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READMGA.TXT                MATROX GRAPHICS INC.                   January 30,1997
           MGA Millennium\Mystique 3DSMax (HEIDI) Driver for NT4.0
                           Revision 1.00.008

                       Product Files
                           =============
The following files are decompressed into the \3DSMAX main directory by default :

  drivers\README.TXT      This file
  drivers\MGAMIL.HDI      HEIDI driver
  scenes\MATROX.MAX       A Matrox 3D Studio Max sample file

                      Installation & Configuration
                      ============================
1) If you haven't already done so, install Windows NT 4.0.
2) If you haven't already done so, install 3D Studio MAX version 1.2. Previous
   versions will also run, however, v1.2 was intended for NT4.0.
3) Install the Matrox NT display driver revision 3.00 or higher and reboot.
4) From the instalation floppy, start the setup program and follow the instructions.
5) Choosing the MGAMILL.HDI driver in 3D Studio Max:
    - Start 3DSMAX
    - Go to menu "FILE/PREFERENCES"
    - Click on the VIEWPORTS tab
    - Click on the CHOOSE DRIVER button
    - In the CUSTOM DRIVER list, choose MGAMIL.HDI
    - Restart 3DS MAX for preferences to take effect
6) You are now ready to run 3D Studio Max with MGA acceleration ... good luck.

                          Important Notes
              ===============
1) This driver does not work with NT3.51 ... only NT4.0.
2) The Double Buffer and Z buffer switches in the MGA Settings Advanced property
   sheet must be enabled to enable hardware acceleration of this driver.
3) This driver provides hardware acceleration for flat shaded, gouraud shaded, and
   z-buffered scenes. Accelerated texture mapping for Mystique will be added in a
   subsequent release.
4) Only true-color pixel depths of 15bpp, 16bpp and 32bpp are supported. 8bpp will
   result in strange colors to appear and will make using 3D Studio Max very
   difficult. We recommend using one of the other supported pixel depths.
5) Texture mapping and alpha blending are supported through software emulation.
   This is also true for Mystique even though the hardware supports texture mapping.
   This will be added in a future release.
6) Since video memory can be dynamically allocated by any DirectDraw application,
   we cannot guarantee for which resolutions we will run with with hw acceleration.
   Appropriate MGA Warning messages are issued if insufficient memory conditions
   and we will revert to software emulation code for graphic operations in such a
   case.
   If no other application has allocated video memory, the following resolutions
   are supported with hardware acceleration :

    +-------------+--------------------+--------------------+
    | Pixel depth |       15/16 bpp    |       32 bpp       |
    +-------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
    | Onboard Mem | 2 Mb | 4 Mb | 8 Mb | 2 Mb | 4 Mb | 8 Mb |
    +-------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
    |  640x480    | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No   | Yes  | Yes  |
    |  800x600    | No   | Yes  | Yes  | No   | No   | Yes  |
    |  1024x768   | No   | No   | Yes  | No   | No   | Yes  |
    |  1152x882   | No   | No   | Yes  | No   | No   | No   |
    |  1280x1024  | No   | No   | Yes  | No   | No   | No   |
    +-------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
    Yes : Double buffered with Z supported
    No  : Not supported

7) Changing the display property settings (resolution or pixel depth) is not
   handled well by 3DSMax. We beleive this problem is not particular to our driver.
   We recommend that you quit 3DSMax before modifying your display and restart it
   after the display changes have taken place.


                           DRIVER HISTORY
                           ==============
Revision 1.00
First official release.


                           KNOWN LIMITATIONS
                           =================
Some of the following limitations may be common to all 3D Studio Max hardware
accelerated drivers, but we are listing them for the sake of being thorough :

1) Opening a DOS full screen window will cause corruption and possibly crash the
   system when trying to return to 3DSMax.
2) OpenGL screen savers will cause screen corruption when returning to 3D Studio
   Max. Redraw all viewports to correct this.
3) 3D Studio Max may crash or stop without warning when the display driver is in
   32 bpp (true color) and in a supported resolution (like 1024x768 on an 8 Mb
   board) and there is another Direct Draw application using offscreen.
   In this case, close any Direct Draw application using offscreen before running
   3D Studio Max.
4) We have noticed on certain system configurations that perpective views do
   not correctly display wireframe drawings. You can workaround this by right
   clicking on the viewport label to bring up a pop-up menu. Choose
   "Configure..." and change the "Rendering Level" to "Smooth", and "Apply to"
   "All Viewports" and close the menu. Then reopen it and switch the
   "Rendering Level" back to "Wireframe". This will correct the problem for
   the rest of your session.
5) When quiting 3D Studio Max v1.1 a dialog box will open with title
   "SMARTHEAP LIBRARY". Just click the CANCEL button.  This is fixed with v1.2
   of 3D Studio Max.