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From: mperdue@hrtc.net (Mario Perdue)
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Subject: Re: Using RSDV
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 15:18:03 GMT
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Jack,

You're not being ignored. I just don't have an answer yet. I'll keep
trying to find one.

Mario

On Tue, 19 Aug 1997 18:15:22 -0700, Jack Bowman
<jackbowman@sprintmail.com> wrote:

>I generated a .RSD file using 3DS2RSD.EXE from a 19 sub-object 3DStudio
>model, but found that the resulting file had only 1 object in it (which
>would make it hard to animate).  Then I tried the plugin, which created
>19 separate .RSD files (with corresponding .ply, .mat, and .grp files). 
>I then used this file set with RSDLINK.EXE to create a single .TMD
>file.  I still don't have the keyframe data from the .3DS file, but
>expect I can get it out some way, in order to animate the model on the
>Yaroze.
>
>When I wanted to use RSDVIEW (RSDV.BAT) to view the result (with the
>redundant RSDLINK step cut out), I found that PACKDATA (called by
>RSDV.BAT) wants a single .RSD file as an arguement, while I have 19 of
>them, with 8 .TIM files.
>
>So far, I have not been able to create the .PCK file required by
>RSDVIEW, and I cannot find documentation on PACKDATA.
>
>Is there a way to use RSDVIEW to view my model, or will it be necessary
>to write a program for this?  Is the SOURCE for the programs of RSDV.BAT
>available?
>
>Thanks