Not sure what I'm doing wrong but I can't get any scenes exported.
I have:
-downloaded and installed POV-Ray 3.6
-made a folder called FramsticksMovies inside the POV-ray\3.6 folder
-copied framsticks-standard.inc into that folder
-set VisualSyle in Framsticks to standard
-in Interface Options : Export world: POV-ray set output directory to be FramsticksMovies
-clicked the Enable Export button (the Export enabled tick appears)
-clicked the Export Current Scene button (the windows hourglass appears for a couple of seconds and the Export enabled tick disappears)
-looked for exported files in the FramsticksMovies folder but nothing there, no world.inc either
-tried all the above with a Framsticks action scene running but again no files created
Help please! What am I doing wrong? Do I need to do some more setting up in POV-ray itself?
Thanks,
Ian
Could you try the same thing
Could you try the same thing with the output directory set to '.' (single dot) and look for world.inc and scene_0000.pov in the Framsticks folder (where the executable resides)? Just click the Export Current Scene button.
Yep, that worked! - both
Yep, that worked! - both files were exported. I then tried it with action and files were exported for those as well.
I then created a folder at that same level (ie. one level down from the Framsticks folder) and called it iwFramstickMovies. I set the output directory to ".iwFramsticksMovies" and tried exporting the current scene. It told me that the scene file had been exported to .iwFramstickMovies\scene_0278.pov but when I looked in the iwFramstickMovies folder there was nothing there. I retried it with the output directory set to iwFramstickMovies (no dot) and it worked and it also worked for action. So, problem solved.
The lesson I've learned is that I simply need to make sure that the output folder is in the Framsticks folder. Makes sense (now!).
Thanks again Maciej. Don't you ever rest? I'm in Tasmania (Australia) by the way - it's 8 pm on a Saturday - must be Saturday morning in Poland?
Cheers
Ian
> I set the output directory
> I set the output directory to ".iwFramsticksMovies"
This is incorrect.
".\iwFramsticksMovies" is OK.
> I simply need to make sure that the output folder is in the Framsticks folder.
Not necessarily, it could be "C:" as well, or "C:\somefolder". Just remember not to add the trailing "\".
> must be Saturday morning in Poland?
I do rest, but I'm keeping my eye on this forum recently - there seems to be somebody out there who does not rest much :-) It's Sat 1 pm in Poland now.
Hi Maciej - Well, I've made
Hi Maciej -
Well, I've made my first movie, which is very satisfying! Framsticks > POV-ray > VirtualDub, and all went well. Thanks again for your help. I'm so pleased with it that I've loaded the clip of my food-finding quad onto my Facebook page to show my friends (who are a bit bewildered by it all but they are very polite to me).
The next challenge is to develop my own .inc code but....it seems a bit daunting. There doesn't seem to be much documentation on developing the renders themselves. Is there anything you could point me to that would show me the basics?
Do the .inc files need to be written in code from scratch or is there a software package that you could suggest that I use to generate the code (or parts of it?).
Perhaps it's POV-ray itself that I should use?
[EDIT]...having now looked at POV-ray since I wrote the above, I think I've answered my own question! I should look before I ask! I'll dive into POV-ray and sink or swim.
Cheers
Ian
Yes, writing .inc files is
Yes, writing .inc files is pure POV-Ray, you can look at different .inc files provided in the Framsticks distribution (be sure to render your scenes using various styles provided!) - see also http://www.framsticks.com/a/al_pict
The idea is to redefine the way Joints and Parts are rendered, and use properties of Joints and Parts (stamina, ingestion ability, friction coefficient, etc.) to modify the way they are rendered. This can be a lot of fun if you didn't sink in POV-Ray :-)