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- Welcome to the Caligari pluSpack1
- ---------------------------------
-
- This CD includes:
-
- - A feature upgrade to trueSpace3
- - Four powerful extension products
- - The latest trueSpace3 eXtension SDK
- - Microsoft DirectX version 5
- - Microsoft and SGI OpenGL libraries
-
- At the end of this file, we have also included instructions
- for manual installation of the pluSpack.
-
-
- Important Note about 256-Color Displays
- ---------------------------------------
- Please note that trueSpace3 and the extensions were designed
- for use on 16-bit (or better) displays.
-
- While trueSpace3 and the extensions can be used in 256-color
- mode, you should be aware that you may experience some color
- shifts when switching between applications, especially when
- trueSpace is not full-screen.
-
- If you experience these problems, you just need to cause
- trueSpace3 to refresh by mouse-clicking on the window, or
- minimizing and then restoring trueSpace3.
-
-
- trueSpace3 Upgrade
- ------------------
- Installing the pluSpack1 will upgrade trueSpace3 to version
- 3.2. trueSpace3.2 provides OpenGL support for graphics
- acceleration on Windows 95/NT, the ability to load and save
- DirectX objects, and an expanded plug-in interface.
-
- These patches will only upgrade the release version of
- trueSpace3 (version 3.0), and the 3.1 version from our Web
- site or the trueClips3 CD.
-
- If you have the special NT 3.51 (DirectX disabled) version of
- trueSpace3, you will need to reinstall trueSpace3 from your
- original CD before upgrading.
-
- These patches will not work on any other versions of Caligari
- products.
-
-
- trueSpace3 eXtensions
- ---------------------
- The pluSpack1 includes four powerful extension products:
-
- coolpowers2 from windmill fraser multimedia
- Mesh Forge and Primal Particles from Primitive Itch
- Material Generator from Paladin Studios
-
- These are full-featured products; they are not disabled demo
- versions. Full explanations of these extensions can be found
- in the pluSpack1 manual.
-
-
- tSX SDK
- -------
- If you are interested in developing extensions to trueSpace3
- (like the ones included with the pluSpack), you can find the
- complete SDK on the CD in the TSX_SDK directory.
-
- All related programming files and documentation can be found
- there.
-
-
- Microsoft DirectX
- -----------------
- The pluSpack1 installation will check for DirectX version 5,
- upgrading from version 3 if needed.
-
- DirectX offers support for hardware acceleration using some of
- the newer graphics cards under Windows 95.
-
- DirectX 5 is not currently supported by Microsoft on Windows NT.
-
-
- Microsoft and SGI OpenGL
- ------------------------
- OpenGL is another set of libraries that offer solid display mode
- in trueSpace3. OpenGL works on both Windows 95 and Windows NT.
-
- We have included two versions of OpenGL because they offer
- different performance in hardware and software; trueSpace3 will
- use the best one based on your graphics card, screen resolutions,
- and so on.
-
- We have also included the complete SGI OpenGL SDK on your CD in
- the DATA\SGI_GL directory.
-
-
- Manual Installation
- -------------------
- If you experience problems installing the trueSpace3 upgrade, you
- should first try to reinstall trueSpace3 from your original CD,
- and then run the pluSpack1 installation.
-
- If this still does not work, or you just want to install things
- by hand, you can perform the following steps:
-
- 1) To upgrade trueSpace3, you first need to know what version
- you are using. This can be found in the About box, which is
- accessed from the Help menu in trueSpace3.
-
- 2) Copy the appropriate patch file from the DATA directory of
- the CD to your trueSpace3 directory. It is very important
- that you actually COPY this file. You cannot run it from
- a shortcut, nor can you run it from the CD.
-
- 3) Double-click on the patch file that you copied to your
- hard drive. This will launch the patch program, and update
- your trueSpace3 files.
-
-
- If you have problems installing the other components, or you want
- to install things by hand, you can perform these steps:
-
- 1) To install the Mesh Forge, Primal Particles, and Material
- Generator extensions, simply copy all of the files in the
- respective directories (in DATA on the CD) to the TSX
- directory. The TSX directory is located in the same place
- as your trueSpace3 program.
-
- 2) The coolpowers extension has a complete setup program. You
- can run this from DATA\CP2\CP2PPE.EXE on your CD.
-
- 3) The Microsoft OpenGL libraries are found in DATA\OPENGL95.
- You must copy these files to your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
-
- 4) The SGI OpenGL libraries are found in DATA\SGI_GL. Note that
- this directory includes the SDK installation and LICENSE.TXT.
- You must copy the two *.DLL files to your WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- directory to use trueSpace3. If you want to install the
- SDK (not required), you can double-click the SGI_GL.EXE
- file.
-
- 5) Finally, DATA\DIRECTX contains Microsoft DirectX version 5.
- This includes the DXSETUP.EXE program which can be used to
- check and install DirectX.
-
-
- CONTACTING CALIGARI
- -------------------
- Caligari Corporation
- http://www.caligari.com
- support@caligari.com
- (650) 390-9600
-
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