Hexmaker/Hexmaker (Europe)/Hexmaker (Europe).bin/Program/Readme.txt

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Virtus Hexmaker Readme 11/12/97

What this readme contains:
I.    Hello from Virtus
II.    Installation Notes
III.    Technical Support
IV.    Things You Need to Know
V.    Legal and Copyright Stuff


I. Hello from Virtus
Virtus' Hexmaker software provides everything you need to create
and edit 3-D levels for Hexen II(TM) without building anything from scratch!

This fast, easy 3-D level-building program features a drag-and-drop
WYSIWYG approach: You drag templates and basic 3-D shapes
from galleries and drop them into the Design Window.

To construct complex multilevel rooms and interconnecting corridors,
you combine templates and basic 3-D shapes. Then, you edit the room
templates and shapes and sizes, and add surface features such as
windows and doorways. After that, you drop in textures to create the
Hexen II unique look. Then you can drag and drop artifacts, weapons,
health, and bad guys from the 3-D galleries and add them anywhere in
your new Hexen II level. Additions and changes immediately appear in
the Walk Window, which lets you explore your level.

Hexmaker features space in which to design your Hexen II worlds,
a set of editing tools, and multiple navigation techniques.

Also included are galleries of 2-D surface features, textures, 3-D shapes,
and Hexen II objects, all of which you can add to your Hexen II worlds.
Hexmaker also provides several pre-built Hexen II template levels that illustrate
the program's level making, texture mapping, and walk-through capabilities.

II. Installation Notes
*****System requirements*****
-Windows 95
-Intel Pentium Processor
-16 MB RAM (24+ MB recommended)
-40 MB available on hard drive
-SVGA monitor in 256 colors
-CD-ROM drive
-Hexen II (registered version; Hexen II requires 120 MB of hard drive space)

*****How to Install*****
Follow these steps to install your Hexmaker application:
1. Insert the Hexmaker CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Run setup.exe from the root directory of the CD-ROM.
3. Follow the installation options in the dialog box. The default installation
is the Hexmaker application and all the contents.

As the program is installed, a progress meter shows the status of the installation.

III. Technical Support
For more information on Hexmaker, check out the Web Site at www.hexmaker.com.
If you have installation and setup problems, email [e-mail].

IV. Things You Need to Know
A. Outstanding Issues

B. Tips and Tricks
1. To Increase Hexmaker Processing Speed: While you are creating
your levels, reduce/minimize the size of your Walk Window.

2. HTML Version of Textures: An HTML preview of the textures in the .wad file
is available. Use your HTML browser to call up index.htm from the
'textures\HTML Pages' directory to see what the textures look like.

3. Moving multiple selected objects breaks any connections between rooms you have.
To avoid this problem, group the selection then move and ungroup.

4. Avoid compiling when you have little available disk space, this includes from disks.
The Hexen II compilers create many temporary files and take up lots of
disk space while compiling. The compilers are not set up to detect when
you run out of disk space and they will not terminate.

5. The fit to face option for textures assumes one orientation for textures.
If you wish to have a texture face a specific direction use the surface
properties screen to manually edit the texture coordinates.

6. Due to memory limitations, there is a maximum number of textures that can
be loaded into Hexmaker that is set by your machine's available memory.
Keep only the textures you are working with open in the texture gallery. Do
not try to load all of the textures in the .wad file at once. You will only get
some of them and you will be too low on memory to edit.

7. Sometimes using the skew tool will cause leaks when a skewed side is connected
to an object with a transparent surface feature.

8. Undo does not re-connect objects.

9. In the Quick Start Guide, drag a Small Spider into the level instead of a Rat.

10. If you attempt to export an empty model, the compilers will cause an error.
Hexmaker can not catch all errors that happen in the compilers because the compiler
code is not ours and we do not support it.


C. Documentation
The on-line help file documents the features of Hexmaker. For more information
on editing and on the specific items you can use from the Hexen II game see
the Hexen Code Comments.txt file installed with the product. These comments
document the use of most of the class items Hexmaker allows you to use.


V. Legal and Copyright Stuff

THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED (NOT SOLD) TO YOU BY
ITS MANUFACTURER VIRTUS CORPORATION. YOUR
USE OF THIS PRODUCT IS RESTRICTED BY THE TERMS
OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT INCLUDED WITH THE
PRODUCT. BY USING THE PRODUCT YOU INDICATE
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE LICENSE TERMS

Copyright(C) 1997 VIRTUS Corporation.
All rights reserved.

HEXEN II(TM) Texture Graphics and Artwork(C) 1997 Raven
Software Corporation. All Rights Reserved. HEXEN II(TM)
and the Raven name are trademarks of Raven Software
Corporation used under sublicense.

VIRTUS and the Virtus logo are registered trademarks and
Hexmaker is a trademark of Virtus Corporation. Windows
is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other brand or
product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective holders.

qART-Lite is included on this cd-rom by permission of
its respective Copyright owner. For more information, upgrades,
help, and full versions of these programs, please visit
http://www.3dmatrix.com or email [e-mail].

qME-Lite is included on this cd-rom by permission of
its respective Copyright owner. For more information, upgrades,
help, and full versions of these programs, please visit
http://www.3dmatrix.com or email [e-mail].

ADQuedit is included on this cd-rom by permission of its Copyright owner.
For more information, upgrades, help, and full versions of this program,
please visit http://claim.goldrush.com/~hicks/adquedit/ or email
[e-mail].