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This CD accompanies the book
"The Virtual Reality Homebrewer's Handbook",
by Robin Hollands, and published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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Change to your CD-ROM drive at the DOS prompt and run RUNME.BAT to
use the CD-ROM's main installation software. When in the main installation
software, press F1 for installer instructions.
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IMPORTANT NOTE
PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING LICENCE "LICENCE.TXT"
BEFORE INSTALLING OR USING ANY OF THE SOFTWARE OR
UTILITIES CONTAINED ON THE CD-ROM.
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As an alternative to using the installation software, most software demos
and utilities can be run from their own directories. In some cases the
directory may also contain extra demos or text files. For installation
information for a particular software package, change to the appropriate
directory as listed below and read any text files supplied
(READ.ME, *.TXT, *.DOC or *.WRI) The software can be found in the
following directories:
\2MRO : Graphical World Builder demo
\3DGRAPH : Source code for the 3D graphis tutorial, chapter 2
\C : C source code
\PASCAL : Pascal source code
\3DWARE : Full personal version of Virtek's 3D-Ware toolkit
\MANUAL : An Adobe Acrobat manual for 3D-Ware (MANUAL.PDF)
\ACROBAT : Adobe Acrobat Reader for Windows
\AVRIL : AVRIL C-based VR toolkit plus manuals
\BRENDER : Demos of Argonaut's BRender graphics toolkit
\BIS : BRender in Space game
\BROOM : BRender clone of a popular 3D game
\FLY : Terrain mapping UFO demo
\RDEMO : Demo of BRender's reflection capabilities
\SPACERIG : Deserted space station demo of
\CARPET : Magic Carpet playable game demo
\CLAYWORK : Clayworks object creation package
\CYBERMAX : Source code for reading the CyberMaxx HMD tracker
\C : C source code
\PASCAL : Pascal source code
\REND386 : The original homebrew VR toolkit
\RWCYBER : Renderware CyberStreet demo for Windows
\SYSTEM : Installation software support files
\TERRAIN : Height terrain demo
\VIRTUS : Virtus Player browser and example worlds (Windows)
\VR386 : Son of REND386
\VROOM : The VROOM pascal-based VR toolkit plus demos
\VSCOPE : Veriscope object viewing and manipulation software
\WAUTHOR : WadAuthor - shareware Windows DOOM etc. level editor
\WTK_WIN : Demo of WorldToolkit for Windows
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HELP!
If you are having problems installing or running any software from the
main installation menu, check the appropriate text file for any special
system requirements (press ? or the right mouse button in the main
installation software). If this does not help, try changing to the
appropriate subdirectory and installing the software without using
the CD-ROM's main installation menu.
Note that the VROOM demos, WADAuthor and Veriscope all need to write
to the disk, and therefore must be copied to your hard disk in order
to work (the main installation menu will do this for you). Please also
note that WADAuthor requires a registered copy of DOOM, DOOMII,
Heretic etc. to be installed in order to run. Also be aware that
Virtek's 3D-Ware requires that a memory manager such as EMM386 is
present and active in order to install or run. If you're having
trouble getting the REND386 demo to run without using the main
installation menu, try changing to directory \REND386\ROOM and run
..\DEMO4.EXE ROOM5.WLD
The main installation software was written to run in DOS, and assumes
that Windows can be started using the command 'win'. If you are using
any other operating system (such as Windows 95), you *may* have
installation problems. If in doubt, try installing the software directly
from its subdirectory, instead of using the main installation software.
Check any text files to make sure that the software will run under your
operating system.
Happy homebrewing!
Robin Hollands