Active Worlds™ RenderWare® Object Creation

9/6: Terms - added object name length limit note to model. # (pound) note 2 reworded a bit and added older RWX program reference.

9/4: Terms - updated texturemode lit and added lighting links to some terms. RWX - updated Reducing & Removing Polygons hardware rendering support.

8/30: Links - updated Robbie's trueSpace tutorials and renamed some other links in order to alphabetize them better.

8/27: Links - updated Virtech/Nomad 1/Mindseye's (whatever he's calling himself now) link since he added his modular trees back...finally.

8/26: Intro - updated first paragraph. Seems I forgot to add this on 7/28: Electronic Arts bought Criterion Software (which, of course, makes RenderWare). Terms - elaborated primitives polygon density note.

8/25: Avatars - tweaked some formatting/wording in SEQs. Files - added 3D Object Converter.

8/24: Files - updated modellers intro since I've been using 3DSMax lately and added a converter scale mirror note (and to scale).

8/22: Links - changed AWC to AWI; added Zola3D object link. Avatars - updated SEQ tag table.

8/18: Files - added quick3D converter notes and 3D Studio Max 2 export plug-in grouped object note.

8/15: Terms - added textureaddressmode/prototype notes. Minor editing of RWX redundancy and extra zeroes.

8/13: Links - fixed Abracadata link.

8/10: Terms - updated textureaddressmode.

8/6: Terms - updated primitives texturemapping (and added a polygon density problem workaround) notes and added texturemapping prototype note and other notes to mask.

8/5: RWXing - Added "also called static lighting" to prelighting.

7/27: Terms - added DFF format model note. Files - added Sketch-Up to, moved ZModeler in, and created RW3 DFF section.

7/26: Measurement - moved rotation degree amounts before fractional amounts to be consistent with other scales.

7/25: RWXing - added textureaddressmode clamp to shadow tree example.

7/23: RWXing - added some applications to, and edited, prelighting.

7/21: RWXing (non-solidity) - added nested clump note and edited avatar collision. Terms - added non-solid collision detection link to geometrysampling solid; terms list/menu - added "non-solid(ity), changed "solid" to "solid(ity)", "collision" to "collision (detection)", and "z-buffering" to "z-buffer(ing)" (+ Wikipedia definition link). Changed transform table border color yet again.

7/18: Links - I recreated the missing ex5a.gif from HenrikG's Texture Tutorial (part 2); added more object links. Files - HagViewer 4.8a: replaced screenshot (I can't believe I had that color scheme!), rearranged its layout a bit, and edited.

7/17: Terms - added UV note from kf.

7/16: Links - added some object sites (+ fixed Robbie's dead links). Files - added Pick Color. Terms - added textureaddressmode images, reworded coordinates, added "origin" to term list, fixed some links, moved textureaddressmode under "texture", fixed geometry-/lightsampling table centering, edited opacityfix note, changed transform table border color, and added bottom menu.

7/15: Might help if I actually uploaded the scrollbar stylesheet template file, eh? Files - edited Andras' tools and Blender converter comment. Intro/News/Updates - fixed iframe links so they show in main window instead of iframe. Links - fixed Virtech/NoMad 1's link (though the site doesn't have anything other than his newer paths on it, unfortunately). RWXing - added another Grover 3D ground image to ground.

7/13: Files - translated some more of HagViewer's German text into English; edited LPMod. RWXing - tweaked sectional ground creation program links. Terms - added polygon note (thanks to Stephan Vogt for reminding me) and edited opacityfix. Intro - tweaked legal notice and Cy Awards notice. Added scrollbar stylesheet. Site Index - added primitives to RWX > Tips/Tricks > Complex Objects. Intro - added news/updates iframe.

7/12: Measurement - added icons for cell, scene/world, and scale. Site Index - added some more icons. Terms - tweaked icon layout/naming. Fixed all frames to correct size for smaller menu font. Files - updated Perl scripts. Old News/Updates - tweaked layout.

7/11: Measurement - Object Manipulation - corrected rotation axis allowance, added keyboard controls note, changed mouse movement link, edited intro, and added a detachable unit converter window. RWX - Tips & Tricks - added icon and complex object tutorial links note and updated primitives. Search works again...finally (was down since changing hosts) but the menu form doesn't work right--and I don't know why. Menu - reduced wording to make thinner. Sitemap - edited layout. Links - added Starheart's tutorial and models.

7/9: Files - Added 3D-Analyze, removed numbered entries from texture mappers and misc utils.

7/8: Files - Added Crystal Space XML-to-RWX converter, Blender converter comment, RWXThing, Wings 3D, and bottom menu. Tweaked frame size since a smaller pull-down menu font (8-point Tahoma) is being used.

7/7: Measurement - tweaked unit converter and fonts of various tables.

7/6: Links - added Heu's RWX Lexicon. Tweaked this page's footer layout a bit. Terms - fixed some links to Grover's site. Files - SpringDance is back, put viewers anchor links on 2 lines.

6/29: Fixed various links. Added Internet Archive Wayback Machine symbol to intro icon legend and "RenderWare Scripting" icon. Updated primitive polygon density note. Tweaked site index layout.

6/27: Terms - added primitive polygon density note, includes and horizontal lines to separate commands better; tweaked terms (+ list pull-down menu) frames; updated hints note to include all AW versions since 3, not just version 3(.0); fixed some unjustified text. Files - added RWXMod advantage 7, Internet Archive link for Rjinswand's LwobToRwx (which is still not available) to converters, XelaG's RWXMapper to texturemappers; fixed Foxy's links; replaced Modeler screenshot. Links - added Foxy's modular lakes (and streams). RWXing - removed/edited some dead links and tweaked stylesheet (which will most likely be applied to the other pages in time).

6/20: Links - fixed/removed some dead ones, including adding local copies of Grover's and HenrikG's RWX pages (if anyone has ex5a.gif from part 2 of Henrik's texture tutorial, please email it to me). Added decameter to metric units. Adjusted indentation of measurement. Tweaked terms list frame.

6/19: Added some more menu icons and some Internet Archive links to an increasing number of dead links. Columned (moved graphics/text into columns) complex objects, texture, texturemode filter to use space better and shorten the length of the page.

6/18: Fixed nVidia's 3D Glossary link in terms.

6/10: Edited intro. A few days ago I learned about Wikipedia, an open-content encyclopedia. Added a RenderWare entry (and a link to it from this site). Feel free to contribute to it.

6/7: Holy crap (wait, is crap really holy?)--another update--and almost within a week too! <gasp> Eh...anyway, I found a 3DS Max tutorial (real basic though, but it's a start) for creating a crate. Tweaked this page's font.

5/30: What's this--an update? <faint> Yes, it's true...but not much of one--not even really worth mentioning, really, but I'm thorough, damn it! Anyway, right, the update: added "+" to various programs' OS compatibility since I figured they work in later Windows versions. Buuut, if not, email me... OK, the real reason is because with the release of Thief: Deadly Shadows, its colors use the 0-1 scale, like RWX does, and I linked to (and edited the description of) RGB-to-RW Color in a forum post and didn't want to imply it didn't work in WinXP. Well, I haven't tested it in WinXP but it works fine in Win2K so, like, why wouldn't it work in WinXP since it's based off Win2K, eh?? Eh...whatever...