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As I worked to understand and internalize the Genesis3D engine, I found it helpful to reorganize and clarify the reference material. I have added the following features:

• Complete cross-linkage. Now you can click on any type etc. be taken straight to its definition.
• Table of contents has been added to the top of each file.
• Some tutorials (where I could find them from other sources) have been added.
• Interfaces for many new aspects of the engine have been added, with many new added files.
• Color coding of functions
• Still needed--comments on each of the added functions. Yes, I know that a function declaration with no explaination is only so helpful. But it is helpful just to see what functions are out there. Now, anyone care to help fill in the details?

Some important notes:

• "API" functions are prefixed with GENESISAPI. This is a macro that expands to dllimport or dllexport (or nothing) These are the functions that are made available in the precompiled .dll files (I think). Those willing to compile all the code, however, have the power of the entire engine at their fingertips. For this reason, all the functions found in the OpenSource directory have been included.
• I have chosen to format variables and their corresponding types as follows: "geActor*     myActor" instead of "geActor    *myActor". I feel it is easier understand the former--i.e. myActor is a variable of type pointer-to-geActor. The difference between these two formats is really just semantic, and they are identical to the compiler. So please don't loose any sleep over this one. A quick warning to beginner c programmers, though. Don't do this: "geActor*    Actor1, Actor2" because the "*" will only be associated with Actor1 and not Actor2.

So now... ready, set, code! -- Kevin Toppenberg, MD (kdtop)

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