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DIGITAL NATURE TOOLS 2.1 FOR MAYA

Type..........: MAYA ADDON         │ Packager......: TEAM XFORCE
Publisher.....: ARETE'IMAGE SOFT.  │ Cracker.......: TEAM XFORCE
Supplier......: TEAM XFORCE        │ Release Date..: OCT 16TH 1999

Release notes..

Digital NatureTools for Maya creates spectacular imagery of animated
oceans, skies and clouds. Digital NatureTools was developed by Areté
Image Software Inc., the premiere global provider of photo-realistic
oceanographic and atmospheric F/X software. NatureFX and RenderWorld
are the two components that form Digital NatureTools.

NatureFX allows artists to interactively create, animate and render
oceanographic and atmospheric effects completely within Maya. This is
made possible because NatureFX includes a full suite of Maya shaders for
producing high resolution images of the nature models. In addition,
NatureFX consists of a set of modeling tools that allows one to
interactively construct and preview at the wire frame level.

Digital NatureTools also provides a Maya interface to RenderWorld,
which has generated ultra high fidelity imagery for such feature films
as "Titanic","The Fifth Element","Devil's Advocate" and "Waterworld"
just to name a few. RenderWorld is a powerful, production proven tool
that is capable of rendering expansive ocean scenes and advanced
volumetric effects that are indistinguishable from photographic reality.

Realistic Ocean Surface Animation

Boat wakes, swells and ripples are automatically generated
for the user by specifying a few basic parameters of the
object that generates them. For example, once the size and
velocity of a moving vessel has been entered, NatureFX
automatically calculates the proper wave action. This
produces an unmatched realism and minimizes development time.

Realistic Ocean Surface Rendering

Oceans can be rendered from above or below the surface. The
benefit of this feature is that it allows the user to place
the camera anywhere and a realistic ocean image is produced.
The ocean color and reflections are automatically calculated
based on the atmosphere, sun position and other objects in
the scene. Again producing more natural lifelike images.

Maya Shaders

To simplify scene setup, the NatureFX elements (ocean,
atmoshpere and clouds) automatically load the necessary Maya
Shaders when they are added to the scene. The NatureFX Maya
shaders are capable of producing photo-real images that are
unrivaled within any other 3D option.

Looping

Allows the user to render a finite number of frames and
create an endless animation of water.

To Install:

1. Unrar rar's to x:\ .. it will create a directory called x:\arete.
2. Place the license .dat file into the x:\arete\license directory
3. Go into CONTROL PANEL => SYSTEM => ENVIRONMENT and add the
following: ARETE_LOCATION=x:\Arete
RW_LOCATION=%ARETE_LOCATION%\dntmaya\RenderWorld\bin
Path (append this to it) = x:\Arete\license
(or %ARETE_LOCATION%\license)
4. DO NOT INSTALL LICENSING SERVICE
(*note that file is: install_lmgrd.. DONT DO RUN!!)
5. Next do the following:
- navigate to x:\arete\dntmaya\NatureFX_v2.1\shelfs
Next, select the shelf_NFX.mel file
and copy files to c:\WINNT\USERNAME\maya\2.0\prefs\shelves

- navigate to c:\arete\dntmaya\NatureFX_v2.1\icons
copy files to ~\aw\Maya2.0\icons

- navigate to
c:\arete\dntmaya\NatureFX_v2.1\scripts~\aw\Maya2.0\scripts\others

- navigate to c:\arete\dntmaya\NatureFX_v2.1\plug-ins
select the nfxMaya210.mll copy the file to
~\aw\Maya2.0\bins\plug-ins
6. Start Maya v2.x
- go under the Window => General Editors => Plug-in Manager
load the nfxMaya210.mll plugin

And ... WALLAH! It loads!

*Note:if it doesn't load.. check to make sure you set your paths
and variables correctly in your environment.  For a last resort
look under the install.htm file(which we basically simplified for you).

*Also note, *if* you recieve a flexlm window pop-up when you use
renderworld (when you actually run the .bat file or run RWEngine.Out)
Choose the first option and enter in your computer name.. and it
will work.

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