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<head><!-- SGI_COMMENT COSMOCREATE -->
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<meta HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
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<meta NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Microsoft FrontPage 3.0">
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<title>Getting Started with CP 2.1.1</title>
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<body VLINK="#800080" LINK="#0000ff" BACKGROUND="background.gif">
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<h1 align="center"><a name="top"></a>Getting Started with Cosmo Player 2.1.1</h1>
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<p align="center">Copyright © 1997-1999 PLATINUM technology, inc. All rights reserved.</p>
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<p>Cosmo Player plugs in to your Web browser to enable you to see and explore 3D worlds.
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With Cosmo Player you can visit any 3D world authored in the Virtual Reality Modeling
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Language (VRML). These 3D worlds often include other kinds of multimedia, like sound and
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movies.</p>
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<p>This brief guide shows you the basics of the Cosmo Player main controls so you can get
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started right away.</p>
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<p>You can find more in-depth information in <a href="frames-quickref.html" target="_top">Cosmo
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Player 2.1.1 Quick Reference</a> and <a href="frames-goingfar.html" target="_top">Going
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Further with Cosmo Player 2.1.1.</a></p>
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<p>You can find more technical information about installation and trouble-shooting in the <a
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href="frames-relnotes.html" target="_top">Release Notes.</a></p>
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<p>You can practice using Cosmo Player by playing <a href="../examples/chomp/chomp.htm"
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target="_blank"><img src="chomp.gif" align="middle" alt="Chomp!"></a>,
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an interactive 3D game that teaches basic navigation.</p>
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<hr>
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<h2><a name="dashboard"></a>On the Dashboard</h2>
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<p>You use the main controls on the Cosmo Player dashboard to do two things: move around
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in 3D worlds and examine objects in 3D worlds. (Some worlds don't display the dashboard,
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but they may provide on-screen cues to navigation.)</p>
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<p>If your dashboard looks like this</p>
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<p><img src="simplemovedash.gif" alt="simplemovedash.gif (18044 bytes)"></p>
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<p>use <strong>Go, Slide,</strong> and <strong>Tilt</strong> to move around in the world.
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See "<a href="#movement">Moving Around in a World.</a>" </p>
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<p>If your dashboard looks like this</p>
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<p><img src="examinedash.gif" alt="examinedash.gif (17917 bytes)"></p>
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<p>use <strong>Rotate,</strong> <strong>Pan,</strong> and <strong>Zoom</strong> to examine
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objects in the world. See "<a href="#examine">Examining Objects.</a>" </p>
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<p>Some worlds allow you to use only Movement controls (<strong>Go, Slide,</strong> and <strong>Tilt</strong>).
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Other worlds allow you to use only Examine controls (<strong>Rotate, Pan,</strong> and <strong>Zoom</strong>).
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Still other worlds allow you to use both Movement and Examine controls. Even if both sets
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of controls are available to you, it's usually best to use the controls that are displayed
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when you first enter a world. <em>You could easily become disoriented by switching
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randomly from one set of controls to another!</em></p>
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<p>To switch from one set of controls to another, click <strong>Change Controls.</strong></p>
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<p ALIGN="left"><img src="examine2.gif" alt="examine2.gif (17857 bytes)"></p>
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<hr>
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<h2><a name="movement"></a>Moving Around in a World</h2>
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<p>To move around in a 3D world, click the <strong>Go,</strong> <strong>Slide,</strong> or
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<strong>Tilt</strong> button and then drag the pointer in the Cosmo Player window. Once
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you click a control, it stays selected until you click another.</p>
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<table BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="7" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="171" height="168">
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<tr>
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<td height="34"><p ALIGN="RIGHT"><small><b>Go</b></small></td>
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<td height="34"><p ALIGN="center"><img SRC="b1ago.gif" BORDER="0" alt="Go button"></td>
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<td nowrap height="34">Click and then drag to move in any direction.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td WIDTH="41%" HEIGHT="46"><p ALIGN="RIGHT"><small><b>Slide</b></small></td>
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<td WIDTH="59%" HEIGHT="46"><p ALIGN="center"><img SRC="b2slide.gif" BORDER="0"
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alt="Slide button"></td>
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<td WIDTH="59%" HEIGHT="46">Click and then drag to slide straight up and down or to slide
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right or left. </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td WIDTH="41%" HEIGHT="46"><p ALIGN="RIGHT"><small><b>Tilt</b></small></td>
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<td WIDTH="59%" HEIGHT="46"><p ALIGN="center"><img SRC="b3tilt.gif" BORDER="0"
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alt="Tilt button"></td>
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<td WIDTH="59%" HEIGHT="46">Click and then drag to look up or down or from side to side.</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<hr>
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<h2><a name="examine"></a>Examining Objects</h2>
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<p>To examine objects in a 3D world, click the <strong>Rotate, Pan,</strong> or <strong>Zoom</strong>
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button and then drag the pointer in the Cosmo Player window. Once you click a control, it
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stays selected until you click another.</p>
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<table BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="7" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="178">
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<tr>
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<td WIDTH="39%"><p ALIGN="RIGHT"><small><b>Rotate</b></small></td>
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<td WIDTH="61%"><p ALIGN="center"><img SRC="b4rotate.gif" BORDER="0" alt="Rotate button"></td>
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<td nowrap>Click and then drag to rotate an object.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td WIDTH="39%"><p ALIGN="RIGHT"><small><b>Pan</b></small></td>
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<td WIDTH="61%"><p ALIGN="center"><img SRC="b5pan.gif" BORDER="0" alt="Pan button"></td>
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<td WIDTH="61%">Click and then drag to pan right, left, up, or down.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td WIDTH="39%"><p ALIGN="RIGHT"><small><b>Zoom</b></small></td>
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<td WIDTH="61%"><p ALIGN="center"><img SRC="b6zoom.gif" BORDER="0" alt="Zoom button"></td>
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<td WIDTH="61%">Click and then drag up to zoom in or drag down to zoom out.</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<hr>
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<h2><a name="undoredo"></a>Changed Your Mind?</h2>
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<p>Use the <strong>Undo Move</strong> and <strong>Redo Move</strong> buttons to retrace
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your steps.</p>
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<blockquote>
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<blockquote>
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<p align="center"><img src="b11aundo.gif" alt="b11aundo.gif (2007 bytes)" align="left"></p>
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<p align="center"> </p>
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<p align="center"> </p>
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</blockquote>
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</blockquote>
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<hr>
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<h2><a name="interacting"></a>Interacting with Active Objects</h2>
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<p>An active object is one that will do something--like play a sound or an animation--when
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you click it or click-and-drag it. </p>
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<p>When you pass the pointer over an active object, the pointer changes to a starburst.</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p> <img src="starburst.jpg" alt="starburst.jpg (1590 bytes)"></p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Navigation with <strong>Go, Slide, Tilt, Rotate, Pan,</strong> or <strong>Zoom</strong>
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can be difficult in a world full of active objects. Try using the <strong>Seek</strong>
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button, instead: <strong>Seek</strong> takes you directly to objects without activating
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them.</p>
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<table BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="7" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="171">
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<tr>
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<td height="34"><p ALIGN="RIGHT"><small><b>Seek</b></small></td>
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<td height="34"><p ALIGN="center"><img src="b7aseek.gif" alt="b7aseek.gif (1439 bytes)"></td>
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<td nowrap height="34">Click <strong>Seek</strong> and then click an object to move closer
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to it. </td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<hr>
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<h2><a name="viewpoints"></a>Another Way of Moving Through a World</h2>
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<p>Authors of 3D worlds can set viewpoints--places of interest--for you to visit. You can
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move from one viewpoint to another by choosing from the <strong>Viewpoint list</strong> or
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clicking the <strong>Next Viewpoint</strong> or <strong>Previous Viewpoint</strong>
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button.</p>
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<p><img src="Viewpoint.gif" alt="Viewpoint.gif (4493 bytes)"></p>
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<div align="left">
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<table border="0">
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<tr>
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<td valign="top"><small><strong>Viewpoint List</strong></small></td>
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<td valign="top">Click the <strong>Viewpoint List</strong> button and choose a viewpoint <br>
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from the pop-up list.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><small><strong>Next Viewpoint</strong></small></td>
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<td>Click to go to the next viewpoint in the list.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><small><strong>Previous Viewpoint</strong></small></td>
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<td>Click to go to the previous viewpoint in the list.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><small><strong>Current Viewpoint</strong></small></td>
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<td>Shows the last viewpoint you chose. Click to return to this viewpoint.</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</div>
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<hr>
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<h2><a name="support"></a>Cosmo Player Support</h2>
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<p>Cosmo Player support is currently available in English only on the Cosmo Software site
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at <a href="http://cosmosoftware.com" target="_blank">http://cosmosoftware.com</a> or for
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a per incident charge through our call center at 1-888-91-COSMO. Cosmo Support Services
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call center provides support from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MST.</p>
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<hr>
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<address>
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<small>Part number 007-3853-002 / Revised October 28, 1998</small>
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</address>
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