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- SoftLab-Nsk - Races demo
-
-
- This document instructs how to use the Races demo, and contains
- other important information. Please read the instructions
- carefully.
-
- At <http://www.softlab-nsk.com> you can find an overall
- description of the project and the demo. All proposals regarding
- development of virtual reality applications are welcome.
-
-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- THE RACES DEMO, REFERRED TO IN THIS DOCUMENT
- AS "DEMO" IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT A
- WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
-
- YOU ARE FREE TO RE-DISTRIBUTE THE DEMO,
- PROVIDED THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE IS
- LEFT UNCHANGED.
-
- YOU ARE ALLOWED TO USE IT
- SOLELY FOR EVALUATION, DEMONSTRATION OR
- EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
-
-
- Requirements
-
- - Pentium
-
- - vesa-compatible VGA card with at least 512K videoRAM. Vast
- majority of modern videocards meet this criteria, so most likely
- does yours. Some older cards require some program started
- before the application, to provide vesa-compatible interface. (Do
- not mix with vesa local bus - this is a different thing.)
-
- - 8 Megabytes of RAM (6.5 free extended memory)
-
- - Mouse
-
- - DOS 5.0 or higher or Windows95. When Windows95 is used,
- DOS mode is strongly recommended
-
- - DOS driver for the mouse. (Also needed in DOS mode of
- Win95, but not in Win95 dos window.)
-
- - SoundBlaster-compatible sound card (optional, for sound effects)
-
-
- To get the demo running:
-
- 1.To have sound effects, you should have your SB-compatible
- card properly set up. This means that the board should be
- configured, the drivers (if the board needs them) should be in
- config.sys and the BLASTER environment variable should be set
- properly.
- The setup software that comes with the card usually arranges all
- this for you.
- Also, to have sound effects, edit file named carv.ini in the
- subdirectory where the demo resides, and change line
- sound=off
- to
- sound=on
-
- 2.To start the demo enter:
-
- demo1.bat <enter>
-
- Command reference
-
- Once you started the demo, use the following keys and actions to
- control it:
-
- "The Wheel" -
- Just drag your mouse left/right.
- To accelerate -
- press left mouse button.
- as you hold the button, it accelerates more
- To decelerate ("brakes") -
- press right mouse button.
- as you hold the button, it decelerates more
- To restart the demo -
- press <escape> key to display the menu and hit RESTART in
- the menu.
- To exit the demo -
- press <escape> key to display the menu and hit QUIT in the
- menu.
-
- If you have any comments or questions regarding this demo, send
- e-mail to
- vr@softlab-nsk.com
-
- Other contact information can be found
- at <http://www.softlab-nsk.com>
-
-
-