[Molvis-list] how to get more shades in rasmol?

[Eric Martz]

At 11/30/04, Kristina Rogale Plazonic wrote:
>I get this warning:
>Warning: Unable to allocate shade!

Evidently you are using RasMol. Chime has the same bug.

Make sure you haven't employed a complex color scheme prior to running your 
script. This can generally be done by:
1. Deleting any surfaces (in Chime)
2. select all, color (any plain color, preferably one you plan to use next).
3. Then apply your script.

Jmol (jmol.sourceforge.net) does not have this bug, and accepts the 
RasMol/Chime command set.

Are you aware that you can color by conservation (in Chime, in Protein 
Explorer) automatically at consurf.tau.ac.il? This display uses 9 colors, 
and generally doesn't run out of colors on Windows systems. The coloring 
script can be downloaded, e.g. for use in RasMol or Chime or PE or Jmol.


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