RenderWare(tm) Animated Knight Demonstration Program ============================================================= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This demonstration program is copyright Criterion Software Limited 1994. Criterion Software grants you a license to use it only in the form as supplied. You may not disassemble, decompile or reverse engineer these demonstration programs. This demonstration programs is provided as is with no warranties of any kind. Criterion Software will not, under any circumstances, be liable for any lost revenue or other damages arising from the use of this demonstration program. RenderWare is a trademark of Canon Inc. The Knight models supplied courtesy of 47Tek ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RWKNIGHT.EXE ============ RWKNIGHT.EXE is a simple MS Windows application which demonstrates the use of RenderWare in an animated game environment. The demo shows 2 knights battling and the user has the option to interactively alter the viewpoint. Installation ============ Create a new directory for the demonstration program somewhere on your hard drive. Make this directory the current directory. Unzip the demonstration archive as follows: pkunzip -d rwknight.zip The demonstration program assumes that the scripts and textures it needs can be found in two sub-directories (called "SCRIPTS" and "TEXTURES" respectively) of the directory in which the demonstration executable is located. Running the Demonstration ========================= To execute the demonstration use the Run... menu from either the Program or File Manager or double click on the executable's icon in the File Manager window. Microsoft's WinG API ==================== This demonstration includes support for the beta of Microsoft's WinG API. WinG provides fast screen updates under Windows. If you have a copy of the WinG beta installed on your machine you can have the knight demonstration make use of it by specifying a command line option, -g, when running the executable. When using WinG the "Wing" item of the "Mode" menu is enabled. By selecting this option the output image will be stretched to twice it's original rendered size. The Demonstration ================= The demo starts up in demonstration mode. This mode flies a camera around the scene occasionally flying into the head of one or other of the knights to give a first person view. The Demonstration Controls ========================== To turn demo mode off, clear the demo option on the 'mode' menu. When not in demo mode, the following controls apply. Right mouse button - pan camera around scene. CTRL Right mouse button - pan light around scene. The Menus --------- The File Menu Exit - Leave the demonstration The Mode Menu Wing - Only available if using -g option. Toggle Wing stretching. Demo - Toggle demo mode. Knight1 - Fly into Knight1 viewpoint. Knight2 - Fly into Knight2 Observer - Fly out to observer viewpoint. The Help Menu About - Displays information about this demonstration. ==========================================================