Getting Started with Entropy 3.1 under Windows
September 1, 2001
Uninstall any previously-installed version
of Entropy
Run the Entropy 3.1 installer (EntropySetup.exe)
Select "Complete" install. After running the installer, you should
have a copy of
Entropy installed on your local drive -- by default, in c:\Program Files\Exluna\Entropy.
Acquire and install Entropy 3.1 licenses
See Entropy 3.1 Licensing for full details.
Recompile any previously-compiled Entropy shaders.
If you have installed a previous version of Entropy, be sure to recompile
any shaders with the new shader compiler. Your old shaders will continue
to work, but recompiling is necessary to take advantage of any
improvements or optimizations to the shader compiler, sle.
Render a test scene from the examples directory
Browse to the Entropy "vasegallery" example folder (c:\Program
Files\Exluna\Entropy\examples\scenes\vasegallery), and highlight "vasegallery1.rib".
Right click, and choose "Render with Entropy". An iv window
should appear, and the image should begin to render.
You may also render a scene by running:
> entropy -d "C:\Program Files\Exluna\Entropy\examples\scenes\vasegallery\vasegallery1.rib"
from a command prompt.