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æäòêäû: ¥â èêô ╬╠╬╠╧╧╬╠╬╠╬╠╬╠╬╠╡
│ Have you ever had a game idea,
│ but you wished you could program?
▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ │ A house plan, but you weren't
█ █▄▄█ █▄▄ │ sure what it would look like?
█ █ █ ▀▄▄▄ │ A VIRTUAL REALITY scenario with
│ no way to express?
▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ │
▄▄█ █ █ █▄▀ █ █ │ The 3D CONSTRUCTION KIT is a
▄▄▄█ █▄▄▀ █ ▀▄ █ █ │ virtual reality creation package!
│ This package is the product of
│ many years of work, the FREESCAPE
φε÷, ΦφΓΣφ≤Φ⌡Σ εσσΣ±≥ Γε∞∩⌠≤Σ± │ system used in the 3D KIT has
⌠≥Σ±≥ α µ±Σα≤ ε∩∩ε±≤⌠φΦ≤√ ≤ε │ been used to create neumerous hit
Σ≈∩δε±Σ ≤τΣ ∩ε≤Σφ≤Φαδ εσ ≤τΣΦ± │ games, CASTLE MASTER, DARK SIDE,
∩Γ. │ TOTAL ECLIPSE 1 & 2, THE CRYPT.
│ Now, INCENTIVE offers computer
Support: CGA, EGA and VGA │ users a great opportunity to
Major sound card. │ explore the potential of their
Company: INCENTIVE. │ PC.
│
In this edition of PC │ reveal another set of icons,
COMPLETE, we have included the │ giving you the basic construction
demonstration game that was │ blocks (ie: cubs, pyramids
provided with the 3D Construction │ etc..).
Kit version 1. To keep the size │ Once you create the object
down, we only supplied the VGA │ (which has the default
version of the game, the │ dimensions) you can use the EDIT
construction kit supports all │ icon to stretch, bend, flip, etc.
graphics cards, and the major │ You combine different objects
sound cards. │ to create more detailed shapes.
│ There are many movement modes
The 3D construction kit is │ that you can work in, USER, FINE
amazingly simple to use. Much │ (for delicate editing), FLY, as
effort have gone into the │ well as 4 free-floating cameras,
interface, you can access │ you can place these wherever you
commands through pull down menus, │ want, to aid you in modifying the
as well as icons (some appearing │ objects you are working on.
in both). │
The basic icon is the CREATE │ Yes, it does take a little
ICON, choosing this icon will │ time to create realistic looking
objects, however, you can save │ new GROUP OBJECT, so you can
your objects individually in │ control the group of objects at
separate files, so you can draw │ the one time, for example, if you
back on large collection of │ construct a car, you can control
objects, some of which you may │ all the basic objects that form
have created, some supplied with │ the car at the one time, enabling
the game, and you can obtain some │ you to move, spin, 'command' the
from other owners of the package. │ car.
│ Another important feature of
The 3D construction kit has a │ this REAL TIME environment
regular NEWS LETTER, to keep you │ creator, is the Freescape
up to date, supply you with hints │ Command Language (FCL), with
and tips, even some added │ commands like: COLLIDED?,
objects! │ ACTIVATED?, MOVE, LOOP, SOUND,
│ SHOT?, etc, you can create a real
The COLOUR icon allows you │ time living environment.
full control over the colours of │
all sides of the chosen object. │ You start your environment
Using the GROUP icon, you can │ with an AREA - each area can be
join a number of object into a │ imagined as a room, the areas are
independent in themselves │ option, you can create a stand
however, you can link them │ alone environment, which can be
together using the Freescape │ executed at any time without
Command Language. For example, │ loading the 3D CONSTRUCTION KIT.
you can draw a door on a solid │ The 3D Game supplied with this
object (ie: House Wall), using │ publication is a stand alone
the simple language you place the │ environment.
condition that if the user │
collides with the wall, transform │ As you can imagine, there are
him to a different area. This │ endless uses to this program. As
gives the impression of the two │ you can see from the "3D GAME"
areas being connected by that │ Supplied with the first edition
door. │ of PC COMPLETE, this package is
│ capable of producing very
You can switch between │ impressive 3D ADVENTURE/ARCADE
construction and testing mode to │ /PUZZLE games.
make sure everything looks and │ Houses, cars, even towns can
functions the way you want it, │ be designed using the 3D
once you are happy with your │ CONSTRUCTION KIT. Maybe you need
environment, using the MAKE │ to check how a certain
arrangement of the furniture │ smoothest of all. In my opinion a
would look. The best use of all, │ very worth while package.
is to allow imagination to │
materialise in 3 dimensions, │ The review was on the 3D KIT
great fun for artists, and │ VERSION 1, other versions are now
creative minds. │ available, check at your computer
│ dealer. Version 2, supports more
The 3D Construction Kit, is a │ complex sound procedures,
great package, especially at the │ command, objects, and more ñ
price of a computer game! At last │
you can put some of that machine │
power to creative use. │
The construction kit, and its │
output stand-alone environments │
run very quick, especially │
considering the complexity of the │
tasks. The package has been │
ported to all home computers, │
however, from what I have seen, │
the IBM version is the nicest and │