Posted by MadMax on March 19, 1998 at 11:47:59:
CA team-
I have a bug when setting the ambient light for a sector. Now I'm going to guess that a -1 isn't a valid value for ambient light (for a sector) but what occurs when I provide this value is strange.
Steps to repro:
1. Start JED
2. Basic/default project is loaded (one sector)
3. Ensure you're in sector mode.
4. From the tools menu choose the Calculate Light option.
5. Turn on the 3D preview.
6. With the Only sector selected, open the Sector Editor.
7. In the Ambient field enter the value -1
8. Notice the error message (from memory) "Range check error"
Expected Behavior:
If -1 is a valid value, the editor would allow it and the 3D preview would work correctly. If -1 is not a valid value, the Sector Editor would let me know that and I can continue on my way
Actual Results:
After the error message any changes I attempt to perform on the 2D or 3D view (even to correct the value of the ambient light field) produces the following DirectX error:
DirectX call failed
88760311
D3DRMERR_NOTFOUND
Testing platform:
WinNT 4.0 sp3
DirectX 3.0 installed
S3 display driver
No HW 3D
64megs memory
IE4.01