can i use 3ds 4 in XP PRO - advice,specs,configs?
J M 8941
porgram and uses DOS based apps. ived got it on my fat32 hd now, and have beern
trying to cover all the details before first run
i hope this wont be a disaster...
please advise me in any way you can thanks
ron
Mythos
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You can't run it in XP, you need to make at bootdisk and boot to DOS on it.
You can get some help here http://www.bootdisk.com/
Kim
Jan Gruetz
(right click on .exe in xp)
Jan
Steve Morley
> im finaly going to try 3ds 4 on my xp machine, im very worried since its
an old
> porgram and uses DOS based apps. ived got it on my fat32 hd now, and have
beern
> trying to cover all the details before first run
Here's a recent posting that should cover it for you. You'll also
probably need the Fast CPU Fix found at:
http://www.stevemorley.com/hobbies/3d/index.php?cmd=links
Steve
On Tue, 25 May 2004 12:03:39 -0500, Boll Weevil <dr...@maytag.com>
wrote:
>On Tue, 25 May 2004 08:01:41 GMT, "sidolab" <wa...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi all
>> having problems running 3d studio r4 in the lofter and 3d
editor
>>screens
>> when I select a function in the command column the pc hangs
for
>>about 30 secs before I can use the command . Will render and load meshes
no
>>problem.
>
>Try quitting into DOS mode and using 3DS from there. Otherwise, use
>the following info for correctly configuring your windows 98, 2000, or
>XP.
>
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>
>Running 3D Studio 4 from Windows 98
>
>To allow 3D Studio to use SciTech Display Doctor, you will need to use
>the "Accelerated Display Driver" display driver option in 3D StudioŐs
>setup. On cards that do not natively support banked modes, such as the
>3Dlabs Permedia and Permedia 2, Number Nine Imagine series and other
>non-VGA cards, make sure that you are running 3D Studio within
>Windows. To do this, you may need to take the following steps:
>1.1. Copy PHARLAP.386 from the 3D Studio directory to the
>WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Note that it is a hidden file so in DOS, you
>will have to run "ATTRIB -h PHARLAP.386" before copying the file.
>
>2.Edit your SYSTEM.INI file and add a line under the [386Enh] section
>that reads: device=pharlap.386
>
>3.You may need to edit the shortcut to the MS-DOS Prompt or edit your
>CONFIG.SYS file to increase environment space.
>Either:
>a) On the MS-DOS PromptŐs Programs tab append the following onto the
>Command Line entry: /E:1024
>b) In your CONFIG.SYS file add: 'shell=c:\windows\command.com
>c:\windows /p /e:1024' , where c:\windows is the directory where
>COMMAND.COM is located.
>
>4.Run "3DS VIBCFG" from the directory where 3D Studio is installed.
>a) In the main display section, choose "VESA compatibles - xxx" where
>xxx is the resolution and color depth you want to view
>b) In the materialsdisplay section repeat step a
>c) In the render display section repeat step a d) In the flic playing
>choose "VESA compatibles"
>
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>
>Running 3D Studio 4 from Windows 2000 & XP
>
>1. Add the line DEVICE=C:\3ds4\pharlap.386 in the [386Enh] section of
>the system.ini file
>2. Download the Rainport driver from the link
>http://www.specview.com/rainport.exe
>3. Log into XP or 2k as the Administrator
>4. Run the Rainport.exe program in a temporay folder on the hard disk
>- this will extract several files and sub-folders
>5. Copy all the files and folders to a floppy disk
>6. Run SETUPx86.exe from the floppy and follow the instructions on the
>screen
>7. Reboot the computer
>8. Go into your 3DS4 directory and issue this command "CFIG386 3DS.EXE
>-realbreak 0"
>9. Then to the "3ds vibcfg", I've heard you must use VGA or SVGA (I
>haven't tried otherwise)..................that's it!!
Wooops... for Windows 98, forget about all the referances to Scitech,
just follow steps 1 to 4.