Welcome to DustV2.1 ! Quick Installation: -Copy Dust.key and .dustrc s: -set the help-paths: "set(helpdir,)" e.g. "set(helpdir,hd1:dust/DustHelp)" "set(helpdir2,)" "saveconfig" Bug-reports etc. are welcome (EMail). I know of the many bugs in the Lightwave-saver and -loader of previous Dust-versions - now this procedures work better than the most object-converters (speed, subgroups<->surfaces, textures,...) In the unregistered version some commands are disabled, get registered and you will get another keyfile. (Your personal data will be saved into this file, so dont spread it...) Affected commands: see README2 Now have fun ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are some additional programs or packages which belong to the Dust-project, e.g. Mesh2TDDD, DustMD, ... That means: If you register for Dust you will become registered for all this programs, too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to register: Send the fee mentioned below to the author, and try to answer the following questions: 1. Whats your recent version of Dust ? 2. Whats your configuration (processor, OS, etc.) ? 3. Have you any suggestions to improve the program ? You have to ways to receive Dust: 1. via EMail: the price is $25/25DM cash 2. via normal Mail: the price is $30/30DM cash or $25/25DM + 5 DM German stamps I don't accept any cheques ! NOTE: I prefer "Deutschmarks" - it's cheaper for you and makes me no trouble. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The standard version of Dust requires 68030+ and FPU (68881+). (It's possible to generate special versions, of course. Simply send me a letter describing your hardware and $5/5 DM + postage because I have to recompile about 100 files.) (68040 and 68060 are NOT supported directly!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR CHANGES SINCE V1.8x: V2.1: -incredible smooth-algorithm -nice lattice-effect -more programmer-functions (insertpoint, getpoint, new calculator-mode, ...) -new Mesh2TDDD-program V2.0: -Imagine/Lightwave-saver/loader/converter upto 10 times faster than any commercial product (but written in "slow" OBERON) -new calculator-mode: ., e.g. .a=sin(45.0*pi) -amazing new morph-algorithm called "The State of the Art" -Imagine-Subgroups (*ETCOLSGROUP, ADDSGROUP, SUBSGROUP, WRITESGROUP) -Lightwave-loader and -saver completely rewritten, now loading of really big objects which cannot be converted into the Imagine-format possible -converting of subgroups into Lightwave-Surfaces and Surfaces into Subgroups -storing of Lightwave-textures/brushes