Surprisingly there is no simple way in Windows to check the 3D graphics capability of a PC. The best way we have found is to Start / Run / DXDIAG and view the Display information reported. If the Device name contains nVidia GeForce or ATI Radeon and the memory is 32MB or greater then the 3D graphics aspect should be satisfied. We have received feedback that the Intel 915 (with 128MB of shared memory) also performs satisfactory.

Under 'Device' (on left hand side of box), check 'Approx. Total Memory' - this should be more than '16.0 MB'. If so, your graphics capability is fine. If not, you need to upgrade your graphics card to run this program efficiently.

The comp.graphics.algorithms FAQ contains a lot of 3D graphics information that isn't specific to OpenGL. excellent general computer graphics text is Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, Second Edition, by James Foley, et al. ISBN 0-201-12110-7. It has been mentioned that this book is out of print and that a third edition is planned for release in January 2001. However, some online book retailers still seem to have it for sale. Try amazon.com.

We use an overhead view because it's better for seeing who is in your adventuring party. Smaller graphics mean that you can see farther and more people, and Clan Lord tends to have lots of people playing together. (Why else be online?) And tiny graphics look better hand-drawn than 3D.

In creating this game, we decided that instead of focusing on creating pretty graphics, we would instead focus on creating a game which was fun to play. Also, since we do coding for this game in our spare time, we decided to try and limit the complexity of the task we were undertaking. A third reason is that none of the current development team is familiar with either of the two dominant graphics APIs: DirectX and OpenGL.

Surprisingly there is no simple way in Windows to check the 3D graphics capability of a PC. The best way we have found is to Start / Run / DXDIAG and view the Display information reported. If the Device name contains nVidia GeForce or ATI Radeon and the memory is 32MB or greater then the 3D graphics aspect should be satisfied. We have received feedback that the Intel 915 (with 128MB of shared memory) also performs satisfactory.

Common problems with supplied files from amateur or part-time designers, typically involve file and font incompatibilities, missing bleed and crop/fold/perf marks and poor color matching, (due to improper monitor calibration and a general lack of understanding of the CMYK process) which means the final output can vary DRAMATICALLY from what you see on your monitor. If you have never done this before, your CD or DVD cover isn't a great place to experiment.

Not anymore. I started out doing that in the mid 1980's and did so for many years. At that time there really wasn't any software capable of doing what needed to be done so I always found myself writing the software and tools to support the production role. After many years I decided that I liked development a lot more than the production side and focussed on that exclusively.

I am an independant artist for hire, modeling for animation, stills, video games etc. But I have to warn you, 3D art this complex can be very expensive and typically only large commerical firms can afford it. Were I to perform all the requests that I recieved for free, I would never have any time to myself B). As much as I like creating, I'm limited by time and cost.

A high-performance graphics card will certainly help. The underlying system spends a lot of time blitting 32-bit RGB bitmaps to the screen. But no 3D capabilities of the card will be used.

If you have more than one 3d accelerator card and would like to change which card the game uses, edit the config.dat file in your install directory (using a text editing program such as notepad). Remove the semi-colon from the line ';ChooseDevice=true'. When you next run the game, you will be given the option to choose which accelerator card is used.

We would recommend the following as the minimum specification to obtain a reasonably smooth fly-through: Obviously if the hardware exceeds these minimums then the loading of data should be faster and the fly-through smoother. Registration requires access to an Internet connection - ideally on the PC that Photoscape 3D is being installed on. If this is not available then any other Internet connected PC can be used but you will need to type in the codes manually.

Yes we can but Mac is preferable, as most bureaus are Mac based. We usually find that most PC files we can convert to postscript, but they can be volatile and prone to corruption and /or loss of information. However, it is just as important to make sure that the software usage across the platforms are matched to a degree - if in doubt and the file information will allow you, save the file in a lower version as some versions do not 'rip' particularly well.

Yes. Wizardry 8 has been designed as a 3D-accelerated game from the ground up. We've taken special care to make the 3D effects part of the game, not just showy gimmicks. We want you to think, "Wow, those etched glass windows look fantastic," not, "Oh look, another translucency."

No. You need a 3D Card, but it does not have to the latest and greatest. A 3D graphics card that is DirectX 9 compatible is all that's required. If you do have a super high powered 3D card, you will enjoy an enhanced battlefield experience.

for those who have grown tired of the newbie questions, why do you continue to answer them?? Just to go on the other side of the fence, some are not as "internet search savvy" as others and come here for help. As dedicated homebrewers with experience, are we not obligated by our love for the nectar of the Gods to nuture and tolerate the up and coming?? To allow the youngsters to grow in the craft and possibly sway them to our own brewing phylosophies.

Yes. Simply click the Load function to go to the file requester. PAP will automatically recognize a sequence of numbered frames as a clip. We support all the most popular formats, such as TGA, PNG, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, BMP and more. PAP understands most numbering schemes. The files could be named like this: name0001.ext, name0002.ext... or simply 1.ext, 2.ext... The imported frames will be placed in the blue layer and therefore colored monochrome blue.

The glasses themselves are identical. We include 2 pairs of wireless glasses with the long-range kit. However the infra-red transmitter is custom-built to allow the glasses to work up to 20 feet away from the transmitter, versus several feet for the regular PC glasses.

After 1PM, on your arrival date, you can use your confirmation/booking number to get your room number and keybox combination from the quick check-in computer inside the hostel. It's as easy as 1 2 3 1) Open the Internet browser, 2) Type in your booking reference number, 3) Get your room number and keybox combination.