   
   MORAY V2.5a                                             4th January 1997
 
   This archive contains Moray V2.5a, a Maintenance Release of Moray V2.5.
   It fixes a number of bugs that were contained in Moray V2.5. Please check
   the file WHATSNEW.TXT for a list of all changes made in this version.

   Below is the original README.TXT from V2.5.



   MORAY V2.5                                             1st December 1996

   Here is Moray V2.5, the first Moray version that support specific
   features of POV-Ray 3.0. 

   As some of you may have heard (and those of you that haven't should point
   your web browsers to http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/softtronics),
   this is the final DOS release of Moray. The next version will be a 32-bit 
   Windows program, designed to run under Windows NT and Windows 95.

   The feedback we have gotten from you, the users, has been mostly in favour
   of a Windows version. Most of those against it were against it because
   they had reservations about the Windows version being as easy-to-use and 
   as fast as the DOS version. We're confident that the Windows version will
   be better than the DOS version in just about every respect.

   For those of you that are upgrading from V2.0, the file WHATSNEW.TXT 
   contains all changes made between V2.02 and V2.5 and the manul has a 
   chapter entitled 'New Features in V2.5' which describes the exact same
   thing.
   
   This Archive contains the following files:

     README       - This file
     MORAY.DOC    - The V2.5 Manual, Tutorials and Reference
     MORAY.EXE    - The actual V2.5 executable
     SETUP.EXE    - The Setup Assistant for Moray V2.5
     SETUP.HLP    - The helpfile for the Setup Assistant
     REGISTER.TXT - Registration instructions
     REGISTER.FRM - Registration form
     BUGREPRT.FRM - Bug Report form
     SUPPORT.TXT  - Instructions on how to reach us and get support
     MORAY.INI    - The configuration file (see MORAY.DOC)
     MORAY.MNU    - The menu file.
     MRYDEFLT.COL - The default color definition file
     MRYTXTR.LST  - The texture list MORAY should know about
     MRYPOV.INC   - The default include file for POV-Ray scene files.
     MRYPOLY.INC  - The default include file for Polyray scene files.
     MRYTXTR.MDL  - The MDL file containing predefined textures.
     CALLMRAY.BAT - A batch file for an external Model/Render loop
     FILE_ID.DIZ  - A BBS description of Moray V2.5.
     SYSxxxxy.FNT - System Fonts for various resolutions
     MDL/*.MDL    - Various scene files
     POVSCN/      - The default scene directory for POV files.
     POLYSCN/     - The default scene directory for PI files.
     MDL/         - The default scene directory for MDL files.
     UDO/         - The default directory for UDO files.
     UTILS/       - This directory contains two useful utilities and a VESA
                    testing and (MORAY relevant) benchmarking program.
     RAW/         - The default directory for RAW files.
     MAPS/        - The default directory for imagemaps, bumpmaps, heightfields
                    and backdrop images.


   To install, just copy the ZIP to your harddisk in a directory like \MORAY
   and unzip with the -d option (creating subdirectories). Then call SETUP.EXE
   to complete the installation. The Setup Assistant has an extensive online
   help system to help you to setup Moray on your system.

   If you are updating from and older Version of Moray, it is suggested that 
   you install to a new directory and then manually move your old scenes to 
   the new MDL directory. 

   If you are updating from V1.54 or earlier, you should read the chapter 
   'New Features in V2.0' in the manual (page 103), then the Chapter
   'New Features in V2.5' (page 108) and then do the first tutorial which 
   explains the new interface. 

   If you are updating from V2.0, you probably want to read the chapter 
   entitled 'New Features in V2.5' in the manual (page 108).

   After unzipping the files and running the Setup Assistant, you're ready
   to use Moray. You could take a moment to read the Configuration section 
   (page 112), where some of the INI settings are explained that can help
   you optimize Moray performance.

   In order to get the highest speed out of your system, please read Section
   8.4 VESA Drivers (page 121) of the manual and try installing SDD 5.3 
   (formerly known as UniVBE) or higher on your system. We have attained a
   20- to 80-fold (yes -FOLD!) speed increase on various system after 
   installing SDD 5.3. See the file VESATST.TXT in the UTILS directory for 
   details on the included VESA Test and Benchmark program. The Setup 
   Assistant will display the version of the VESA Driver that it finds. If 
   it does not show V2.0, we suggest trying SDD.

   Due to space constraints we were forced to exclude the NT console versions
   of the TTF2UDO and 3DTO3D utilities. You can obtain these from Thomas
   Baiers website (see the documentation in the UTILS directory).

   Please visit our website to stay in touch with the latest Moray
   developments. The URL is:

     http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/softtronics

   Enjoy working with MORAY V2.5! Suggestions, criticism (and bug reports) 
   are always welcome, ways of reaching us are located in SUPPORT.TXT.


   Lutz Kretzschmar
   Markus Lutz
