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- DirectX
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- The Community Place browser uses Microsoft's DirectX sound package to support ambient
- sound and MOD format sound files within VRML worlds. If you have previously installed a
- version of Community Place and are simply upgrading to a later release, you do not need to
- download and reinstall DirectX.
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- Installing VRML Browser, Community Place
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- 1. Double-click CPB20A2.EXE to execute the file. This will unzip 24 files to the
- directory of your choice.
- 2. After you have successfully unzipped all files double click SETUP.EXE to install
- Community Place Browser
- 3. If you have a trouble, restart your computer and try again.
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- Netscape Options
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- Install will normally set up the correct Netscape Navigator options, if you want to check or do
- by hand then:
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- 1. Pull down "Options" and select "General Preferences", "Helpers" of the Netscape
- Navigator's menu.
- 2. Click "Create New Type."
- 3. Type "x-world" in the Mime Type field and "x-vrml" in the Mime SubType field, then click
- "OK."
- 4. Type "wrl" in the File Extensions field.
- 5. Click Launch the Application.
- 6. Set the Community Place Browser in the bottom text field.
- 7. Click "OK."
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- Starting Community Place
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- 1. Close Netscape Navigator.
- 2. Double click the relnote.html file in the installation directory.
- 3. If you are a first-time user and want to learn the basic operation of the Community Place
- browser, select the Manual option listed on the release notes page.
- 4. If you are eager to get started, select the option Entry to Multi-user Worlds on the
- release notes page.
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- Many sample files are also available for your enjoyment.
- If you find any bugs or have any requests, please let us know.vrmlmail@spiw.com
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- Voice-Enabled Chatroom
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- The sample Chatroom archive lets you connect to a U.S. server at
- Sony Pictures Imageworks and experience voice as well as text chat within a shared VRML
- world. You will find this in the CHAT folder.
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