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Aurora Neverwinter Nights Model Viewer Readme.
NWNMV_ReadMe.txt - February 25th, 2001
Neverwinter Nights Model Viewer
Version 1.0.3.2
Welcome to the Aurora Neverwinter Nights Model Viewer.
This file contains directions needed to use the Model Viewer.
Sections
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1.0 General
1.1 Purpose
1.1.1 The Aurora Neverwinter Nights Model Viewer is a stripped down
version of a tool used internally at BioWare toàermàview game
models and tiles, otherwise we would have named it something
else like "Fun-Time Clown Circus Laugh-o-Graph"
1.1.2 The model viewer can be used as an early compatibility test.
If you can run the viewer and view the models (and their
animations) then you probably can run Neverwinter Nights. No
guarantees though. I'm sure there are some people who will try
and run this on a 166mhz Pentium class machine. That would
make us sad, but we would understand. See item 5.0 (Support)
for more details.
2.0 Obvious controls and their function
2.1 'Select a Model to View' Pane - Left click on the model name to view
that model in the display window on the right.
2.2 Logo Pane - located below the 'Select a Modelà' pane, contains
buttons that allow you to download more models from the Neverwinter
Nights models webpage, and an 'About' button, that, when pressed,
opens a window that displays program and version information.
2.2.1 Pressing the 'Download Models' button will launch your web
browser and take you to a web page containing additional Model
Viewer models.
2.2.2 Pressing the 'About' button will open a window that displays
program, trademark, copyright and version information.
2.3 Camera Pane - contains buttons that move the observer's perspective
in relation to the model.
2.3.1 Arrows - rotate the camera around the model in the direction
indicated by the arrow.
2.3.2 Reset Button - in the middle of the arrow cross, resets the
camera to its initial or default position.
2.3.3 Zoom Buttons - The hour glass (+/-) buttons move the camera
toward (+) or away (-) from the model.
2.4 Animation Pane
2.4.1 Ready Button - Cycles the Ready animation, basically a
'neutral' pose.
2.4.2 Attack 1 - Activates the first Attack function for the model,
then resets to the Ready position.
2.4.3 Attack 2 - Activates the second Attack function for the model,
then resets to the Ready position.
2.4.4 Stand - The model moves to the Stand position.
2.4.5 Walk - The model walks.
2.4.6 Run - The model runsJ.
Please Note: The model will not dance unless you get up from
your computer and jiggle your head back and forth.
3.0 Not-so-obvious controls and their function
3.1 Display Window
3.1.1 Left Click and Drag - Rotate model.
3.1.2 Mouse Wheel - Move camera toward or away from model.
3.1.3 Right Click - Activate Submenu
3.1.3.1 Draw Grid - turn on the floor grid.
3.1.3.2 Environment - Lights & Colors
3.1.3.2.1 Background Color - sets the background color in the
environment. Select a color from the palette to the
right.
3.1.3.2.2 Head Light Color - set the color of the light
illuminating the model. Select a color from the
palette to the right.
3.1.3.2.3 Grid Color - set the color of the grid. Select a
color from the palette to the right.
3.1.3.2.4 By removing the plug from the wall socket you will
cut power to your computer. Don't do that unless
there is a thunderstorm outside and you want to
avoid power surges which can occur when lightning
strikes you and you are granted super-powers.
That's not true.
4.0 Getting new models - What good is a model viewer without new models to
check out? We'll be making models available on a regular basis until the
game is released, and here's how you can get them.
4.1 Downloading - Click on the 'Download Models' button in the Title
Pane. This will launch your web browser, and take you to the
Neverwinter Nights Model Viewer page. There you'll see images and
descriptions of more models. Click on the Model Image or the Download
Model text to begin the download process. Save the file to your
computer. Be aware that the actual model and its associated files are
compressed and bundled into a self-extracting file.
4.2 Uncompressing - Run the file, and you'll see a dialogue box that asks
for the location of the model viewer files. Use the Browse button to
find that directory. Press the Extract button to put the compressed
files in the proper location - the same directory that the model
viewer executable is in. The model should now be visible in the model
viewer list.
5.0 Support and other information
5.1 Yes, we're not supporting it. This software is an unsupported release
from BioWare Corp. The Neverwinter Nights Model Viewer is a subset of
a tool we use internally to view models for the game, on known
hardware. As it was designed with our hardware in mind, we know what
it will run on. We're guessing it will run on other platforms, but
we're not able to modify and patch the Model Viewer to ensure it will
run on other system configurations. It is not passing through the
compatibility testing and rigorous Quality Assurance we give our
games, and we will be giving Neverwinter Nights. If we were to do
that, we wouldn't have time to finish the game. Yet we do want to get
this nifty little program out for folk to enjoy. That being said, it
may work fine on your system. If so, great! Congratulations! Get
ready for some spiffy Neverwinter Nights fun.
6.0 Copyright information.
6.1 NEVERWINTER NIGHTS ⌐ 2002 Infogrames and BioWare Corp. All Rights
Reserved. BioWare Aurora Engine copyright 2002 BioWare Corp. All
Rights Reserved. Neverwinter Nights, Forgotten Realms, the Forgotten
Realms logo. Dungeons & Dragons logo, Dungeon Master, D&D, Baldur's
Gate, and the Wizards of the Coast logo are trademarks owned by
Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. and are used
by Infogrames under license. All Rights Reserved. BioWare, the
BioWare Aurora Engine and the BioWare logo are trademarks of BioWare
Corp. All Rights Reserved. Windows and Windows 95/98/2000 are
registered trademarks of Microsoft corporation. All Rights Reserved.
All other copyrights and trademarks are property of their respective
owners.
7.0 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
7.1 Infogrames Interactive, Inc. General End-User License, April 4, 2001
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