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General => Terragen Discussion => Topic started by: Crystek on June 03, 2008, 12:56:11 PM

Poll
Question: How often do you forget to click "Set Camera"?
Option 1: EVERY FREAKING TIME! votes: 9
Option 2: Usually votes: 21
Option 3: Sometimes votes: 11
Option 4: Rarely votes: 12
Option 5: I never forget! votes: 0
Title: Poll: How often do you forget to click "Set Camera"?
Post by: Crystek on June 03, 2008, 12:56:11 PM
Too often, I get 15 minutes into the render & I realize I forgot to click "Set Camera." I was wondering if this happened to everyone or if it was just me.

Of course, sometimes "Set Camera" & "View Camera" are very useful if I'm experimenting with different camera positions.
Title: Re: Poll: How often do you forget to click "Set Camera"?
Post by: inkydigit on June 04, 2008, 03:27:19 AM
yeah, quite often, but I check often...recently whilst using Nikita's 'population restriction through camera projection' trick, if I moved the camera, forgot to set as current then hit re-populate, tgtp crashed everytime...doh!:)
Title: Re: Poll: How often do you forget to click "Set Camera"?
Post by: Tangled-Universe on June 04, 2008, 05:50:20 AM
Nikita's 'population restriction through camera projection' trick???
Where can I find that? ;D

Thanks in advance.

Martin
Title: Re: Poll: How often do you forget to click "Set Camera"?
Post by: inkydigit on June 04, 2008, 08:31:50 AM
check here martin
http://en.tgblog.de/?p=28 (http://en.tgblog.de/?p=28)
Title: Re: Poll: How often do you forget to click "Set Camera"?
Post by: rcallicotte on June 04, 2008, 08:39:47 AM
It's easier to make a mistake when I have more than one active camera or with the new system when I forget which button does what.
Title: Re: Poll: How often do you forget to click "Set Camera"?
Post by: Tangled-Universe on June 04, 2008, 01:15:06 PM
Quote from: inkydigit on June 04, 2008, 08:31:50 AM
check here martin
http://en.tgblog.de/?p=28 (http://en.tgblog.de/?p=28)

Oh yes...of course! I always forget to keep an eye on that site :( thanks Inky! ;D
Title: Re: Poll: How often do you forget to click "Set Camera"?
Post by: jaf on June 04, 2008, 07:04:35 PM
I wonder if making the "Set Camers" blink when it can be updated, to draw a little more attention to it.

Or maybe an option, when initiating a render (you cold turn it off by checking a "don't show this message again" box) to post a message like: "a camera position has changed -- do you want to update it before rendering?"
Title: Re: Poll: How often do you forget to click "Set Camera"?
Post by: Crystek on June 05, 2008, 11:10:50 AM
Hey, a message box is a good idea, jaf!  :)
Title: Re: Poll: How often do you forget to click "Set Camera"?
Post by: EBAndrew on June 05, 2008, 11:48:42 AM
Quote from: jaf on June 04, 2008, 07:04:35 PM
I wonder if making the "Set Camers" blink when it can be updated, to draw a little more attention to it...

Or even just have it highlighted orange or somesuch.

But yeah, this happens to me all the time.
Title: Re: Poll: How often do you forget to click "Set Camera"?
Post by: sjefen on June 05, 2008, 03:58:25 PM
I used to forget it. Not anymore, but I wish it's use where to only save the view.
Title: Re: Poll: How often do you forget to click "Set Camera"?
Post by: Tangled-Universe on June 05, 2008, 04:02:21 PM
When I wake up and go to work I usually start up a render and when I get back home (12-13 hours later) I'm checking the result.
It happend once that I forgot to save my camera-settings. Render(time) gone :( Now I rarely forget it :)
Title: Re: Poll: How often do you forget to click "Set Camera"?
Post by: lightning on June 10, 2008, 04:29:16 PM
yup i do this a lot!!!
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