Downloading exoExplorer

This is a BETA release of exoExplorer

A "BETA release" is a phase in the software development cycle where the software is released for public testing. Prior to this BETA release, exoExplorer had been tested internally and was found to be stable on the following computers:

• AMD Athlon 5200+ 2.7 GHZ 64X2 Dual Core with 2 GB RAM, and nVidia GeForce 8600 GT w/ 512 MB of video RAM.
• Intel Celeron 2 GHz with512 MB of RAM, and nVidia GeForce FX5200 w/ 128 MB of video RAM.
• AMD Athlon 2400+ 2.0 GHZ with 1.5 GB of RAM, and an nVidia GeForce FX5500 w/ 128 MB of video RAM.

If your system is much different from this limited test bank, exoExplorer might not work on your machine.

Report exoExplorer problems on the "Using exoExplorer" forum .

Minimum System Requirements:

exoExplorer is a resource-demanding, graphics-intensive application that renders dynamic 3D scenes in four windows simultaneously. It runs best on gamer's platforms.

To achieve the most convincing realism, exoExplorer is designed to exploit the latest real time 3D rendering software, physics software, and recent generation graphics card hardware including vertex buffers, abundant and fast texture memory, and shader programs run on the GPU.

Absolute minimum system requirements are listed below:

• Windows XP SP3
• Microsoft DirectX 9.0
• Minimum CPU: Intel Celeron 2.0 GHz, or AMD Athlon 2400+ 2.0 GHZ
• System RAM: 1 GB (the more, the better)
• Graphics card with vertex processing capability.
  • Minimum: nVidia GeForce FX5200 w/128 MB video RAM (or equivalent ATI Radeon 9000; vertex-processing capable)
  • Go to this link for a list of nVidia / ATI Radeon graphics cards equivalents.

Recommended:

• High performance heatsink for your CPU. Rendering exoExplorer's multiple 3D views will push your CPU to run at a sustained 100%.
• Internet connectivity for receiving frequent database updates from planetarybiology.com .
• Joystick or equivalent game controller for access to"aircraft".
• Mouse with scroll wheel.

exoExplorer Version: 0.8.1 BETA (latest)

Download Size: 67 MB.

Ready to download?

Just follow these easy steps to get started:

1		Click this link to start download.
	Click on the download link at right and save exoExplorer_setup.zip to any folder of your choice on your system.
2
	Unzip exoExplorer_setup.zip to the download folder.
3
	Double-click setup.exe and follow the instructions to complete the installation.