Mandelbulb 3D - How do I reset the Navi Screen to show the main window shot?

[Balok]

Greetings Fractalites.

I have a few repeated problems:

1. How clear/newly render the  Navi Window ?



2. How does one more solid  structures?  my creations behave like liquids.

Others " fly through" a cube - a 3 D space with a floor, ceiling and walls - like the fighter scenes in Star Wars  on the Death Star etc.

 My cubes melt away and will not let me fly through the space - they disintegrate so to speak.

I sincerely appreciate any help






Puzzled in Fractalland.

[ellarien]

Can you not get back to the main window view by hitting the 'Parameter' button on the Navi? Some people recommend periodically sending your view to an animation keyframe as a way of keeping a record of your progress, too. If you mean the program is crashing on you somehow, it could be bad parameters --- that happens sometimes -- or you might want to try a reinstall. Which version are you using?

If things disappear when you try to navigate, it usually means you've fallen through the backplane -- try hitting F2 until you see your structure again. And checking the box for HiQual mode can help, too.

[Balok]

Thank you very much Ellarian, I made great progress, parameter reset is working and after checking HQ and toying with  R/ Fold sliders - my structure looks much better and behaves much more like a solid.

It also appears at 100 % Navi size my extra Fx were hidden beneath the PC  task bar.


I'm feeling much more confident for the next test flight -my goal is to make a star wars style fly through.

I forgot my high school math of exponents etc and grossly underestimated the power, range,scaling, etc of this program.

 - its like Photoshop, there are thousands of useful functions and an infinite # in combination.

Its a remarkable thing for free - the quality of imagery it makes is stunning, I tried a sites tip on lowering lowering the raystep etc and wowarama - its out of this world if that is not redundant in this forum )

Thanks again - you were of great help - a big confidence booster for a newbie- I think we Newbies expect to be piloting the X fighter through the Death Star on day 1 ...me thinks a few more flight lessons are in order.

Best Regards,

Balok

[ellarien]

I'm glad I could help -- I remember my own struggles with the Navi when I was getting started!