File:                WildRide3D_PR.tgz
Author:              Ludvig Pedersen (ludvigp@ifi.uio.no) 
Release:             v0.13 (24/7-1997) 
Compatibility:       PR 
Location:            game 
Description:         Preview of a car-racing game called WildRide. 
Notes: 

                          WildRide3D v0.13
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                    Programming: Ludvig Pedersen


WildRide3D is a car-racing 3D game. This is only a preview release. 
So you can only move around using 3 cameras.

Features:
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  - Texture mapping
  - 8 bits graphics
  - Free movements
  - Multi-threaded
  - Perspective correct per scanline
  - 3 different camera views
  - Fullscreen 640x480x8

Known bugs:
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  - The texturemapped sky i broken, so I removed it.

History:
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v0.10	First release

v0.11	Bug fix.
		Removed some nasty bugs which was discovered with 
		"export MALLOC_DEBUG=1". 

v0.12	After heard that some people have problems with opening a
         320x480 screen. I have now included 3 different screen resolutions.

		Joystick controls are now working again.
		
		Fixed Matrox Millenium BytesPerRow error in LevelEditor.

v0.13	This version works on BeOS Preview Release.

To do:
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  - Do a complete rewrite using my new 3D engine.
  - Find a guy who is able to make nice graphics!!!! :-)


How to start WildRide3D:
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  - Unpack the archive
  - Start WildRide3D from icon or terminal.


Requires:
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  - BeOS Preview Release


How to navigate in the 3D world:
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Player 1:
  - RotateLeft       = Left Arrow
  - RotateRight      = Right Arrow 
  - RotateUp         = Up Arrow
  - RotateDown       = Down Arrow

  - MoveLeft         = "A"
  - MoveRight        = "D"
  - MoveForward      = "W"
  - MoveBackward     = "X"
  - MoveUp           = Left Shift
  - MoveDown         = Left Control

Player 2:
  - RotateLeft       = Left Arrow (on keypad)
  - RotateRight      = Right Arrow (on keypad)
  - RotateUp         = Up Arrow (on keypad)
  - RotateDown       = Down Arrow (on keypad)

  - MoveLeft         = "H"
  - MoveRight        = "K"
  - MoveForward      = "U"
  - MoveBackward     = "M"
  - MoveUp           = Right Shift
  - MoveDown         = Right Control

Player 3:
  - Analog joystick controls (Lower joystick port)
  
Track Editor:
  - Plot tile        = A
  - Choose tile      = [ and ]
  - Move cursor      = Arrow keys

Other:
  - Game             = F1
  - Track Editor     = F2
  - Joystick lab.    = F3
  - Escape (Quit)    = ESC


Tips:
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  WildRide3D will use a long time to start the FIRST time. 
  This is because its computing a best-match 256 colors palette 
  from all the textures.

  WildRide3D print a lot of DEBUG info to STDOUT(Termial window),
  so if WildRide3D crashes this is the place to look! 
  Also if you are interrested in some rendering info/stats look here.
  
  If you have problems with getting a joystick to work, try to
  press F3 inside the game. 
  


Updates: 
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The newest version of WildRide3D is available at:

http://www.ifi.uio.no/~ludvigp/Be/index.html



Contact me at: ludvigp@ifi.uio.no


              WildRide3D - Copyright 1997 Ludvig Pedersen.