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From: jrex@netcom.com (Jason Keeney)
Subject: Re: VistaPro
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Gautama Buddha (sukebe@netcom.com) wrote:
: In article <3kaqhb$54l@matlock.mindspring.com>,
: Baby Jocko <P@yo_baby.com> wrote:
: >mdu@gems.vcu.edu said...
: >>Does anyone, anyone at all have or use VistaPro?  I really need help..
: >I use VistaPro.  BTW, IMO, is awesome.

: VistaPro is _hideously_ useful.  I just wish VRLabs would support the mac
: version ... it's not very stable as it is (1.0), and some of the algorithms
: could be improved.  Sky, for example.  VistaPro's sky generation system is
: okaaaaaay, Bryce's is so much better ... but Bryce is so hard to actually
: *USE* ... and it doesn't do trees, like VistaPro does. :(

i too have and use vistapro and yes, it is great... but i wish their
.DEM format was the same as the USGS one... thier version is some tweaked
thing that i cant figure out.  does anybody know where i can get format
information for the vistapro version of the .DEM file?  is vr-labs
releaseing such information?  i've got version 1.somethingerother and
the docs certainly dont say anything about it.  does it say anything
int he docs of a later version?  i'd really like to be able to save fractal
landscapes made in vistapro into a format i can use...

jason
jrex@netcom.com

