Short: Link Digital Universe 1.5+ and Sgrab Author: Bill Eaves Uploader: Bill Eaves Type: misc/sci Requires: util/libs/ReqToolsUsr.lha; util/rexx/RexxReqTools.lha; util/wb/sgrab.lha; dev/misc/EasyRexxV32.lha Architecture: generic Distribution: Aminet **** A tool to grab succesive screen grabs from Digital Universe which can be compiled into an animation ***** Requires: Reqtools.library and rexxreqtools.library to be installed to work. I may find another way of doing requesters later. Sgrab requires easyrexx.library to use its Arexx port. SGrab to grab the DU screen images. Obviously you will also need Digital Universe version 1.5 or version 1.6. It will NOT work with 68k versions of Digital Universe (1.03 and below) as they have no Arexx interface. Usage. First run Digital Universe and set up your desired screenmode and the start time and the advance step time, and also the object or postion you want to lock onto. Set whatever display mode requirements you want, which will probably vary depending upon the animation you want to do. Likewise choose an appropriate Local or Planetarium mode. Then start Sgrab. Run this script, it has an icon with the default tool "rx" so you can do it from the WB. The script will warn and exit if the above applications are not ready. Select the directory and filename to store the images in using the script's file requester. Leave in the {number} part or you will simply overwrite the same filename. {number} tells SGrab to insert numbers starting at 000 and incrementing each grab. Then enter the number of images you want to grab. This has to be between 1 and 999. Then sit back and wait. If you want to add more images run the script again, use the same basename for the file and the {number} increment to add more frames from the point you left off - as long as you have not messed around with DU in the interim !