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                        RenderMonkey (tm) 
                     (Release v1.0 - build 39)
          
                          September 2003

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This software is copyright ATI Technologies, Inc. 2002, 2003. 

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                           Introduction
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This is the first full release of RenderMonkey version 1 for the DirectX 9.0 
platform. This release has been tested with the Catalyst 3.6 drivers from 
ATI and the DirectX 9.0b runtime from Microsoft. Please ensure both of these
(or a more recent release) are installed before using RenderMonkey. 

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                            What's New
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RenderMonkey has undergone a major rewrite since the V0.9 beta release. These
changes have greatly improved the stability and usability of RenderMonkey
and also provided a much more developer friendly framework for the introduction
of the RenderMonkey SDK.

The following features have changed or been added since the V0.9 beta:

o Completely rewritten HLSL and Assembly editors with improved user interface
  and syntax highlighting. 

o Completely rewritten preview window including a more extensive Trackball
  user interface. 

o Full support for cut/copy/paste operations throughout RenderMonkey

o Full support for undo/redo operations

o Support for REFRAST

o Additions to existing set of RenderMonkey special variables giving 
  user control and adding functionality such as random number generation. 

o Addition of Camera object types allowing for per-pass camera parameters
  to be stored in the workspace. 

o Support for display of disassembly of HLSL.

o Addition of tooltips to provide UI hints. 

o Addition of 'Notes' node in workspace to allow workspace annotations.

o Addition of many more HLSL examples

o Improved error checking and reporting. 

o Automatic mipmap generation for renderable textures. 

o Plus many more general tweaks and improvements to performance and
  stability. 
 
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                       Further Information
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For the most up to date documentation and information on RenderMonkey,
please visit the ATI developer web site at:

   http://www.ati.com/developer

If you have any questions or feature requests for RenderMonkey please 
email: devrel@ati.com 

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                        Known Issues
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We are aware of a small number of defects with this release of
RenderMonkey. We aim to correct these defects in a future release.

RenderMonkey Defect List:

d-327  Switching from HAL to REF in the preview window when using a Render To
Texture effect, may cause RenderMonkey to crash with a divide by zero. This
appears to be an issue with the D3D Reference Rasteriser. We are actively
seeking a fix or a workaround and will update RenderMonkey once one is found.

d-357  RenderMonkey may become unresponsive when the Preview window 'P' option
is left on for some time.  

d-358  Under certain circumstances, the error messages drawn on top of the
preview window may not be cleared when the error is fixed. To workaround this, 
simply close the preview window and reopen it. 

d-359  The Motion blur workspace does not render correctly when the 'P' option
is enabled. Turn off 'P' on this workspace to correct the error.

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