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Above you have their location,@vevince0 :)

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Well, this topic is about VirtuaGirls and the functionality of the software. This category is as good as any other for this topic. To me, it's in the category it belongs in.

FYI......
We can relocate a thread to another category. However, as I'm sure you know, there's no such thing as a "Tutorials" category.

If you're refering to WA's thread Full Screen Mode - Examples - Tutorials - Scene samples, We can't relocate posts from one thread into another thread.

I'm aware of conversion fees,I buy stuff from China,Austria and England and everytime there is a disclaimer stating charges,handling fees and shipping over seas,I'm not new to this game.
I'm in America and I don't know where Epoch is located but its company never charged anything over what I purchase,every time was a even fifty and not a cent more,or seven or nine dollars.

The interactive loops ..dangling from something, spinning back to dressed magic etc. are all made for desktop use as treats for those members who like to move em around with mouse. I think they be excluded from F/S, i don't know if allow: interactive or magic say does anything. @Wyldanimal would know. If activating them requires a mouse, I'd say no, because our FullScreen doesn't have channel configurable in GLSL for that .

f0056 Paula Shy has also a footjob clip.

Okay, I thought that just affected the screensaver.

Another thing.
The new interactive VG shows have clips that doesn't seem to have a type. I found one that's just called Nude at start, several that just says magic and another that's just blank. None which seems to be played in fullscreen mode.
Is it possible to get them to play using a new type for the clip nodes to allow ?

Anyhow I just managed to customize the 2D background scenes so that all clips are played correctly, including behindtable and the swing.
Wouldn't been able to do it without the great help here. Thanks.

Hey guys, I'm sure some of you have noticed the "footjobs" some of the newer models have been performing such as samantha bentley and MS. Lynna. I'm just wondering if some of my more deep pocketed friend can name any other cards.

Thanks-Lonewolf

@scytha you have a good grasp of it now. happy coding 😉
Above pic is what I've always understood to be minimum/maximum single scene play
..is the player smart enough ....'
Yes it is...the biggest mistake peeps make when they see the No Clips Available banner...is that they have inadvertently left their eroticism settings too low or left inactive a card they expect to see. Easy to overlook.
bon chance !

Okay, I think I got it all now.
I think I missunderstood you when you said it was impossible to have a model perform all types of clips at one height. I think I was thinking of number of clips not position. Never mind.
(Still, that totem rule about not showing diffrent shows of the same model at the same time is interesting, since it basically means they must have added some sort of variable key specificly to prevent that as such varaible would not fil any other function. I can sort of see why they did it though from a profit perspective.)

I also figured out why my test code using two clipSprites seemed to work. It was simply so that the player created two instances of the same clip at the same time or simply it played the show twice at the same time. Excep when one of the shows was always off screen because of the erroneous position. Still, it explains why it was so freaking buggy. (Interestingly it play two instances of the same clip required a lot less cpu/gpu than two incances of two different clips)

Gonna try to create several scene files for each type of clips and see if I can get better customization that way. Maybe use multiple copies of a few scene files to avoid that top clips is shown to frequently. Think you should be able to get a decent ratio that way.

About that time setting per scene function. where do I find that variable and how to I edit it?

Also is the player smart enough to pick the correct type of clip for a scene's permissions? For example you have a scene file out of several that is the only one that allows cage, would the player make sure a cage clip is played each time it runs the scene file even though the collection of clips might only include a single cage clip out of a hundred?

@scytha said ...'In other words it is impossible....'
Its not impossible for you to play pole, top & table at the one placeholder. However, Its impractical.
At the code's clip declaration you can Allow: pole, top, table..or anything you want. There is only one Y (vertical) anchor point specifiable as the pos: (position) parameter per clip. Hence your swing lady will play but only be visible as the two hands that you see grasping the taskbar..Top's anchor reference is at top of the clipsprite.
The VGHDPlayer does not interpret you have allowed a swing to be there and make adjustments. It just lobs randomly whatever clip of one of the types that you have allowed, in that single anchor (pos:) point.
...'what about making differnt scenes for each clip'...?
Sure..Users make specific scenes to suit the type of clips they want to see just like PPClub..group, standing, sitting etc.
....'does one need to write some sort of master scene file linking...?'
There is no master scene linking others to play. All scenes independently call the correct path to the image files they require. Two things to note are..

• ~ VGPlayer scene (SCN) files must be placed no deeper than one subfolder below your /data/scenes/..directory or the player won't see them.
  
• ~ Sprite Paths pointed to in your scene's code declarations ('sprites' are just image files like jpg or png) must point to image files on the same folder level or any depth deeper than the subdirectory the scene file is in. To show the image on your fullscreen... Paths written to images cannot be found by the player across other directories like say.. other users image folders. Sprites files likewise cannot be pointed to in paths higher than the placement folder of your scene file (I'd like to get that changed one day..to avoid all the duplications, :(
  

'... is there some way to affect the order of the scenes? '
Not a regular method to play scenes in order ..Its always randomized ..You mean without leaving fullscreen ??..hmm Totem have tried real hard to avoid this or the product would fast become like a predictable (eventually boring) movie. There used to be a way, but its somewhat limited in use..pm me if you must know.
'... is it possible to set the number of clips to be played in one scene before switching to the next scene? '
Setting clip numbers per scene...all clips are different lengths. The time setting per scene is only adjustable to a play minimum of 5 minutes and maximum of one hour. It will change the scene at the end of the last clip closest to your total time setting. Not before. Limiting a show's content is most often done by deactivating everything you don't want to watch in My Collection first and if you are Diamond member or higher, unchecking whatever clips per card you don't want using the VGPlayer's built-in clip manager.

Edit: @Wyld, @Mods this all shouldn''t be in Everything About Virtuagirls..may better in Tutorials ?

#48 discovered in 2013, it is 34,850,340 digits long!

Lets see now, with 1 inch margins you can get 4389 characters on an 8.5 X 11 page using courier 10 font. That means the number printed out requires 7,941 pages or 26 volums of about 300 pages each which printed on two sides of 20# paper will weigh 158.8 pounds not counting the covers. I wonder if the digits meet any of the statistical tests for random numbers?

Note: I'm not talking about making a multi-girl scene. I'm talking about making a scene that only shows a single girl at the time but where the player uses different variables for, for example, size or position depending on the clip type being played.

No you cannot have the same model in exactly the same position heightwise performing all types of clips ( ie: allow: top,inout,pole,table,cage,fronttable and still have swing accomodated properly in fullscreen. You also cannot have different clips of the same model appearing simultaneously in any multimodel scene (Totem's Rule)

Right, so if I understand that correctly it is impossible to write a scene that plays 1 single show at the time but where top clips has a different position from all other clips, or different sizes depending on clip type?
In other words it is impossible to write a scene that plays a pole clip from girl1's show at size 700 and position 400 before switching to a top clip from girl2's show with size 700 and position -1500 before switching to a taskbar clip from girl3's show with size and position of 400?

But what about making differnt scenes for each clip type? Like in the Paris Club where you have one scene file for multi, one scene file for sitting and one for standing.

Do you need to write some sort of master scene file linking all different scene files together or is it enough just to add all the files in the same directory for the player to read them?

Also is there some way to affect the order of the scenes?
Is the order fixed so for example in the Paris Club the player always plays, multi, sitting and standing in that order or is it randomized somehow?

Also is it possible to set the number of clips to be played by in one scene before switching to the next scene? So in the Paris Club examplet the player plays 3 clips in the sitting scene before switching to the standing scene where it will play just 2 clips before switching to the multi scene?

I know that their is one photo of Zuzana with a Bike. So here my photos her Zuzana with the Bike. Can swomeone tell me what kide of bike is this? I like to know.

@vevince0 userProfile.php?usLogin=v9492320 : I have sent a PM to you. : )

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Please note that NetBilling has been deactivated.

It will be activated again once this issue will be fixed.

Sorry for any inconvenice caused

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After much mucking about with @TheEmu's new transmat tunnel A, the limitations of having one channel in VGHDPlayer became apparent. I had been trying to allow the red tunnel1 to be rendered by Jesterrrrrr's Water shader as well, however deploying a shader to render another shader is of course futile at the moment.
Nevertheless at least by enlarging the spread of the red tunnel, I was able to rotate its red shader and highlight more the octagonal tele-substance while it rotates as a mask for the model walk-thru.. more appealing to me than just flames. The blue tunnel is off-center so I found it unable to be rotated easily and finally left it alone..

Although Paris Penthouse Club is used as a telelaunch to Totem's pics in one scene; In lieu of the 2nd, 6th & 10th time slot Penthouse Club sprite re-iterations..I left sprite `Stripclub' as an opening /Plaftexrot01 directory and the earlier Texture folder sprites open to see if the initial sprite choice by the SCN was being preserved. In these, if you start with a good (shaderable) sprite in lieu of PPC, it can be quite an interesting journey. See for yourself. Enjoy and svp remix ;-) Zipsize 18.1 MB

scenes.virtuastripper.net/ELECTRICAveNewTransmats01.zip

Edit: woops..forgot the 2DBackgrounds folder for the PPC start scene in the zip.
Re-uploaded jun26th zipsize 24.6 MB

rhufus - 5 hour(s) ago
The topics found in VG threads are amazing.

Yes, to the Uninitiated, VirtuaGirl would seem to be just a Porn Site...
But once you take a closer look, we are a network of Friends who discuss, share, and debate many diverse, Somtimes interesting, and sometimes educational, topics.
While we Admire the Beautiful Woman.


edit:
I borrowed a calculator and put it up on my website
it calculates all the Factor or Divisors of a number, up to 20digits long..

http://www.deskbabes.net/files/calculators/Divisors-Calculator-20-Digits.html http://​www.deskbabes.net/files/calculators/Divisors-Calculator-20-Digits.html

there is a handelbar in the lower right coner of the results window, you can ***** it to expand the window
to see the full result..

0 can not be a perfect number it doesn't pass the first rule.


a perfect number is a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its positive divisor, excluding itself
0 x 1 = 0
0 x 2 = 0
0 x ... = 0
it has an infinite number of divisors, so the sum of it divisors is infinite...

1 + 2+ 3+ 4+ ..+ ...

Dorsai6 - 12 hour(s) ago
Ah! Now I understand. I can just imagine the computer resources needed to factor every number and test to see if it's perfect. I wonder how far they've tested? I would guess somewhere around 10 digits.

Nah, they passed 10 digits back in 1588 using their Super Computers...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_perfect_numbers s

#48 discovered in 2013, it is 34,850,340 digits long!

the p is used in this Formula
2^(p−1) × ((2^p) − 1) where ((2^p) − 1) is a Mersenne prime

voila c est tout pour le mois de juin
rendez vous vers le 8 juillet pour mettre
les filles nées au début mois(7)

bon anniversaire à Ariel
qui fête ses 31 ans ce jour

Since the Billing is NOT handled directly by Totem, that Question would Best be Asked to the 3rd Party Biller.
Netbilling is not one of my Options so I can't read their TOS or Disclaimer.

But, By Law, since Totem is Based in Paris, and you are making a Foreign Purchase, the Biller is allowed to charge an International Fee, plus you Credit Card company can charge a Currency conversion Fee.

Also, maybe Netbilling Charged you 50 Euro, that's about 57.00
and that makes more sense since your Credit card company tacked on a Currency Conversion Fee..



Here is the Contact Information for Netbilling:
http://www.netbilling.com/contactus.php
but they direct you to this site for Customer Support
http://net-member.com/

There they Have an E-mail Address and a Phone Number you can call...

edit:
info about currency conversion fees
http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/latest-currency-conversion-fees-1.aspx
info about International Fees
http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/visa-international-service-assessment-fee-1267.php

I was going thru my bank statement and found something very unsettling,ever since I joined I bought credits using Epoch and never had an issue but this time I went with Netbilling and I got a charge of $56.45 on a $50.00 dollar purchase then like that was not enough I got charged $3.00 dollars on what it says foreign currency conversion.

so I'm asking; whats going on?
what are the other $6.45 dollars for?
whats with the conversion fee?
those charges were not stated when I bought credits otherwise I wouldn't bought them.
A warning to everybody;

Don't let what happened to me,happens to you.

Ps; I'm very dissapointed.

Wouldn't Zero be the most perfect number?

It's neither odd or even.

You can add, subtract, divide, multiply, or cube it by itself and it never changes.

Without it there would be no binary system.

And if the Arabs hadn't shared it with everyone I would have to balance my checkbook using Roman numerals (which would realy suck Moose Wang).

The topics found in VG threads are amazing.

As a loyal customer I gathered quiet a big collection of virtua girls and desk babes. Today I decided to go from virtuagirl back to deskbabes again and find that the subscription option is gone. I was happy with the daily girl (even when not all where always to my taste) and the fact that I payed a montly amount for it. I liked the surprise factor in it.
Now I am "*****" to make my own pick and I have to pay more per card. Result 1: an unhappy customer that will not buy credits very often. Result 2: less income for Virtuagirl / Deskbabes. Meaning both parties lose. That is a pity.
I would suggest you introduce subscription again. Even at (a somewhat) higher monthly fee, I certainly would take a subscription again and Virtuagirl / Deskbabes would have a steady income again. Resulting in a win-win for all.

MUST ... HAVE ... TRACY ... SMILE ... CARDS.

She leaves me speechless.

to date, only 48 perfect numbers have been found to exist.

Ah! Now I understand. I can just imagine the computer resources needed to factor every number and test to see if it's perfect. I wonder how far they've tested? I would guess somewhere around 10 digits.

The topic is face down in the mud back there somewhere. :)

to date, only 48 perfect numbers have been found to exist.

1 is not a perfect number as it doesn't meet this rule.
a perfect number is a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its positive divisor, excluding itself
1 x 1 = 1 but if you exclude itself, then there are no divisors to add together.

But it does meet the 2nd rule.
Every Perfect number is One half the Sum of ALL of it Divisors..
1 x 1 = 1, 1+ 1 = 2, 2/2 = 1
unfortunately , to be a perfect number it has to meet both rules.

This formula: 2^(2i+1) - 2^i, finds binary numbers were the Numbers of ONEs is one more then the number of trailing ZEROS
All of them are NOT perfect numbers.
First case:
i=3
then 2^(2i+1) - 2^i = 2^7- 2^3 = 120 = 1111000

120 is not a perfect number
find all its divisors
1 x 120
2 x 60
3 x 40
4 x 30
5 x 24
6 x 20
8 x 15
10 x 12

Test with the first rule:
1+2+3+4+5+6+8+10+12+15+20+24+30+40+60 = 240
Test with the 2nd Rule
1+2+3+4+5+6+8+10+12+15+20+24+30+40+60+120 = 360, 360/2 = 180
both rules fail.

@scytha..said...'But is it possible the create a scene where different types of clips (not different clips) such as top( the swing) and pole gets their own instance with their own varibles while still only having a single girl performing in the scene?

No you cannot have the same model in exactly the same position heightwise performing all types of clips ( ie: allow: top,inout,pole,table,cage,fronttable and still have swing accomodated properly in fullscreen. You also cannot have different clips of the same model appearing simultaneously in any multimodel scene (Totem's Rule)

If you did try to repeat say 3 different clip3 declarations with 3 different allows, then 3 instances of Clip3 parameter settings below...it might try to play one of them, but you would get the dreaded Totem ..'NO CLIPS AVAILABLE' ..banner ;-(

Sure. For example in the Septet Fountain scene (above) there are seven performers
each clipsprite (model) you identify with a name id:
each clipsprite is declared at the start of the code above the camera

in the case of the swing clip i've given it an id: of clip3

clip {
id: Clip3
allow: top
}

Towards the bottom of the script you'll see the parameters for Clip3 as

clipSprite {
pos: -750, -1070, 20
source: Clip3
standingHeight: 550
resolution: 20
material: true
}

So you see 'source:' thats what you left out & thats how the Player knows what model to put there.
Only 'top' (a swing model clip) is allowed at placeholder for the name Clip3
and that clipspite's anchor reference is placed at
x = 750 pixels left of the screen center
y = 1070 pixels above the screen centre

__________________________________
You can download and extract to your ../data/scenes folder the ET - +SeptetFountain.scn from scenes.virtuastripper.net/ETFractalGarden020.zip

lack of new two girl shows is breaking my heart
desk babes mission statement was more explicte shows and more two girl shows.....
i have favorited every two girl show from classic to now .......
and well i am willing to say
I WANT MORE

New Sapphira A card and two Vinna Reed cards.

Serena Wood is the 160 - 165 gap filler. Plus a new Melisa card.

Thanks EverthangForever http://www.virtuagirl.eu/userProfile.php?usLogin=v8224782 for the reply.
Been reading up on the tutorials but there are some things that a bit fuzzy still, namely how instances of clips and clipSprites work.

From what I gather from your reply to make swing clips show up correctly I need create a clipSprite instance specific for swing clips with different position variables from all the other clips, right?
But here is what I'm wondering. From the tutorials and the paris scene creating multiple instances of clips and clipSprites leads to scenes with multiple girls performing at the same time.
But is it possible the create a scene where different types of clips (not different clips) such as top( the swing) and pole gets their own instance with their own varibles while still only having a single girl performing in the scene?

For example say I want all the swing clips to show up in the upper left corner while all other types of clips show up in the center of the screen at the same time all cage clips is only half the size of every other type of clip?
Is this possible to code using a single scene file and still allowing the VG player to randomize performances from every show in the collection?



I also did some expermenting. The only thing I changed from the default code for the background 2D scene was that I added a second clipSprite like this:

clipSprite {
pos: 400, 430
standingHeight: 400
source: Clip
}

clipSprite {
pos: 400, -80
standingHeight: 100
source: Clip
}


Now for some reason this is all that is needed to solve the problem with postitioning swing clips as swing clips seem to be played with the 2nd clipSprite while all other clips seems to be played by the 1st.
It isn't a workable solution as serveral other bugs pop up as a result but now you can see both swing clips and regular clips in the center of the screen.
However, what I can't understand is how the heck the player knows which clipSprite to use with which type of clip as neither clipSprite has any kind of pointer to the clip type?

.

Re: Are there an Infinite Number of Perfect Numbers?

WAIT A SECOND! That question is trivial. As my equation showed, there is one even perfect number for every positive integer. Therefore, since there is an infinity of positive integers, there is an infinity of perfect numbers. Moreover, since the set of all positive integers is of order aleph null, the set of perfect numbers must be of the same order. Whether or not ODD perfect numbers exist doesn't matter in this case.

Regarding ODD perfect numbers 1 (one) is an odd perfect number and it fits my equation where i = 0. I have no idea if there are any other ODD perfect numbers or if there is an infiniite number of them. I'm an Engineer, not a Mathemitician.

Reminds me of a joke:

A group of phsychology researchers at a university hired a group of teaching assistants as test subjects. They told them it was a sleep experiment, but it really was to test reactions to an emergency. Each student was asked to have a good night's sleep. In the test room there was a night table next to the bed with a large carafe of water and a glass. In the middle of the night the researchers lit a fire in a trash can by the bed.

The first subject, an engineer, woke up, saw the fire, grabbed the carafe of water and dumped it on the fire. He went back to sleep.

The second subject, a physicist, woke up, saw the fire, thought a moment, poured the necessary amount from the carafe into the glass and poured that on the fire putting it out. He went back to sleep.

The subject, a mathematician, woke up, saw the firt, thougth a moment. Then he muttered "A solution exists" and when back to sleep.

*****

My addendum: If they had used a soldier are a test subject, he wouldn't have ***** any water. He would have pissed on it.

Perfectly clear! ....... Now that you explain it.

Clearly if there are an infinity of perfect numbers, it will be on the order aleph null.

Ahh, close, but I thought my Perfectly comment would have given it away..

They are all Perfect numbers expressed in binary.

every even perfect number is represented in binary as p ones followed by p − 1 zeros:

So the first number is 2 ONES, followed by (2-1) Zeros
the second number is 3 ONES, followed by (3-1) Zeros

What is a Perfect number?
a perfect number is a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its positive divisor, excluding itself
example:
6 is the first Perfect number.
it's divisors are 1, 2, 3
1 x 6 = 6
2 x 3 = 6
so we exclude the 6 in the 1 x 6 and we get 1,2,3 as it's divisors.
add them together 1+ 2+ 3 = 6
6 is a Perfect number
and in binary 6 is 110 or p ONES followed by p-1 Zeros

Also, Every Perfect number is One half the Sum of ALL of it Divisors..
for 6 we add them all up this time Including itself.
1,2,3,6 add them together 1+2+3+6 = 12, Half of 12 is 6

There are a few things about Perfect numbers in mathematics yet unproven.
Are there any Perfect ODD numbers?
Are there an Infinite Number of Perfect Numbers?
Do all Perfect Numbers have an ODD number of Binary Digits?
6 is 3 binary digits 110
28 is 5 binary digits 11100
496 is 9 binary digits 111110000
33550336 is 25 binary digits 1111111111111000000000000

there are only 48 known perfect numbers

@Theemu, Great Scot !! This Transmatmakes TunnelA the UberTunnel of tunnels. Just feeding it pics and watching as it takes you places you've not seen before. Sometimes it stacks layers of images. @Number6, try swapping existing with some other shaders Like Jesterrrrrr's Water in lieu of Time Coordinates.fsh and popping & pathing pics into more background folders eg: /background, /background2..etc. Really interesting outcomes..Lovely work @TheEmu..really happy 😄❤️ overjoyed !

Edit:
there's been a useful discussion about scene making at
www.virtuagirl.com/forumPost.php?foId=3&ftId=30654&gotolastpage=1#post475194

NB: link at top of this page for Tutorials has a repeat http typo. should be
Fullscreen Mode - Examples - Tutorials http://www.virtuagirl.com/forumPost.php?&foId=8&ftId=27410
http://www.virtuagirl.com/forumPost.php?&foId=8&ftId=27410

110
11100
111110000
1111111000000
1111111111111000000000000

Hummm. More 1's than 0's. The number of 1's is one greater than the number of zeros. The value of each number is expressed by the equations n = (2^(i+1) - 1) * 2^i or n = 2^(2i+1) - 2^i where i is a positive integer. In your example the following values were used. I like the first equation better than the second.

i n
1 6
2 28
4 496
6 8128
12 33550336

Did I miss something? I calculated the first four by hand. Then I entered the formulal into a spreadsheet and let my Mac calculate the first 20 values. Unfortunately, I encountered an overflow at item 14.

A nibble is half a bite as any geek could tell you. So are you a big endian or a little endian? That used to be good for some ***** arguments before the Mac switched to Intel processors.

@EverthangForever, @TheEmu

Thanks for the recent additions & updates.

I just don't know how I am going to find the time to play with everything. Please keep up the great work.

@The Emu thanks for the heads up on the the first digit in the tile scheme uniform. I'd played with the tile scheme uniform when it was two digits and hadn't appreciated what the additional digit did. Seems to work fine for what I wanted.

I feel the possibilty of some more spaceship scenes coming up using the transmats.

Beam me up, Scottie!! :-).

Pour le moment j'ai un DD interne de 2 To qui se rempli doucement. Je vais investir dans un disque externe pour sauvegarder, c'est la solution simple et efficace pour cela.

Lorsqu'on s'inscrit sur un site comme VG, il faut lire les conditions d'exploitation et les accepter, avant de cliquer sur OUI. C'est ce que je fais à chaque fois, la décision appartient à chaque utilisateur. Si les règles ne conviennent pas, mieux vaut aller voir ailleurs. Ce n'est que mon point de vue, la discussion est ouverte.

@TheEmu, Thanks for the new additions and the teleporting..totally amazing opportunities to adapt further. thanks for lifting the number of complex functions from 71 to 96.
The new ones are full of exquisite stretchings and quite beautiful to watch. I now see the problem with the shaders not being able to work in separate channels concurrently in the VGHD Player program to allow render of sampler 2DTextures onto models (shader on shader, so to speak) and hope this can be introduced by Totem in the near future. Additionally I believe a separate channel being available would be required in order to make sound reactive scenes possible.

While you're away, I will try to make an asymmetric dynamic journey tunnel, ie: a dynamic tunnel that uses say it's left half side component flipped length ways compared to the right side perhaps with a neutral grey road/sky for the vertical texture edges join. That is simple enough to do in an animated scene of 2 full side & 2 half side tunnel walls via pre Y rotation of the textures however may be somewhat more challenging in a shader generated tunnel.

Edit: I hope everybody remembers to update their fsh copies to
version 1.0.2 of Shader : TheEmu - Complex Functions.fsh
in their own working directories.

Dorsai6 - 4 hour(s) ago
OK, just to muddy the waters and having lived through most of this:

I hope this made sense to you all.

Yes Perfectly..
But you never mentioned the Nibble.. Bytes are fun but Nibbles are better.

I know we are wondering way off the OP's topic...

Maybe you'll get this
What do all of these binary numbers have in common?
110
11100
111110000
1111111000000
1111111111111000000000000

I know this is a serious necro-bump, but I think it would be amazing to see Mirka (most of her work nowadays is under the name Nancey) return to Totem content, ideally for both DB and VG. Her new look in her newer content is really appealing to me. A Google Iimage search for "Nancey nude" will give you a good idea.

OK, just to muddy the waters and having lived through most of this:

MOST OF THE EARLIEST COMPUTERS WERE NOT BINARY. The ENIAC which many feel was the first electronic digital computer was Biquinary! It's data bus handled one decimal digit at a time with a total of 7 lines the first 5 lines were mutually exclusive and represented the values 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively. Only one could be "high" at a time. The other two lines represent 5 and NOT 5. I have no Idea why they needed two lines but they did. If you think about it this is the encoding scheme used by a abacus. When I asked my professor who was part of the team that built the ENIAC why they didn't use straight binary, he told me it required fewer vacuum tubes and that made sense.

Until IBM announced the 360 in the mid 1960's the term byte did not have a fixed definition. Every computer had its own word size defined by the number of bits that could move in parallel. I think some scientific computers had word sizes up to about 100 bits and used binary arithmetic. However, many computers used decimal arithmetic not binary. The computer I learned to program on was an IBM 1620. It's word size was 12 bits and it could store one character or two decimal digits in a word. All arithmetic was decimal on that machine. Memory on the one I used was 40,000 12-bit words the biggest available was 60,000.

With the 360, IBM needed a flexible architecture that could scale up from smale computers to very large ones. They took the term byte which had been used as the equivalent to word size and defined it to be a fixed 8 bits. Various versions of the 360 could move one or more bytes in parallel at one time. That defintion became the defacto industry standard.

Once core memory became common, it quickly became clear that memory size was limited to the number of address lines in powers of 2. Using K = 1024 as a short-hand to describe the address space defined by the size of a computer's address register quickly became an industry standard and remains so today. It's easier to describe memory address size to non-technical pople using the binary type of KIloBye, MegaByte and so on than to talk about address register size. In 1999 the international standards organization defined standard terms for memory size like kibi, but few people use them.

Hard disks are not tied to address registers. They are organized into sectors and tracks and can be any size at all so using the binary K, M, etc makes no sense at all. The earliest hard disks were described in terms of the number of data words they held or in terms of the total number of bits.

There is an excellent Wiki article on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Binary_prefix

Octal (base 8) and Hexadecimal (base 16) are simply ways of representing binary data in a more compact form. The DEC PDP-8 had 12 bit words which could be easily represented as 3 Octal digits. The IBM 360 had words that were one or more 8 bit bytes and a byte can be easily represented as 2 Hexadecimal digits. In either case the internal representation is binary. The exteral use of Octal or Hex is just a way to make the binary easier for humans to read.

I hope this made sense to you all.

@EverthangForever.

Regarding your unsuccessful attempt to render a texture onto a clipsprite. By this I assume that you want to somehow "paint" the performer in the clip with the texture. Except for one thing it would be simple to write a shader for this - but it would need to use two input channels, one for the clip image and the other for the texture. This is done in many of the examples at ShaderToy.com which supports up to four input channels, but I can find no way of doing it via a scn file. The best you can currently do is to overlay two or more clones of a clip and fiddle with their colours and opacities either directly using the clipSprite attributes or indirectly via some shader.

I have a short list of updates that I would like to see to the fullscreen scene system, and the ability to feed multiple textures to a single shader is near the top of that list. A some point I intend to propose them as properly thought out enhancements, but I need to do the thinking part first.

.........*sighs* there are no words to describe her, because perfect doesn't even begin to cover it!