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WeatherScan Local Emulator Project => General Emulator Discussion => Topic started by: curtjr4 on February 19, 2009, 09:05:37 PM
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What is that supposed to mean? I get that screen in the emulator. Is htis a problem with the NWS, or my config on CINE?
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If this occurs for more than 30min then something is wrong. If not this is shown when some data is not being downloaded by the emulator correctly. This may be anything from a NWS data issue or internet connection hiccup.
If the emulator was working before and you made changes in CINE then undo those changes and see what happens.
Restart your computer and ensure no programs are blocking the internet connection to the program.
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Yep, the problems have been corrected by resetting some things in CINE. One thing to ask though, in the future, will Brian implement the animated icons like seen in his little WeatherStar XL Sketch video?
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Yep, the problems have been corrected by resetting some things in CINE. One thing to ask though, in the future, will Brian implement the animated icons like seen in his little WeatherStar XL Sketch video?
animated icons were not used in the weatherscan product, and i can almost tell you why.. for the XL to show a LF, all the product pages needed to be rendered before the presentation on the screen.. however with the weatherscan product, there was a different graphical engine used where products were rendered in realtime. animated icons were used, however due to the slow playback of the icon in realtime, i believe that thats why it was stopped.
in regards to my emulator, even if i wanted to have animated icons, it would increase the system requirements to require a higher performance computer inorder to provide animated icons. the small benefits dont entirely make it beneficial, however.. in the event i do have some way of doing that, i wouldnt have a problem..
if i was to create an xl emulator (the general LF kind) it would always render the emulation before it was played back. in a conversation with Martin, I asked, if 4 minutes to build together an image sequence that would encompass a star xl presentation, would it be too much time, or with the time. his responce was that it was definatly worth the time for what your getting in return.
food for thought
:velho:
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Well, will some more products come out as well? Or was this all of them?
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Well, will some more products come out as well? Or was this all of them?
The emulator is amazing in the sense that it can be expanded without too much difficulty. As time goes on, the emulator will grow as well. Dont think of this emulator like the 4000 emulator. Unlike that emulator this program will continue to develop and change.