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csf: Modifiers certainly need to be cleaned up, I agree.  But I don't think adding a modifier stack like 3D Studio uses is a good idea for Anim8or.  It can be quite confusing to new users and adds a lot of complexity.

There are a lot of good things mentioned in these "wish list" posts but 1) most are either already on my "to do" list (or another method to achieve the same thing), 2) most have been mentioned before, and 3) this forum isn't really supposed to be a dumping ground for everything that anybody coupld possibly want Anim8or to do.  It's supposed to be for discussing problems and issues related to the v0.96 preview.  While that does include changes in how things work and related enhancements, it does not include "any thing anyone ever wanted added to Anim8or".  None the less, I don't want to prevent people from posting new ideas here but neither do I want to endorse it.  So I normally don't reply but I do read them all.

There is a new version of the lightwave format.  Anim8or only supports the old one.  Unfortunately they used the sam extension.

.3ds files use several different ways to position components.  Anim8or's default works with most models.  You can change to an alternate method with the Options->Debug->3dsOffsets command that handles most others, but not all.

Are you running in 16 bits per pixel or higher?  Make sure that you are using the NVidia chip to run your display.  If you're using the Chrome 9 I think threre are problems running OpenGL code as Anim8or needs it.

Just to be clear, I have a work around that seems to fix this crash.  Anim8or still draws the view a little whacky but it doesn't crash.

#096-007 - Click-drag in Drag-Select Mode can Crash for Unfocused Anim8or Window.

I can't see what's wrong.  Check your variable declarations perhaps?  Both your first one and this script works for me (it's a portion of your second example).  After you run it, do a Edit->SelectAll and view it in wirefreame mode in the point editor.  You may be able to see somthing  that helps.  Also save it as an .an8 file and look at that in any ordinary text editor.

/* script_2.an8 */

shape $mymesh;

int $i, $x, $y, $index[100];

$mymesh = mesh();
$mymesh.Open();

$index[0] = $mymesh.AddPoint((0, 0, 1));
$index[1] = $mymesh.AddPoint((1, 0, 1));
$index[2] = $mymesh.AddPoint((2, 0, 1));
$index[3] = $mymesh.AddPoint((3, 0, 1));
$index[4] = $mymesh.AddPoint((4, 0, 1));
$index[5] = $mymesh.AddPoint((5, 0, 1));
$index[6] = $mymesh.AddPoint((6, 0, 1));
$index[7] = $mymesh.AddPoint((7, 0, 1));
$index[8] = $mymesh.AddPoint((8, 0, 1));
$index[9] = $mymesh.AddPoint((9, 0, 1));
$index[10] = $mymesh.AddPoint((0, 1, 1));
$index[11] = $mymesh.AddPoint((1, 1, 1));

/* assigning meshpoints to faces (or is it faces to meshpoints?) */

$mymesh.OpenFace(0,0);
$mymesh.VertexN($index[0]);
$mymesh.VertexN($index[1]);
$mymesh.VertexN($index[11]);
$mymesh.VertexN($index[10]);
$mymesh.CloseFace();

$mymesh.RemoveUnusedData();
$mymesh.Close();

As the scripting language is extended you'll be able to write more plug-ins, etc. to enhance Anim8or.  If you want to help out in other was, things like writing good tutorials would be appreciated by everyone.

Is the .gml script in your "Scripts" directory?  (See the File->Configure dialog to set this.)  If not then it won't load and won't show up in the export list.

Great idea.  along those lines, I've experimented making all the values update real-time (even better that an Apply button) but there are numerous problems with that approach (besides the sheer volum of code I'd need to write).  The main one is that you might need to set two fields to have valid value.  The intermediate state could be wrong.  Things quickly got so complex I dropped that approach.

As for an Apply button, the big problem is that the Undo mechanism was added after Anim8or was designed.  It's quite fragile and handled in a multiple ways depending on how the original code was written.  Figuring out how to manage Apply, Reset and Undo would be hard.

However I can see if it will work in some places perhap.