| What platforms does Wings3D run on?
Wings3D currently run on windows (98 and higher), Macintosh
OSX, Linux, Unix or any computer and operating system that
can run Erlang/OTP and that has OpenGL/Mesa drivers. If you
have problems running Wings3D then chances are you'll be able
to find someone able to help you at some of the forums.
What is Wings3D's minimum system requirements?
The current lowest specification PC running Wings3D (and
actually being able to do some modeling in semi-real time)
is on a Penitum1 166 with a 2 MB video card. If you have a
more powerful or newer system than this then chances are that
Wings3D will run very very well on your system.
How do I install Wings3D on a Windows PC?
First you must download and install the R9B release of
Erlang/OTP on your computer before you can install Wings3d.
Then install Wings3d into the directory of your choice. The
installation must happen in this order for Wings3D to work.
How do I install Wings3D on a Linux box?
- Get Erlang from www.erlang.org
- Read instructions to build and install Erlang (usally
configure; make; make install)
- Get SDL-1.2.X from www.libsdl.org.
Download the src or a precompiled package if it exists for
your OS.
- Optionally build and install SDL once you've got the
src package
- Get ESDL from esdl.sourceforge.net
- Build esdl
- Download wings from www.wings3d.com
- Build wings
- Start erlang and run wings with:
erl -pa ESDL_PATH -pa WINGS_PATH -run wings
How do I install Wings3D on Solaris?
The installation steps for Solaris are the same as for Linux
(see above for step by step details).
How do I install Wings3D on MAC OSX?
MAC OSX binaries are now available here.
How do I install the Plug-ins?
There are 2 main ways to install plug-ins. First, if the
plug-in is a simple *.beam file then just copy that file to
your plug-in default directory. Then restart wings.
Second, some plug-in's come with self installing scripts.
Just run the self-installing script and then when asked make
sure you type in the right address for your Wings3D directory.
How do I install upgrades?
Simply install the the latest version of Wings into into
your current wings directory. It will automatically update
Wings3D for you.
Why don't my Plug-ins work anymore?
Some plug-ins use an experimental form of the plug-in API
which is highly dependent of the internal data structure of
Wings. Therefore, they might break or need recompilation when
Wings is updated. This is being worked on and the plug-in
API should be stable by version 1.0 of Wings3D. Until that
happens you will likely need to download new versions of your
favorite plug-ins once they have been recompiled for new versions
of Wings.
How do I uninstall Wings?
There is an Uninstall utility in the Wings installation
directory. Simply double click on it and confirm that you
want to unintall Wings and the program files will be removed.
It leaves the preferences and crash_dump files only, so that
if you reinstall Wings at a later date your preferences will
be preserved. You can also uninstall Wings using Add/Remove
Program in the Control Panel.
Why won't Wings run on my computer?
Wings runs well on most computers, but unfortunately no
software is guaranteed to run on all computers. The most common
cause for problems with Wings is the drivers on a graphics
card; specifically, their support for OpenGL. If you encounter
problems running Wings on your computer your best bet is to
upgrade the drivers for your graphics card.
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