RenderWare V2.1 Table of Contents

Using the Library

Overview

Coordinate Systems

Matrices

The Virtual Camera Model

Hierarchical Modeling

• Hierarchical Modeling in RenderWare
• Constructing Hierarchical Models in Scripts
• Traversing Clump Hierarchies
• Finding a Particular Clump In a Hierarchy

The Structure of a RenderWare Program

• Initializing the Library
• Creating and Initializing a Camera
• Creating a Scene
• Creating a Light Source and adding it to a Scene
• Creating a Clump and adding it to a Scene
• Rendering a Scene
• Closing the Library

Error Reporting

Debugging

Data Types

Public Types

• Numeric Types
• Structure Types
• Enumerated Types
• Bitfield Types

Opaque Types

Immediate Mode

Overview

Clump Callbacks

• The Importance Of Bounding Boxes
• Materials in Immediate Mode
• Z-Buffering In An Immediate Mode Callback
• Key Points For Rendering In Immediate Mode Callbacks

Imperative Immediate Mode Rendering Outside Of A Clump Callback

2-D Rendering

• Z-Buffer In Immediate Mode

Limitations of Imperative Immediate Mode

• Key points in using RwImmediateBegin() and RwImmediateEnd()

Immediate Mode Primitives

• Rendering Mode Types
• Texture Mapping In Immediate Mode
• Rendering Mode Options
• Vertex Characteristics
• Polygon and Line Characteristics

Examples

• Polyline callback example
• Immediate mode 2-D rendering.
• Immediate mode Z-Buffering
• Immediate mode in 16-bit true color
• Immediate mode texturing
• Immediate mode perspectively-correct texturing in 2-D
• Immediate mode Z-Buffering in 2-D

Binary File Format

Streams

Chunks

• The contents of a chunk
• Chunk Scope
• Write Flags
• Read Flags
• Chunk types
• Writing User Chunks
• Platform independence
• The Binary Representation

Function Reference

Obsolete Functions

The Scripting Language

Script Keywords

Miscellaneous Notes

"Object Builder" API Functions

• Table A-1: API Function Equivalents of Script Keywords

Platform Specific Information

MS Windows Specific Information

• Requirements
• Environment Variables
• RenderWare Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs)
• Libraries and Include Files
• RenderWare and Windows Bitmap Types
• RenderWare and Windows Palettes
• Windows Specific API Function Parameters

MS Dos Specific Information

• Requirements
• Environment Variables
• RenderWare Library Configuration
• Include Files
• DOS Device Access
• DOS Specific API Function Parameters

Power Macintosh Specific Information

• Requirements
• RenderWare Import Libraries
• Libraries and Include Files
• RenderWare and Macintosh Palettes
• Macintosh Specific API Function Parameters

Error Codes

Error Descriptions

Error Identifiers and Codes

• Table C-1: Errors Sorted Alphabetically By Identifier
• Table C-2: Errors Sorted Numerically By Code

Library Defaults

Cameras

• Table E-1: Camera Object Defaults

Clumps

• Table E-2: Clump Object Defaults

Debugging

• Table E-3: Debugging Defaults

Device Information

• Table E-4: Device Information Defaults

Errors

• Table E-5: Error Status Defaults

Library Global Defaults

• Table E-6: Library Global Defaults

Lights

• Table E-7: Light Object Defaults

Materials

• Table E-8: Material Object Defaults

Matrices

• Table E-9: Matrix Object Defaults

Polygons

• Table E-10: Polygon Object Defaults

Rasters

• Table E-11: Raster Object Defaults

Scenes

• Table E-12: Scene Object Defaults

Splines

• Table E-13: Spline Object Defaults

System Information

• Table E-14: System Information Defaults

Textures

• Table E-15: Texture Object Defaults

Texture Dictionaries

• Table E-16: Texture Dictionary Defaults

UserDraw

• Table E-17: UserDraw Object Defaults

Vertices

• Table E-18: Vertex Defaults