V E R T E X   3 D   M O D E L   A S S E M B E L E R

                         V E R S I O N   0.1.10


                    http://wolfpack.twu.net/Vertex

              Copyright (C) 1999-2002 WolfPack Entertainment
                       http://wolfpack.twu.net/


         (Read INSTALL for compiling and installation instructions.)

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CONTENTS

	* News
	* Introduction
	* Requirements
	* Installation
	* Playing
	* Contacts


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NEWS & RELEASE NOTES

	Added support for displaying material finish on 3d views.


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INTRODUCTION

	Vertex 3D Model Assembler (sometimes reffered to as just Vertex)
	is a unique modeller designed specifically for generating
	efficient game models for (but not limited to) games and 
	applications using OpenGL's style of graphics rendering.

	This is not a modeller intended to create massive 3D scenes
	for ray tracers. However there are plans to support exporting
	models to ray tracers (ie POVRay), Vertex is not intended to
	be an eye candy modeller but rather a strict high performance
	game model maker.

	Vertex supports the native V3D format, it is a hybrid text
	file format designed to easilly support third party proprietery
	data as well as V3D model data in an OpenGL friendly layout
	so that it can be read and loaded quickly into OpenGL display 
	lists (if that is what the application wants) or into editable
	data structures in terms of `models' and `primitives'.
	One V3D file may contain multiple models and embedded third
	party proprietery data within and outside model sections in
	the file.

	Vertex is a modeller written by game programmers for game
	programmers, its intent is to maximize efficiency and detail
	tradeoff for high performance 3d models in games. Artists
	using modellers for ray-tracers make need some breaking into
	the differences of making models for ray tracers vs making
	models for games.

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REQUIREMENTS

	For UNIX/X:

		* An implmentation of OpenGL or hardware acceleration
		  (note that glut is not required). XFree86 4.x is
		  recommended.

		* GTK+ 1.2.x with the GTK GLArea Widget.

		* P166 or faster (if not using hardware acceleration).


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RUNNING

	To run Vertex, type:

		vertex [filename]

	Or if you have installed Vertex's local data in an alternate
	location, type:

		vertex -f /tmp/whatever/vertex.ini [filename]

	In each case [filename] is the name of the V3D file to load.

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CONTACTS

See:
	http://wolfpack.twu.net/contacts.html
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