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Object Creation Guides/Help Files/Tutorials/Info/Etc Active Worlds, Inc. (AWI) Active Worlds University: Learn RenderWare scripting and other AW-related technical things by the typical institutionalized education approach (classes, teachers/instructors, etc). Creating An Active World: General optimization tips and more info. Making Active Worlds Building Objects worldbuilders newsgroup: Ask questions about building worlds and making objects (preferably after you've exhausted the resources here). Alterlinks' Active Worlds Tutorials: RWX Guide, 3DS/COB-RWX conversion Criterion's RenderWare 2.1 Script Reference: Direct from Criterion (although not anymore), this script reference will give you a more detailed, in-depth look into RenderWare script commands. (This is part of the API Reference—see next link.) Criterion's RenderWare 2.1 API Reference: More insanity from Criterion. If you're really crazy about RenderWare scripting (or just bored), you'll want to wrack your brain on this for a while... RenderWare 2.0 API Help (463K/Windows): A Microsoft Windows help file (.hlp; ) version of the API Reference. Not much in the way of scripting commands has changed from RenderWare 2.0 to 2.1 (and from 2.1 to AW3+'s RWX implementation), so this is still useful and handy without having to go to Criterion's site (which no longer has it anyway). Grover's Renderware Tutorial (local copy): Grover has redone his original RenderWare walk-through, complete with more detail, graphic examples, and a new look. Dataman's Making RWX Models for Active Worlds: Some more general info. Glaucius Décio Duarte's RenderWare Script Tutorial: Brazilian (English translation) Heu's Free Tutorials: RWX Lexicon (French version: Léxique RWX): general RWX info HenrikG's Texture Tutorial (local copy): texture mapping tutorial Magine's Intro to RWX Modeling: Not what I would call an intro to RWX modelling, but it has lots of example RWXs (including texture mapping) that might help. Richard F. Ferraro's Learn 3D Graphics Programming on the PC: bookcover; based on RenderWare 1.4 (three versions before RW3); comes with complete source code; ISBN 0-201-48332-7. Robbie's Modelling for Active Worlds with trueSpace 4 tutorial : also includes general avatar info Starheart's RenderWare Tutorials : "How to reduce the number of vertices in spheres" SWE's "World of 3DS Max" crate tutorial Virtech's (NoMad 1/Mindseye) Renderware Object Creation Resource Center Wikipedia RenderWare entry: An open-content encyclopedia article on RenderWare; feel free to contribute.

Demos/Objects Note: most likely won't have them. TheLiquidAteHer (formerly Abracadata)'s "Design Your Own Home 3D Walkaround" & "3D Railroad Concept & Design" objects/textures: RWX, RWB (binary format; use Neil Colvin's Modeler to view RWB and save to RWX format), textures (BMPs), as well as TIF thumbnails of some of the objects. Other archives contain 3DS objects. Alterlinks Ananas' objects AWI's Object and Avatar Libraries: AlphaWorld (AW), Mars, and Colony Alpha (Colony), and Megapath (3D Homepage) objects (+ avatars & sequences), textures, and sounds. Criterion's RenderWare Demonstration Programs (bug Criterion about 'em and maybe they'll make 'em available again)...or try Dachs' RWX-Objects: Objects, images, and links to his AW locations where more of his objects are used. Foxy's modular lakes (and streams) Gand's gandTECH Greylight's Active Worlds Objects Guardian's Free Stuff Heartfall Productions' Free RWX Objects and ObjectYard.com Free RWX Models Heu's Alusion: Free RWX/COB Objects (includes objects by other people), ground, avatars, etc Imagine's OBJECTS: for-sale Lady Murasaki's Murasaki 3D: free and for-sale Lady NightHawk's * FREE * ActiveWorlds Objects Lightwave's avatars: free and for-sale Mix Master's Free Models Mizzy's Free Objects Objects d'Active Worlds: object donations Virtech (NoMad 1/Mindseye): modular trees and new paths (try for old paths and other objects not on the new site) Rixen's Stuff I Made Rjinswand's RJeneration (last down as of 10/3/2K; ) Robbie's Free & For Sale Objects/Avatars: trueSpace avatars and objects Starheart's Models: free and for-sale objects The UK VR-SIG 3D Object Archive - The RENDERWARE Object Supermarket: Basically it looks like most, if not all, of the objects from Criterion's RenderWare 2.x demos; textures. Tassen KT's RWX Models Wizard of Bits' The World of Joy Free Objects Zola3D's Free OBJECTS