Short: Demo pix / info about terrain renderer Author: Gary R. Huber, Uploader: Xenon Arcticus burner com Type: docs/anno Architecture: generic Distribution: CD ok Christopher Eric "Xenon" Hanson (Xenon@Arcticus.burner.com) ** This is a re-issue of the original WCSdemoKit which was ** missing a couple of files. Included info from Comp.Sys.Amiga.Announce: TITLE World Construction Set, Demo Kit VERSION Demos from and information about v1.0 AUTHORS Gary R. Huber Christopher Eric "Xenon" Hanson (Xenon@Arcticus.burner.com) SHORT High-end terrain renderer and animator. DESCRIPTION World Construction Set is a powerful program for rendering photorealistic landscapes from USGS DEM (Digital Elevation Model) data or other sources. Many types of ground shading and foliage are supported, with spline animation, import/export facilities and an elegant non-modal user- interface. FEATURES General Program Features: Task-oriented non-modal user-interface Load/Save configurable workspace and user preferences Flexible object, image and data file paths Uses Magic User Interface -- Amiga User Interface StyleGuide compliant Provides public screen on user-specified ScreenMode Enhanced display board (with Intuition emulation) compatibility 68000, 68020/68030 and 68040 optimized versions Compatible with all Amiga models running OS2.04 or later Multimedia, multidimensional and buzzword-compliant! Heaps O' Fun to Use! Import / Export Features: IO LightWave motion files I U.S. Geological Survey Digital Line Graphs (USGS DLG) I World Data Bank global vector data I AutoCAD DXF vectors (LINE, POLYLINE, POINT primitives) I USGS 3 arc second ASCII Digital Elevation Models (DEM) IO WCS Binary DEM IO Future support for Vista binary DEMs IO IFF and Sculpt image formats IO IFF-ZBUF and raw array Z-Buffer data IO Convert between any 2D binary data array and an image/DEM Mapping Features: Extensively configurable algorithmic ecosystem mapping Animatable planar color and ecosystem mapping Multigradient hypsometric shaded relief mapping Multiple ecosystem types: Water, Bare, Rock, Grass, Conifer, Deciduous Visual sensitivity (ViewShed) analysis and display 2D/3D vector digitization, editing and mapping/rendering Summagraphics tablet support (future generic tablet support) 2D plan view (overhead) map display by contour or shaded relief Animation Features: Automatic turn banking and lookahead options Spline control of all motion, color and ecosystem parameters Individual Tension, Continuity and Bias for each spline channel Interactive 3D wireframe layout display Multiple 3D preview rendering methods Batch render preview animation frames to files for external playback Real-time internal preview of motion (bounding-box) and color Timeline (motion graph) editing of all splined parameters Rendering Features: 24 bit output with 4 bit (16-color) progress display Field Rendering for 60fps video output Any aspect and resolution up to 32767 x 32767 (memory permitting) Segmented rendering option reduces memory requirements Automatic super-sampled pixel antialiasing User-definable fractal recursion level Detailed 2D trees for realistic vegetation density within realistic rendering time-frames Curvilinear horizon gradient or animated bitmap image backgrounds Supports Z-Buffered background compositing (IFF-ZBUF, Raw array) REQUIREMENTS Amiga OS 2.04 or later. 3-4MB RAM required. Recommended: 68030/68040, 8-16MB RAM, large hard disk, hires display card. HOST NAME All Aminet sites including: ftp.luth.se (130.240.18.2) wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) Also will be available on CompuServe, Genie and other networks and BBSes. DIRECTORY biz/demo FILE NAME WCSdemokit.LHA DISTRIBUTABILITY All demo materials are Copyright ©1994-1994 by Questar Productions, but may be freely distributed for non-profit uses. World Construction Set v1.0 is Commercial software, and is not freely distributable. PRICE World Construction Set retails for $250.00, but initial v1.0 orders before October 30th 1994 will be discounted to $195. COMPANY Questar Productions 1058 WCR 231/2 Brighton, CO 80601 (303) 659-4028 wcsinfo@arcticus.burner.com TRADEMARKS (All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners)