Act 3d Interactive Polygon Demo v1.0
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1. Introduction
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The Act 3d Interactive Polygon Demo is a freeware demo that shows the power of the e3d engine.
The demo will not run under windows 3.11 and windows NT.

THIS DEMO NEEDS MICROSOFT DIRECTX 6.1!!!!!
get it at http://www.microsoft.com/directx

2. What's new?
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New since version 0.7:
* Bugfix for diamond drivers of the riva TNT
* Sound support(music)
* Fixed Mouseinput with riva TNT
* New 3d model: now the demo includes 4 models

3. System Requirements
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* A P166 processor or higher
* Windows 95/98
* 16 mb ram
* DirectX 6.0 or 6.1 installed!
* DirectX compatible 3d accelerator!
* 16bit 44.1khz DirectX compatible sound card

4. Installation
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Unpack the zip to any directory and run demo.exe.
Zip contents:

demo.exe	-	The demo executable
bass.dll	-	The sound engine DLL
readme.txt	-	This document
.\camera\	-	The directory that contains camera settings
.\objects\	-	The directory that contains 3d meshes and motions
.\textures\	-	The directory that contains all textures
.\music\	-	The directory that contains all music



5. Controls
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When started the demo presents two buttons: 

* Video	: Press this first to select in whitch resolution the demo will run or on witch 3d card.
* Launch: Start demo!

When the demo is running you can press the following keys:

* F1	: Act 3d Logo model
* f2	: Running man model
* F3	: Flying Aeroplane model
* f4	: Female statue model
* f	: Show framerate

6. TroubleShooting
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ERR:	"Could not create DDraw object"
WHY:	It appears that directX isn't installed or the displaydriver isn't setup properly.   
SOL:	Install directX and latest video drivers

ERR:	"Could not create directdraw4 (No directX 6.0?)"
WHY:	Directx 6.0 or later is not installed
SOL:	Install DirectX 6.0 or later

ERR:	"Could not set cooperativeLevel"
WHY:	Another program is interfering with the demo
SOL:	Close all programs that use directX
 
ERR:	"Could not set display mode"
WHY:	You selected a displaymode that the card can't display
SOL:	Select another resolution 

ERR:	"Primarysurface init failed!!"
WHY:	Graphics memory is allready taken by another application or 
SOL:	Reset and run the demo without any other application running

ERR:	"Backbuffer init failed"
WHY:	Graphics memory is allready taken by another application
SOL:	Reset and run the demo without any other application running

ERR:	"couldn't create Zbuffer"
WHY:	Not enough graphics memory
SOL:	continue without Zbuffer
SOL:	Select a lower resolution(16 bit?)
SOL:	Quit programs that use graphics memory

ERR:	"couldn't initialize D3D device"
WHY:	Your card doesn't support Direct 3d
SOL:	Buy a 3d card or select another card if you got one

ERR:	"couldn't get D3D device capabilities"
WHY:	Driver bug of your Graphics Accelerator
SOL:	Get the letest drivers for your 3d device

ERR:	"BASS version 0.3 was not loaded"
WHY:	The bass.dll is an old version
SOL:	The right version is included with the demo

ERR:	"Can't initialize digital sound system"
WHY:	The soundcard is taken by another application
SOL:	Quit any program that uses audio

ERR:	"Can't load music"
WHY:	Files cannot be found
SOL:	Make sure that you run the demo from it's directory
	that means that there is a music, objects, textures, 
	camera and sound dir
SOL:	Unpack the zip again to a new directory and make sure 
	it unpacks the directorystructure too

If the guide above doesn't solve your problem contact act3d support and provide the following information:
We would REALLY appreciate it if you report bugs to Act3d so we can prevent them for you and others in the future.

* System:
  -CPU(Mhz, brand etc..)
  -Memory(in Mb)
  -Graphics Card
  -Sound card
  -3d card
  -any other cards in your system
  -Version of DirectX and Windows

* The Fault
  -The error message that is displayed(if there is any)
  -Discribe your problem in detail and when it occurs so we can recreate it
  -Any other strange things that occur(Windows display distorts etc..)

7. Contact Information
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Web:		http://www.act-3d.com
support:	support@act-3d.com
mail:		mail@act-3d.com


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