Short: 3 Excellent Imagine Robot Objects.
Type: gfx/3dobj
Uploader: Mark_Prenter@mindlink.bc.ca
Author: Jeff_Holinski@mindlink.bc.ca




Fellow Imagineers,

Welcome to something a little different in 3D objects. Shareware objects.
Although there are a lot of freely distributable Imagine objects around, I've
noticed a shortage of characters for the cycle editor. That's where the 
objects in this archive come in. While these objects don't have any cycle
motion in them yet they are all linked properly for use in the cycle editor.
If response to the shareware request warrents it, I may develope a library of
motions for these objects.  (walking, running, sitting, standing...ect)



About the objects:

The objects in this archive all use the Essence textures. I have made a point
of making it easy to remove them for people who have not yet bought Essence.
(Do it soon)

Flatman.cyc:  No textures, This object is only here to give you an object
              with quick response for learning the cycle editor.

Trooper.obj:  This object has it's texture applied to the 'main.axis'. The
              texture is set to apply to children and there is only the one
              texture on the object. If you drop it from the 'main.axis' you
              drop it from the entire object. It expects to find the texture
              in "textures:noise/fractalcolor". You may need to reset this
              path to work on your hard drive. If you don't have Essence you
              may be satisfied with Impulse's pastella testure.

Backpack.obj:  This is the backpack for the trooper object. It has been left
               as a seperate object to make it easier to change the bitmap. 
               I've used a 640*400*8 color image to add surface detail to the
               backpack. If you're short on memory you may want to replace 
               that image with a lower resolution image. The object expects
               to find the image at: "maps:backpack.map"
               To use it you load the trooper.obj, then without moving or 
               scaling it you load the backpack.obj. It should be postioned
               properly. You then use the find command to select the "chest"
               of the trooper.obj then the "backpack" of the backpack.obj 
               and group them together. This will also cause the fractalcolor
               texture to be applied to the backpack.

Bughead-droid.obj:  This object uses two textures. On the neck you'll find
                    "textures:stripes" and on the head you'll find "textures:
                    transitions/bandfract" which is restricted to the 
                    subgroup "eyes" You may be able to replace these textures
                    with bitmaps to add the similar detail although you will
                    probably need more memory to render the object. 

Robotball.obj:  This object also uses two textures. They are "textures:noise
                /fractalcolor" on the part called hull and "textures:stripes"
                on the belt.ring and on the eye.socket. Once again you could
                probably get by with the pastella texture and bitmaps for the
                stripes.

Copyright Jeff Holinski 1993 
All objects in this archive are released as shareware. You may distribute
this archive through friends, BBS's, or user groups, BUT you may not include 
any part of this archive in a commercial package without written permission.
Also, this archive must be distributed intact. No files can be removed or
added. If you have something you'd like to add to the archive drop me a line
at any of the adresses listed below and I'll see about putting it in myself 
for widespread distribution.

If you've got any comments on these objects (positive or negetive) or any
suggestions on what you'd like to see next drop me a line. My E-Mail address
is:    Compuserve: 71172,1417
       Internet:   jeff_holinski@mindlink.bc.ca

Any message to me should have the subject "cycleobjects". I'm on a couple of 
mailing lists and don't read ALL the mail I get. If you use this subject I 
can be sure not to miss your message.  :^)


Shareware donations of $15 US to box #306 308 Cedar St. New Westminster
                                     BC, Canada
                                     V3L-3P1
Money order perfered but checks are Ok too. Please include an e-mail adress
if you have one.

Have Fun!