird die Abstimmung im Bryce Forum, suchen nach dem " getan; Abstimmung Here" klebriges Gewinde. Stimmen sollten so bekannt gegeben werden;

MemberOne - 3 Punkte

MemberTwo - 2 Punkte

MemberThree - 1 Punkt

• 3 Abbildungen, Stimmen mit 3 Punkten, no more, keine kleiner. Unterschiedliches nichts kann nicht als Punktstimmen gegolten werden.

• Wieder wird die Abstimmung im Bryce Forum, suchen nach dem " getan; Abstimmung Here" klebriges Gewinde.

• Nach der Abstimmung, wird abgeschlossen, werden die Stimmen gebucht und die Sieger verkündet im Bryce Forum.

• Den Siegern werden ein Preisbild gegeben, das sie auf ihrem persönlichen Aufstellungsort verwenden können, oder jedoch sehen sie Sitz.

• Im Falle aller möglicher Riegel, teilen die Mitglieder die Platzierungen.

• Die ersten Platz-Sieger, wählen dann das folgende Monatsthema. Eintragungs-Beschränkungen - Eintragungen sollten im .jpg-Format sein.

• Jpg' s sind, als 800x600 in den Maßen, ob potrait oder Landschaftsin den verhältnissen und unter 250kb nicht größer zu sein.

• Fühlen Sie sich frei, um Ihre Eintragung zu haben, die 800x600 oder in jedem möglichem Verhältnis kleiner als die Maße ist. Quadratische Verhältnisse können nicht als 600x600 größer sein.

• Eintragungen, die nicht innerhalb des Maßes oder der Kbbeschränkungen fallen, werden für Zustimmung und die Abstimmung die Größe neu bestimmt.

(Diese Bildbeschränkungen sind erforderlich, die Gesamtmenge von Kb' zu halten; s unten zu einem Minimum also zu den Mitgliedern mit langsameren Internetanschlüssen ist in der Lage, Eintragungen anzusehen, so gut wie möglich)

Thumbnails - Thumbnails können Pixel, Maximum nur sein 100x100. Irgendwie größer und sie lädt nicht. Jpgformat, Maximum 15kb.

A Note to Vista (sufferer...uhm..users)! Vista protects you from downloading these harmful EXE files with improper certificates by going through the entire download process then deleting the files if you don't run them immediately! I just tried to get the Bryce content and gorilla and they both never appeared on my USB drive.

To get these files, download to a place with lower security settings (Desktop, or Games) where write protection is turned off. Once on your machine they can be moved to another directory or drive.

DAZ has been very good lately about downloads book keeping. A couple months ago I went in to reset something else from the 7 pro purchase and found the 50 Spectacular Marble presets for Bryce. Mine had gotten corrupted. Gorilla, Dragon, etc. from way back in Poser 5 days were still there.

As to why free, why now? I hope this means a Bryce 8 soon. Truespace made everything free when they went out of business. The website is gone but CNet still has the final version for download. The other alternative is a Carerra hybrid they are going to fold pieces of Bryce and Hexagon into. Giving the base and selling the add-ons is also a good angle.

Whatever the reason it's very nice and generous.

Thanks DAZ!

I am guilty of a little fakery here. I get my emails on a plain white background. The section, " To unsubscribe from the daily digest:" actually had a link on the word unsubscribe to the actual page where this could be turned off. The link color was set to white so this word would be invisible on the 99% of people who still leave their backgrounds white. When I pasted this in the thread I changed it to the gray background Renderosity set in their forum stylesheet to make the point.

The "notifications" page is also actually called events.php . Without the color coding to hide it everyones browser would make the link show in a contrasting color. And why put the only other link to the misnamed page in a little speach bubble icon about three characters wide at the top right of the page? Everything else on pull down menus right below it is blazingly obvious. That's where I expected to find a link to the "Notifications" page. Why not just put up a big sign that says, "Beware of the Leopard"?

Some wiz kid thought this was a brilliant idea. So much so that he turned it on for everybody then hid the off switch. One screw up in the code is an accident. Four is deception. 

I was hoping someone could remember a city and save me some legwork. I found 9 Thomas McCanns in Virginia. Of those only three are in the right age range. One in Lynchburg is closest to Charlottesville and the medical center but has three females at the same address. Another is just outside DC and has a wife. The final one is single, exactly the right age, and in the Shenandoah valley but almost on the Tennessee border. U of VA medical center is not his closest choice for a hospital being almost 200 miles away.

On the bright side, no obit for a Thomas McCann has been filed in Virginia within a year. The other alternative to buying or renting is being in a care facility somewhere. 

Scoured the web for Thomas McCann and found nothing. I tried some random newspapers in cities like charlottesville. I even contacted the Hospital but they can't say anything due to HIPPA. Does anyone remember a hometown?

I'm running Bryce 7.1.0.74 on windows vista. obj exports from Poser 6 come in standing up. as do obj or 3ds I create in Rhino. If I import the poser export into Rhino it winds up on it's side. I think Wings has a switch setting but I don't know of one in Bryce. If your Bryce is the same as mine this shouldn't be happening.

Find the actual install folder for Bryce. C:Program FilesDAZ3DBryce 7. Mouse over the Bryce.exe file or right click and you should be able to read the File Version. If the number is lower than 7.1.0.74 go to your DAZ account page, click on Itimized Order History, and reset the Bryce download. This will allow you to download the latest version and upgrade.

obj files are made with the vertex numbers flipped 90 deg.  My Bryce automatically rotates them back. My Rhino leaves them flipped. 3ds aren't flipped to begin with. I saw this kind of behavior back in Bryce 5 or 5.5. The upgrade took care of it. What version of Bryce are you using?

Here are a few.

A mechanical dog

http://www-roc.inria.fr/gamma/download/affichage.php?dir=ANIMALS&name=Robark&last_page=23

K9 from Dr Who

http://www-roc.inria.fr/gamma/download/affichage.php?dir=ANIMALS&name=Y5719_K9&last_page=23

Dogbot

http://www-roc.inria.fr/gamma/download/affichage.php?dir=ANIMALS/&name=Dogbotv

robomouse

http://www-roc.inria.fr/gamma/download/affichage.php?dir=ANIMALS&name=robomouse&last_page=23

robocat

http://www-roc.inria.fr/gamma/download/affichage.php?dir=ANIMALS&name=ropurrF&last_page=23

aibo dog

http://www-roc.inria.fr/gamma/download/affichage.php?dir=MECHANICAL&name=aibo&last_page=35

mech walker

http://www-roc.inria.fr/gamma/download/affichage.php?dir=MECHANICAL&name=spider2_2&last_page=35

robo spider

http://www-roc.inria.fr/gamma/download/affichage.php?dir=MECHANICAL&name=spider_1&last_page=35