Welcome to the famous Flame4 for SGI computers with Irix 5.3
Flame was a highend solution for VFX, matte painting and video/film hollywood visual effect.
Created by Discreet Logic, Flame4 was designed for run on top SGI workstation from 1993 like
Onyx, Callenge or Crimson with Reality Engine gfx hardware.
Thanks to Ginzanix patch now we can explore and use this historical app.It's fully funcional
only of you install into SGI computer with Reality Engine.
If your SGI not have Reality Engine gfx board you can apply some patches to avoid RE checks
and make app running, but with few errors and defects because some features use CPU but other
features need RealityEngine hardware, but you can use to explore some awesome Flame4 features.

With this file you find "CDROM" folder and "Patch" folder. This is the step by step guide to 
install and configure Flame4 for Irix.

1- Move "CDROM" folder to your root harddrive or "/".

2- Open terminal window and go to "CDROM" folder:

cd /CDROM

Use INSTALL script to install Flame4. Flame4 was designed for Irix 5.3 but if you have a superior IRIX 
like Irix 6.2 or 6.5 you can try to use my modified install script "INSTALL_IRIX6".

./INSTALL

3- When installation finish, copy "flame4patch" and "patchfile" from Patch folder to "/usr/flame_4.0.2/bin".
From terminal window go to flame bin folder and execute flame4 patch:

cd /usr/flame_4.0.2/bin
./flame4patch

4- Now you have a patched Flame4 installed in your system, now you need logout and use Flame402 account.
When you login into Flame account you can init flame from terminal window using command "flame" but before
continue you need take some considerations.

- By default Flame installation disable desktop and other related daemons services for use irix interface.
Remember that Flame users usually buy the SGI comnputer only for use with Flame app solution.
Before restart system you can re-enable desktop services using this commands from terminal window.

chkconfig desktop on
chkconfig objectserver on

Maybe you need re-activate other services it depends of your IRIX version.

- With Flame software you need a framestore for work. You can use a file based framestore or use an external 
dedicated Stone+Wire raid system framestore. If you want use Stone+Wire raid system you can use additional info 
reading "flame4patch" file for make a patch and you can use installer for Stone+Wire services from 
"/CDROM/Stone_+_Wire" folder.
For use the easy way start with a filebased framestore in your harddisk. First you need define framestore editing
file "/usr/flame_4.0.2/cfg/default.cfg". Locate FrameStore definition text area and define your file based framestore
and path, someone like this:

# Example for a Stone & Wire disk array
#FrameStore     /dev/swr00, "PAL"
# Example for a Logical Volume
#FrameStore     /dev/rdsk/lv0, "PAL"
# Example for a System disk
FrameStore     /FLAME.fs, "FlamePAL", 200
# Example for a External disk
#FrameStore     /dev/rdsk/dks1d3s7, "NTSC"

- 200 is the framestore size in Mb and "/FLAME.fs" is desired name and path.

-The first time you init Flame4 you need format framestore, for init framestore init with command "flame -v".
Once your framestore is initialized the next time you want start Flame you only need type command "flame".

-If you are using a different IRIX version than IRIX 5.3 you need rename Flame executable.
By default the flame app name is "flame_IRIX_5.3" if you are using IRIX 6.2 you need rename as "flame_IRIX_6.2",
for IRIX 6.5 rename as "flame_IRIX_6.5". Now Flame start using start script command "flame".
You can find Flame excutable to rename in "/usr/falme_4.0.2/bin".

Thanks to Ginzanix for the patch and all other SGUG users for contribute to recover IRIX software make it
usable and share.

