Client Installation Guide
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Client Installation Guide
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 protect-
ed by copyright laws of Australia, other countries and international treaties. Unauthorised use, reproduction or distribution of
this document, or any portion of this document, may result in the imposition of civil and criminal penalties as provided by law.
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Table of Contents
1. Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 5
2. Client and Tools Machine Requirements ....................................................................................... 7
2.1. ............................................................................................................................................ 7
2.1.1. Client using New Terrain ......................................................................................... 7
2.1.2. Client using Classic Terrain ...................................................................................... 7
2.1.3. Tools ........................................................................................................................ 7
3. Installing the BigWorld Technology Client .................................................................................... 9
3.1. Customers Using The BigWorld Technology Commercial Edition (Distribution is done us-
ing SVN) .................................................................................................................................. 9
3.2. Customers Using The Evaluation Edition or The Indie Edition ............................................. 9
3.3. Additional Notes ................................................................................................................ 9
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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
Graphics Shader model 2.0
•GeForce 6600 128Mb
•Radeon 9600 128Mb
Shader model 3.0
•GeForce 7600
•Radeon x1600
CPU 2 GHz 2 GHz
Physical RAM 512 MB 1 GB
Operating System Windows XP Home 32-bit Windows 7 32-bit
2.1.2. Client using Classic Terrain
Minimum Recommended
Graphics Fixed function
•GeForce4 MX
•Radeon 7 Series
Shader model 1.1
•GeForce4 Ti
•Radeon 9500
CPU 2 GHz 2 GHz
Physical RAM 512 MB 1 GB
Operating System Windows XP Home 32-bit Windows 7 32-bit
2.1.3. Tools
Minimum Recommended
Graphics Shader Model 3.0
•GeForce 7900 GT
•Radeon X1800 XT
Shader Model 3.0+
•GeForce 8800 GTX
•Radeon HD 3870
CPU Athlon 64-bit 3800+ Dual Core
Pentium D 820
Athlon 64-bit 4200+ Dual Core
Pentium T4200
Physical RAM 2 GB DDR2 2 GB DDR2
Operating System Windows XP Professional 32-bit Windows 7 64-bit
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Chapter 3. Installing the BigWorld Technology
Client
3.1. Customers Using The BigWorld Technology Commercial Edi-
tion (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. Redis-
tributable 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 in-
stalled. 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.
