Welcome to the 1.1 version release of the Genesis3D SDK from WildTangent, Inc.
For more information, please visit us at: www.genesis3d.com
There is a single shortcut for running the game in the Genesis3D folder. The game will start up with a menu, from which you can choose multiplayer games, or standalone. There are no enemies in the standalone game, so that version becomes a simple exploration. You might want to check out the options page for setting your name and configuring controls for the game, especially if you are going to play a net game.
For network games, the server must start first, then the clients can join the game. If you are running using an ISP, and not over the LAN, then you need to communicate your IP address to your friends before they can join your game. Use winipcfg.exe that ships with Windows to get this information. Your friends will have to enter the IP address in the Join Network Game menu option.
You can run the game from the command line. The command line arguments are:
| -server | Start in server mode |
| -client | Start in client mode |
| -name String | Set your name for scoring |
| -map FileName | Set a map name to run in. Only the server can do this. |
| -gamma | Set the brightness level. |
| -pickmode | Lets you pick the starting video mode for GTest |
| -fog | Puts in a red distance fog during hardware acceleration. See the function geEngine_SetFogEnable( ) with comments in the Genesis.h header file. |
| -farclip | Clips out distant polys for better performance in some areas. See the functions geCamera_SetFarClipPlane( ) and geCamera_GetFarClipPlane( ) with comments in the Camera.h header file. |
The editor will ensure that your levels land in the correct place by default. If you decide to change the default location of level files, you must put the result in the LEVELS directory in order for the game to load it. For example, if you installed Genesis3D to c:\Genesis3D11, you would put your level in c:\Genesis3D11\levels. To test your level in the game, run the game as follows:
GTest -map foo.bsp -server -name George
Note: If you want to edit and rebuild the levels that are included with GTest, you will have to set the path options in the editor. Go to the Options | Level Options menu, and alter the Headers path to reflect the proper location of the installed SDK.
The install procedure does not create a needed 'Objects' directory. If you want to use premade object support in the editor, you will have to create this directory.
The editor requires CTL3D32.DLL to run. If you get a message that this DLL is not present, you can copy the DLL from Redist\ctl3d32.dll to your Windows\System directory to fix this.