Errors

[mikeyb44]

I just started using the application and I have been having some problems.

If I change the ac file and try to render F7 I get an error message that only/Edif and Render can be sent to one instance.

Anyway, when I exit out of the program and come back in, I get a different error message which I can't show you right now because the application won't load back up. If I try to restart it, I get the typical Dos screen and the script, it says it's reading the preferences and then shuts disapears. I will try to reboot and start again.

I tried to run the app from the command line and here is the output:


C:\Program Files\AC3D4>ac3d
AC3D 4.0.8 <UNREGISTERED> (C) Copyright 2003 Inivi

http://www.ac3d.org

AC3D_HOME is C:\PROGRAM FILES\AC3D4\
Initializing dynamic TCL
Loading settings from ac3dprefs.txt.
platform: Windows
TCL/TK appname: ac3d
C:\Program Files\AC3D4>

That's it!
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[Andy]

Try running it with 'ac3d -debug' and see how far it gets - it may give us more of an idea of where the problem is.

Andy

[mikeyb44]

I had to reboot and it started normally. I started modeling and it seems to be working. I will test it in a few hours in the debug mode. I also downloaded a plugin that was supposed to help the bmp textures. I am a programmer, so I will help to test this app as much as I can.

Thanks for your quick response.

Mike

[mikeyb44]

Just for kicks, after I exited out of the app, I restarted it and I received the following error:

Ddhelp has caused an Error in <unknown>
Ddhelp will now close

Then nothing loads.

Also, I would like to show screen shots of errors, is there a way to paste images into these threads?

[LiveWire]

you have to get a free web hosting site to upload images to, then add a link to that site.

sorry i dont know any good free web hostings :(

Philip

o and by the way, welcome

[mikeyb44]

When I run in debug mode, I can only capture the following:

206 'web_browser' ''
prefs file ac3dprefs.txt loaded OK.
eval_tcl_file tcl/ac3dkeys.tcl
eval_tcl_file tcl/ac3dutil.tcl
eval_tcl_file tcl/combobox.tcl
eval_tcl_file tcl/ac3dops.tcl
eval_tcl_file tcl/ac3dobject.tcl
eval_tcl_file tcl/ac3dhier.tcl
eval_tcl_file tcl/ac3dpalette.tcl
eval_tcl_file tcl/ac3dprefs.tcl
eval_tcl_file tcl/ac3dview.tcl
eval_tcl_file tcl/ac3d.tcl
received command : 'get_platform'
executing command 'get_platform'
RESULT: "Windows"
platform: Windows
TCL/TK appname: ac3d
received command : 'get_platform'
executing command 'get_platform'
RESULT: "Windows"
received command : 'get_app_mode'
executing command 'get_app_mode'
RESULT: "1"

I tried to redirect the output to a file using the following:

ac3d4 -debug >>errors.txt

but it is only capturing the last few lines of the output.

Mike

[Andy]

ddhelp is part of Direct X - which is strange because AC3D doesn't use it.

Perhaps the graphics card driver is having problems?

To get the debug output, it's best to just 'ac3d -debug' and copy/paste the messages after AC3D exits (since you will probably miss the end if you redirect the output).

Andy

[mikeyb44]

Andy, the text I posted above was the end of the output from

ac3d -debug

A whole screen of information went by and that is all that I could copy and paste.

[Andy]

The ddhelp thing points to a graphics library problem. Have you got the latest drivers for your graphics card? The Direct X version shoudln't be important but as one of the errors you got came from Direct X, you may need to check this too.

Andy

[mikeyb44]

OK, after one hour sleep, I have been working on this ever since. Before anything happened yesterday, I downloaded the latest drivers for my gforce adapter. This was a bad mistake!! It caused all kinds of problems on the whole system. I had to restore my system to get the old driver back but now I lost ac3d and PovRay. I'm going to download and install them both again and I will report any problems.

This brings us back to a new scenario. I only downloaded the new driver because I was having the same problems as some of the others on the forum with the Views not updating properly. My problem was the Front view, it was almost like it wasn't re-drawing or something because if the app was minimized and then maximized the last window that I was viewing i.e, browser, email etc. was showing in the Front View. That new driver basically crashed my system.

I will keep you posted. It seemed the nVidia driver also installed some other kind of app that was always trying to run in the background, it was using the run32dll.exe

[mikeyb44]

OK, I reinstalled both apps and opened a small model that I was able to create yesterday.

I hit F7 to render and I recieve the following error from PovRay

SSE2 detected - using SSE2 optimizations
Possible Scene File Parser Initialization Error: Could not find file 'OBJECT.POV'
Scene File Parser Initialization Error: Cannot open input file.


Returned from renderer with error status

Is this some kind of setting that I missed or is it a possible problem??

[foxa]

Make sure there are no spaces in your POV file name

Art

[mikeyb44]

There are no spaces in the file name I usally use a naming convention like
ThisObject or ThatObject I also avoid underscores in file names like This_Object. What I have had success with is exporting the file to PovRay and then rendering. If there are any errors in the texture etc. I can go into the Pov file and modify the code if I have to but at least the models look like they export correctly.

My last post about the Object.Pov not found was occuring yesterday as well before I encountered all my other problems. I will document the steps I am taking to duplicate the error if this helps.

Mike

[FRAME]

>> Ddhelp has caused an Error in ...
>> Ddhelp will now close

I also get errors like this. It seems there are problems with the newest NVIDIA drivers.

There were no problems before updating to the new drivers and there are no problems on my second computer ( a laptop, also with a NVIDIA 3D card, but older drivers. ( I think it is not a good idea to update this drivers, too) ).

AC3D is the only program which makes trouble like this.
I am using some more DirectX and OpenGL (!) software without any problems.

Frank

[mikeyb44]

I am still receiving the Could not find file 'Object POV' error.

I noticed the file is being created but it does not give it an extension so when Pov loads up, it can't find the file with the .Pov extension.

If I go and add the extension manually. The file will then render.

Suggestions??

I have also seen the dhelp error while using another appication, I do firmly believe that this error is being generated by the new NVIDIA drivers. Like I said, when I reverted back to the old one, I haven't had any problems with display or otherwise.

I'm trying my best to beat on the application, but I can't seem to pull myself away from it. I now want to model and render everything I see. I think I am going crazy!!