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Fast DirectX9.0c real-time 2D/3D engine.
Pixel/Vertex shader shadows/bump/specular/opacity maps for PS/VS
2.0+ cards. Graceful degradation to fixed function pipeline for older cards.
Complete integrated physics engine (Bullet) and collision detection
system.
Post production effects (including bloom, fuzzy tv, camera shake,
sepia).
Fully scriptable (JavaScript) for all events and actions.
Complete runtime control of effects, meshes, materials, backgrounds,
etc possible via script.
Cube-mapped environments supported for display and reflections.
Full integrated 2D and 3D scene editors, and drill-down into 3D
model, material, bitmap and sound editors.
Open .dx* file formats, utilising XML and ZIP compression.
DX Studio imports the following 3D formats directly:- COLLADA (DAE), X, 3DS,
ASC, PRJ, DXF, IOB, TS, LWO, LP, RTG, RBS, RWX, SCENE, STL, COA, COB, GEO, WRL,
OBJ, XGL, ZGL, XYZ.
Compatible media file formats include WAV, BMP, PNG, JPEG, GIF, TGA, TIFF, DDS,
MPEG, AVI, MP3, OGG, FLV.
Supports multiple scenes/layers/cameras in a single player.
DirectShow Video Mixer support (streams audio and video into 3D scenes).
Includes both standalone (desktop) and embedded ActiveX
players (for use in web
browsers, VC++, C# or VB.Net). All players can be distributed without any
license fees.
Send and receive script commands between a player and its container
application.
Client/Server networking via sockets, with automatic discovery and GUID
protection.
Extensible plug-in based architecture - the SDK is available from
the download section.

Minimum Requirements (Editing)
1Ghz Pentium III processor
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or Vista
512Mb RAM
At least 1024 pixel wide desktop resolution at 32-bit colour depth
128Mb graphics card
200Mb free hard disk space
Recommended Specification (Editing)
2Ghz Pentium IV processor
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or Vista
1024Mb RAM
At least 1600 pixel wide desktop resolution at 32-bit colour depth
256Mb graphics card, Shader Model 3
400Mb free hard disk space
Minimum Requirements (Playback only)
1Ghz Pentium III processor
Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista
256Mb RAM
64Mb graphics card
30Mb free hard disk space
Recommended Specification (Playback only)
2Ghz Pentium IV processor
Microsoft Windows XP/Vista
256Mb RAM
256Mb graphics card, Shader Model 2.0+
30Mb free hard disk space
Software Prerequisites
Microsoft DirectX 9.0c (already pre-installed on XP SP2 and Vista)
Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 (for editor only - not required for playback, pre-installed
on Vista)
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