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How to Run our Demos

Installing demo components:

1)     If you have never run the demo on the current machine, follow these steps to set up the add-ons required for the demo to run.

2)     Download the Demo contents here. (Darkspace.rar)

3)     Extract the Darkspace folder to the local machine. Navigate to the “..\Darkspace\” folder..

4)     Copy the “PandaInstaller.rar” file to your root Panda3D directory (e.g. “C:\Panda3D-1.6.2\”)

5)     Unrar the “PandaInstaller.rar” in the current directory, do NOT have it unrar to its own folder in the current directory,  (If you cannot unrar the file, install “wrar390.exe” location in “..\Darkspace\”)

6)     Navigate back to the “..\Darkspace\” folder.

7)     Install the “pywin32-214.win32-py2.5.exe” file.

8)     Install the “jdk-6u16-windows-i586.exe” file.

9)     Reboot the machine.

10)  You are now ready to run the demo

To run the Dark Space demo:

1)     Navigate to the “..\Darkspace\server\” folder.

2)     Start the server by double clicking the “StartDemoServer.bat” file.

3)     Navigate to the “..\Darkspace\client\source\” folder.

4)     Start the client by double clicking the “StartDemoClient.bat” file once for each client you would like to run.

5)     Choose a unique username when logging in each client, then type at least one character for the password and press the “REGISTER” button.  (If the username has been made previously, then retype the password that was used to register the account and press “login” instead.)

6)     You are now running the demo.

To close down the Dark Space demo:

1)     To close down a client, simply close the window it is running in.

2)     Close down the server by double clicking the “StopDemoServer.bat” file in the “..\Darkspace\server\” folder.

3)     If you are not going to test persistence, it is highly suggested that you then delete the “..\Darkspace\server\data” folder after running the demo.

Client Controls:

W – Move forward

A – Turn left

D – Turn right

Y – Start chat message

ENTER – Send char message

TAB – Toggle world map