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- RenderWare(tm) v1.4 (FCS) Rollercoaster Demonstration
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- 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 this
- demonstration program.
-
- This demonstration program 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.
-
- This demonstration program may not be redistributed for commercial purposes
- without the prior consent of Criterion Software Ltd. If this demonstration
- program is redistributed this file must be included, unmodified in the
- distribution.
-
- RenderWare is a trademark of Canon Inc.
- Other trademarks acknowledged.
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- RWROLLER.EXE
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- The rollercoaster demonstration allows you to ride one of four sample
- "virtual" rollercoasters and furthermore, due to the real-time nature
- of RenderWare, you can interactively design a new rollercoaster. You
- can also choose different camera views of the ride.
-
- Configuration
- =============
-
- 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. The directory in which the executable is
- placed must contains the "SCRIPTS" and "TEXTURES" sub-directories.
- Furthermore, the four sample rollercoaster definition files
- ("TRACK1.RRC", "TRACK2.RRC", "TRACK3.RRC" and "TRACK4.RRC") and the data
- file "RWROLLER.PAL" should be in the same directory as "RWROLLER.EXE".
-
- Running the Demonstration
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-
- 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.
-
- The Demonstration Controls
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-
- Most of the demonstration's functionality is controlled by a series
- of menus. These menus are as follows:
-
- The File Menu
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-
- New - Discard the current rollercoaster and replace it with
- a default rollercoaster (an entirely flat rollercoaster
- following a circular path).
-
- Open - Brings up a (fully interactive, real-time) menu of
- the four sample coasters. Simply click on one of the
- rollercoasters to ride that coaster. Furthermore, by
- clicking on the "More..." button a standard Windows
- open file dialog is displayed from which you may select
- a rollercoaster previously designed and saved
- (rollercoaster definition files have the extension ".RRC").
-
- Save - Saves the current rollercoaster. If the rollercoaster
- has not previously been loaded from a file you will be
- prompted for a file name.
-
- Save As - Saves the current rollercoaster under a new file name.
- The standard Windows save file dialog will be displayed.
-
- The Edit Menu
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- Description - Edit the current descriptive string for the
- rollercoaster. The descriptive string is displayed
- in the window title when the rollercoaster is being
- ridden.
-
- Side view - Switch to a side view of the rollercoaster. In
- this mode the rollercoaster can be edited.
-
- Moving the mouse horizontally while holding the
- left mouse button down pans the camera around the
- rollercoaster. Moving the mouse vertically while
- holding the left mouse button down zooms the
- camera toward and away from the rollercoaster.
-
- If you hold the SHIFT key and the left button
- while dragging the mouse the camera will change
- in altitude.
-
- You will notice a number of yellow cones resting
- on the rollercoaster's track. These yellow cones
- control the path taken by the rollercoaster. By
- clicking on a yellow cone and dragging the mouse
- button you can change the position of the yellow
- cone. When the cone is released the rollercoaster
- will be rebuilt to reflect the new position of
- the cone. If you switch back to riding the
- rollercoaster using the Ride item of the Viewpoint
- menu you will begin to ride the new track.
-
- Top view - Switch to a top view of the rollercoaster. In this
- mode you are floating above the coaster looking
- down on it. In this mode the rollercoaster can be
- edited.
-
- Moving the mouse horizontally while holding the
- left mouse button down moves the camera
- horizontally over the rollercoaster. Moving the
- mouse vertically while holding the left mouse
- button down moves the camera vertically over the
- rollercoaster.
-
- If you hold the SHIFT key and the left button
- while dragging the mouse the camera will change
- in altitude.
-
- You will notice a number of yellow cones resting
- on the rollercoaster's track. These yellow cones
- control the path taken by the rollercoaster. By
- clicking on a yellow cone and dragging the mouse
- button you can change the position of the yellow
- cone. When the cone is released the rollercoaster
- will be rebuilt to reflect the new position of
- the cone. If you switch back to riding the
- rollercoaster using the Ride item of the Viewpoint
- menu you will begin to ride the new track.
-
- The Viewpoint Menu
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-
- Ride - Switch to a camera mode where you are riding the
- in the rollercoaster's car. Use this mode for
- maximum effect!
-
- Trail - Switch to a camera mode where the camera is behind
- the rollercoaster's car.
-
- Lead - Switch to a camera mode where the camera leads
- the rollercoaster's car and points back toward the
- car.
-
- Spotter - Switch to a camera mode where the camera circles the
- moving rollercoaster car.
-
- The Options Menu
- ----------------
-
- Stretch output - This option is only available if using Microsoft's
- WinG API. See the section on WinG in this document
- for more information.
-
- Show car - Shows or hides the rollercoaster car.
-
- The Help Menu
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-
- About... - Displays an about box for this demonstration.
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