Contents

Contents

Welcome To BRender

BRender for MS-DOS/WINDOWS

Your BRender Pack

BRender Technical Support

Installation

1.1 Hardware Requirements

1.2 Installing BRender

From DOS :

From Windows :

Configuring Your Compiler

2.1 Compiling DOS Programs

Watcom C V10/10.5

Borland C V4.5

MS VISUAL C V2.2/4.0

2.2 Compiling Windows Programs

Watcom C V10/10.5

Borland C V4.5

VISUAL C V2.2/4.0

Platform Issues

3.1 Video Modes

3.2 BRender Data Types

3.3 Texture Mapping in True Colour

Platform- Specific Functions

4.1 Graphics Functions

DOSGfxBegin()

DOSGfxEnd()

DOSGfxPaletteSet()

DOSGfxPaletteSetEntry()

4.2 Mouse Handling Functions

DOSMouseBegin()

DOSMouseRead()

DOSMouseEnd()

4.3 Reading the System Clock

DOSClockBegin()

DOSClockRead()

DOSClockEnd()

4.4 Keyboard Handling

DOSKeyBegin()

DOSKeyTest()

DOSKeyEnableBIOS()

DOSKeyEnd()

4.5 Divide Overflow Suppressor

DOSDivTrapBegin()

DOSDivTrapCount()

DOSDivTrapEnd()

4.6 Event Queue for Mouse/Keyboard

DOSEventBegin()

DOSEventWait()

DOSEventEnd()

Kasan 3DMAX Support

KasanGfxBegin()

KasanGfxEnd()

KasanZbSceneRender()

Appendices: Program Listings and Errata

Documentation Errata

Technical Reference Manual

BrFmtScriptMaterialSave()

BrFmtScriptMaterialSaveMany()

A general point about parameters

BRender Library Naming Conventions

Tutorial Guide

Tutorial Programs