Hard mathematics/as3 question.

Question

Hi all;
I've made a 3D spherical gallery that builts itself solely by the number of pictures it has to contain, and spreads the photos even on the 3D surface.
basicaly the final goal is to import an XML and convert it to array that will fill the sphere.
I'f you're willing to help pleas give me your email here and I will send you the FLA because you need to see what I mean inorder to understand what im about to ask, all the code is in the first frame, I have several class for this but i've connected all the crutial parts together so you will get the point.
the final goal is that the spacing between the pictures closest to you will be minimum 70px wich is the spacing you see if:
var PhotosNum:Number = 150;
var rad:Number=600;
this.transform.perspectiveProjection.fieldOfView=115;
the photosNum is the length of the photos array built from the XML.
the rad is a number used to build the Sphere obj.
the fieldOfView is a pain in the @#%! and the root for all my problems.
play with these three values so that the sphere will always be in the size of the grey circle on the stage.
What I need:
well besicaly, a formula that will set the rad and fieldOfView to achive a good and clear spacing between photos by any parameters you decide to use.
(PhotosNum, grey circle, width of single photo)
for now treat all the photos as identical.
if you need details on the function that spreads the photos to get the number of circles and number of photos in each circle let me know i'll explain it in depth.
if the explanation/ request is not detaild or not understandble please let me know, sry for my english.
thanks in advance for whoever chosses to accept the chalange

Answer 1

Thanks Harm /
I thought  you might be out there, 7 am here and I am just callin it wuits for tonight / another all nighter here.
I just wanted to be sure it would have no impact down the road when I get to raid setup.
Question about the Quadro drivers:
On the CD they have drivers which I did not install at this point / they said they were some kind of accelleration drivers for CAD graphics work..
Should I also install these ?
Also:
Did not install NVIDIA HD Audio Drivers thinking they might conflict with Premier or the Audio drivers for the Gigabyte UAD-5 motherboard.
Think I would only need those if I were connecting to a HD TV Display and I wanted the audio to travel with those conncetions ?
Any feedback on those topics ?
Thanks Much !