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BigWorld Technology 2.1. Released 2012.
Software designed and built in Australia by BigWorld.
Level 2, Wentworth Park Grandstand, Wattle St
Glebe NSW 2037, Australia
www.bigworldtech.com
Copyright © 1999-2012 BigWorld Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.
This document is proprietary commercial in confidence and access is restricted to authorised users. This document is protected by copyright laws of Australia, other countries and international treaties. Unauthorised use, reproduction or distribution of
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Table of Contents
1. Overview ......................................................................................................................................
2. Client and Tools Machine Requirements .......................................................................................
2.1. ............................................................................................................................................
2.1.1. Client using New Terrain .........................................................................................
2.1.2. Client using Classic Terrain ......................................................................................
2.1.3. Tools ........................................................................................................................
3. Installing the BigWorld Technology Client ....................................................................................
3.1. Customers Using The BigWorld Technology Commercial Edition (Distribution is done using SVN) ..................................................................................................................................
3.2. Customers Using The Evaluation Edition or The Indie Edition .............................................
3.3. Additional Notes ................................................................................................................

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Chapter 1. Overview
This document describes how to properly install the BigWorld Technology Client and Tools and how to use
them for the first time.

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Chapter 2. Client and Tools Machine Requirements
2.1.1. Client using New Terrain
Minimum

Recommended

Shader model 2.0

Shader model 3.0

• GeForce 6600 128Mb

• GeForce 7600

• Radeon 9600 128Mb

• Radeon x1600

CPU

2 GHz

2 GHz

Physical RAM

512 MB

1 GB

Operating System

Windows XP Home 32-bit

Windows 7 32-bit

Graphics

2.1.2. Client using Classic Terrain
Minimum

Recommended

Fixed function

Shader model 1.1

• GeForce4 MX

• GeForce4 Ti

• Radeon 7 Series

• Radeon 9500

CPU

2 GHz

2 GHz

Physical RAM

512 MB

1 GB

Operating System

Windows XP Home 32-bit

Windows 7 32-bit

Minimum

Recommended

Shader Model 3.0

Shader Model 3.0+

• GeForce 7900 GT

• GeForce 8800 GTX

• Radeon X1800 XT

• Radeon HD 3870

Athlon 64-bit 3800+ Dual Core

Athlon 64-bit 4200+ Dual Core

Pentium D 820

Pentium T4200

Physical RAM

2 GB DDR2

2 GB DDR2

Operating System

Windows XP Professional 32-bit

Windows 7 64-bit

Graphics

2.1.3. Tools

Graphics

CPU

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Chapter 3. Installing the BigWorld Technology
Client
3.1. Customers Using The BigWorld Technology Commercial Edition (Distribution is done using SVN)
• Please review the instructions at https://svn01.bigworldtech.com/docs/ pay special attention to the section
https://svn01.bigworldtech.com/docs/svn_guide.html.
• DirectX and VC80 runtimes need to be installed in order to run the BigWorld Technology Client. Redistributable installations for both are included in the directx-redist and vc80-redist directories at the root of
the BigWorld package.

3.2. Customers Using The Evaluation Edition or The Indie Edition
• To install, run the setup executable and follow the prompts.
• To uninstall, use the uninstallation program that has been placed in the the Start Menu or from the control
panel under
• Add or Remove Programs in Windows XP.
• Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features in Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

3.3. Additional Notes
• The client startup and loading of the first space might be slow on the first client run due to art assets
compilation.
• A number of client tools, such as CAT (Client Access Tool) and asset_processor, require Python to be installed. Python can be downloaded from http://www.python.org. Python 2.5.2 or greater is recommended.
• SpaceViewer and CAT require wxPython, a GUI toolkit for Python. wxPython can be downloaded from
http://www.wxpython.org.

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