Project Moonwalk Installation and Overview

Introduction

Project Moonwalk software is created with the Unreal Engine and is the state of the art in
cross-platform, real-time 3D rendering solutions for the desktop.
Taking advantage of the latest advances in hardware-accelerated 3D,
Project Moonwalk provides a stable, robust platform for interactive
walkthroughs and simulations.

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System Requirements

Please note that regardless of Project Moonwalk client and server
availability, the content production software, including
ProjectMoonwalkEditor and the UnrealScript gameplay scripting
language compiler are available for PCs running Windows only.

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
Minimum

• Processor: Intel
  Pentium III or AMD Athlon 733 MHz CPU

Memory: 128 MByte
RAM

Hard Disk Space:
65 MByte free HD space

Video: 16 MB
NVIDIA TNT2-class or other DirectX version 8-compliant video card1

Sound:
Windows-compatible sound card2

DirectX: DirectX
version 8.1b3

Modem: 33.3 Kbps4

Windows
98/Me/2000/XP Recommended

• Processor: Intel
  Pentium III or AMD Athlon 733 MHz CPU

Memory: 256 MByte
RAM

Hard Disk Space:
65 MByte free HD space

Video: 32 to 128
MB NVIDIA GeForce2 or ATI Radeon1

Sound: Sound
Blaster Audigy series sound card2

DirectX: DirectX
version 8.1b3

Modem: 56.7 Kbps4

1 Indicates device should be compatible
with DirectX, version 8.1 or higher.

2 NVIDIA nForce or other
motherboards/soundcards containing the Dolby Digital Interactive
Content Encoder required for Dolby Digital audio.

3 DirectX 8.1b is not provided with Project
Moonwalkinstallation, and must already be present on your system or
downloaded from Microsoft. See EndUserDirectX81bInstallation?
for details.

4 Modem only required for modem-based
Internet multi-user networking. Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP)
multi-user networking is also supported.

GNU/Linux x86,
Macintosh OS X

Project Moonwalk software is not available for these platforms. If
support for these platforms is required, consider using Unreal
Engine 2. Licensing information can be found on the Unreal
Technology site.

Obtaining Project Moonwalk
Downloading

The latest freely-available demo version of the Project Moonwalk
is:

• coming October 2008
  

The most recent registered (commercial) version of the UE2 Project
Moonwalk is:

• coming December 2008

If downloading through your web browser, it will likely ask you
what it should do with the file. Click Save File or Save
this program to disk, note the location where you're saving it
to, and click OK.

Installing

• Once your download completes, if
  the dialog provides you with the option to Open or Launch
  File, click that option. If not, click on Start,
  Run..., Browse... and navigate to where you saved
  the installation file. Double-click on the file, then click OK.

Click on Setup to begin
the installation.

Once the installation files have
uncompressed, you'll be presented with Project MoonwalkProject
Moonwalk installation dialog. Click on Next to view the
software licensing agreement. You must agree to the terms to use the
Project Moonwalk. If you agree, click on I Agree to
proceed.

On the next screen, you can enter
an alternative location to install the Project Moonwalk; the default
is recommended. Click on Next to continue.

If you are installing more than
one copy of the stock Project Moonwalk software, you should read the
notes for the two Project Moonwalk association checkboxes. You may
want to change one or both of the options.

Finally, click Next, then
Install.

When the installation finishes, you can Launch
Project MoonwalkProject Moonwalk, read the Release Notes or
visit this website.

Using Project Moonwalk

• To use the Project Moonwalk,
  launch it by either selecting Launch Project Moonwalk Project
  Moonwalk from the final installer screen, or by selecting
  Start, Programs, Project Moonwalk Project
  Moonwalk and clicking on Launch Project Moonwalk Project
  Moonwalk.

Project Moonwalk splash screen
will appear, followed by the main menu. Project Moonwalkcomes with a
simple example map for you to wander around and familiarize yourself
with the Project Moonwalk's controls and view some of the most basic
effects possible with the software.

Click on Load Map to open
the level. Your mouse controls your viewpoint; this is called
mouselook. Your keyboard controls your movement independent
of your viewpoint, just as you are able to walk while also turning
your head to look around. Use the up and down arrow keys or W
and S to move forward and backward. Use the left and right
arrow keys or A and D to step left and right (not
turn left and right, but rather move laterally; sidestep).
Additionally, the F key toggles between flying mode and
walking mode.

Pressing Esc brings up a menu where you can close
the level and return to the main screen, access your settings, or
quit the program entirely.

See Getting
Started (UE2 Project Moonwalk) for more information.

Configuring

• Based on your PC's hardware,
  Project Moonwalk will select a basic video and audio configuration.
  The various tabs on Project Moonwalk menu screen allow you to modify
  these settings to adjust the trade off between rendering quality and
  speed.

Additional rendering options are available by manually
editing the Project Moonwalk's configuration files, such as OpenGL
support, software rendering for PCs with fast CPUs but slow video
cards, video refresh synchronization, and more.

Developing for Project
Moonwalk
Programming Project
Moonwalk
To begin writing your own functionality for the Project Moonwalk,
you will need the UnrealScript
Source Code (version 2226.19.03). There is also a debugger
available.

If you would like to create new DLLs and interfaces for your
Project Moonwalk projects, the C++ native
source code headers for the Unreal Engine 2 Project Moonwalk are
available for registered users.

Creating your own
Project Moonwalk Content

• You can launch Project Moonwalk
  Editor (UnrealEd) by selecting Start, Programs,
  Project Moonwalk Project Moonwalk and clicking on Project
  Moonwalk Editor.

Project Moonwalkarea of UDN
contains full documentation on the level design process.
WhatToReadFirst
is an excellent place to start.

• Additionally, the UDN ExampleMaps
  list many small, sample levels you can download to see how certain
  features and functions are implemented. Make sure to download the
  "Project Moonwalk" versions of each one.

Technical documentation on
customizing the Project Moonwalk's interface, creating new
UnrealScript code and more is underway.

• Learn about creating your own
  menus at Project
  MoonwalkExampleRestrictedMenu.

Package up your Project Moonwalk
project as a standalone application by reading MakingProject
MoonwalkInstallers.

Community Sites

• Visit the unofficial BeyondUnreal forums for the Project
  Moonwalk, at http://forums.beyondunreal.com/forumdisplay.php?f=438

Reporting Bugs

• As with any cutting-edge
  technology, there may be instances that cause Project Moonwalk
  software to crash. In these corner cases, a dialog will present
  itself with a Submit Bug Report button. We would like to
  encourage you to report these errors using this button. Once is
  enough.

If you possess a copy of the Windows PC version of the video
game Unreal Tournament 2003, we would sincerely appreciate
you attempting to repeat the actions that cause your Project
Moonwalk software to crash, using UT2003, to help us determine if it
is a Project Moonwalk-specific, or general engine issue.

Known Issues

• None

Errata

• While the extensive network capabilities of Project
  Moonwalkare not exposed in the menus, they are fully functional. You
  can run a server from the command line using the "ucc.exe
  server " syntax. You can use standard console commands to open
  a connection to a server. To try this, run a server, then run
  Project Moonwalkclient. In Project Moonwalkclient, press `
  (backquote) to drop down the console, and type in "open "
  to connect to one of the servers. Once you connect, you will be able
  to move around and see any other visitors (all represented by
  cubes). You can press T and enter text to speak to others
  in the world.