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CyberGate Version 1.0 Beta 3
for Windows '95 and Windows NT
March, 8th 1996
Copyright (c) 1996, Black Sun Interactive
All Rights Reserved.
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THE MULTI-USER FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS VERSION
WILL BE DISABLED AS SOON AS THE NEXT VERSION
IS AVAILABLE. YOU WILL BE REMINDED OF THIS
TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE.
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What's New in Beta #3
=====================
CyberGate Beta_3 adds the following new features:
1. Use your own Avatars
You can now use your own custom-built VRML avatar instead of
selecting one from the Black Sun Avatar Room.
Note: please be sure that your custom Avatar complies with
the CyberGate Avatar Design Rules!
- Use syntactically correct VRML (Version 1.0)
- Keep total file size (including inlines) less than 48K
- Use Orientation to define "frontward"
- Put the Avatar's origin point (0,0,0) inside its "head"
(i.e. where you want others to "look you in the eye")
Be considerate: "Fit" your avatar to its virtual surroundings:
between 1 and 2 meters tall, and max. 3 meters wide or long.
[ CyberHub Administrators may choose to ban Avatars that
trespass on other people's bandwidth! ]
2. Ignoring Avatars
You can now choose to "ignore" any Avatar(s)
for the duration of you session. Just press a button,
and they become (for you) completely "invisible."
3. Larger Chat Area
The Chat Area can now be made much larger, thus greatly
reducing the need to scroll back during Chat sessions.
4. ChatLog Files
An option has been added to purge the ChatLog files at the end
of a session.
Again, our thanks to all those who have offered their comments and
suggestions on how to make CyberGate more useful. We are still
listening hard: expect many more improvements to come!
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1. Software Requirements
=========================
Windows NT
* Windows NT 3.51
Windows '95
* Windows '95
2. Hardware Requirements
=========================
To run CyberGate you should have at least:
* 486/66 processor
* 8 MB memory
* 256 colors
* 10 MB free disk space
* 14.4 modem
Recommendation:
To support large worlds where you can meet lots of other people,
we recommend using a Pentium processor with 16MB memory, a graphics
card (1MB) supporting 65K colors and 800x600 screen resolution
and a 16 bit sound card.
3. Installation
================
3.1 Installation on Windows '95 and Windows NT
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CyberGate 1.0 Beta 2 has a Windows setup program.
The setup program is in a self-extracting zip archive.
Step 1: Download the self extracting archive file to a temporary directory.
Step 2: Run the self extracting archive file to unpack the archive
and launch the "Setup" procedure.
Step 3: The following inputs are required during setup:
- the installation directory (default C:\BlackSun\CyberGate)
Hint: Windows '95 doesn't support blanks in file names properly.
If you use C:\Program Files\BlackSun\CyberGate, you
can't execute CyberGate correctly from Explorer.
- if you have a previous version you will be asked whether
you want to overwrite it
- if you use the Netscape Navigator, you must specify the
Netscape "PlugIn" installation directory
- OK to our license agreement
Step 4: The self extracting archive will be extracted to several
folders (disk1 ... diskN). After the installation you may
copy each of these folders to a floppy disk. You can use this
floppy disk set to install CyberGate on another computer
without downloading the self extracting executable again.
Problems during Setup:
======================
a) Netscape Plugin:
-------------------
If you skipped the CyberGate Netscape Navigator Plug-In
component during the setup of CyberGate, you just need to
copy "<GyberGate>\npimages\npcyber.dll" to the Netscape
Navigators Plug-In subdirectory
"<Netscape Directory>\Navigator\Program\plugins\".
For further information see sectiom 4.0 below.
b) Program Group missing under Windows NT (only)
------------------------------------------------
If you don't find the Program Group specified during setup, you were
not logged in with the appropriate rights to create a common Program
Group under Windows NT. In this case you need to create a Program
Group manually and add an icon to this Program Group for
<Install-Directory>\cyber.exe.
3.2 Installed software and files
--------------------------------
Some components are Copyright 1993-1996 by Criterion Software Ltd.
We use the original GNU gzip.exe and win32gnu.dll.
<Windows Directory>\blacksun\scripts\*.*
<Windows Directory>\vic32.dll
<Windows Directory>\win32gnu.dll
<Netscape Directory>\Progam\plugins\NPZCYBER.DLL
<Install Directory>\*
3.3 Uninstall
-------------
Use the Uninstall icon in the CyberGate program folder.
4.0 WWW Browsers
================
CyberGate can run as a Netscape Navigator 2.0 plug in.
Since Netscape Navigator doesn't allow switching between different
VRML plugins, you have to remove or rename the appropriate DLL in
the netscape plugin directory to get your favorite VRML browser.
You can check if there are more than one Plug-In's installed by
selecting the Help/About Plug-ins menu in Netscape Navigator.
Entries showing up "x-world/x-vrml" are VRML Plug-Ins.
If you have questions in this specific area please contact us
under info@blacksun.com.
For other WWW browsers specify CyberGate as the helper application
for x-world/x-vrml files (extension .wrl).
CyberGate will use your installed WWW browser to follow hyperlinks
to HTML pages.
5.0 Further Information
=======================
CyberGate contains online help.
For more information, see the online release notes at:
http://www2.blacksun.com/beta/c-gate/relnotes.html
or
http://www2.blacksun.com/beta/c-gate/faq.html
for frequently asked questions, or
http://www2.blacksun.com/beta/c-gate/KnownBugs.html
for information about known problems.
To give us feedback on your experience with CyberGate, please
use the online form:
http://www2.blacksun.com/beta/c-gate/feedback/
or write us at info@blacksun.com.
6.0 Trademarks
==============
CyberGate is a trademark of Black Sun Interactive.
Windows 95 and Windows NT are registered trademarks of MicrosoftCorporation.
Other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
holders.
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