'Sparcs' Screen Saver 4rd September 2002 ------------------------- (c) Copyright Wayne "dappa" Mike ------------------------------------ stable version 1.1 __________________________________________________________________________________________ | Notes | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | This screen saver was tested on windows XP and windows 2000 without any complications | | You do not need a 3d graphics card to use this screen saver. You will however need a | | graphics card and monitor that support a resolution of 512x384 with 32 or 24 bits per | | pixel. | |________________________________________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________________________________________ | Installing The Screen Saver | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | If you are using Windows 95\98\ME\XP copy the sparcs.scr file to X:\windows | | If you are using Windows NT\2000 copy the sparcs.scr file to X:\winnt | | | | All you have to do now is set it as your active screen saver. Enjoy | |________________________________________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________________________________________ | Speed Problems | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | If the sparcs screen saver is running slow on your machine try some of the bellow | | | | | 1: Set the number of particle systems to 1. | | 2: Disable bluring. | |________________________________________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________________________________________ | Version Changes | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | stable 1.0 -> added 24 bits per pixel rendering mode. | | stable 1.1 -> code optimized for better rendering speed. | |________________________________________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________________________________________ | *Love* and Respect to | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | *Alkama* -> For testing this, and answering all my questions ;) | | *Unreal* -> For letting me bug him over and over again. | | *Yoghurt* -> For all the help support you have given me over the years. your a *star* | | | | *Laash*, *Fthr*, *Md*, *Slyde*, *Raiden*, *Collage*, TPOLM, CNCD, CALODOX | |________________________________________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________________________________________ | Contact Me | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | wayne4@blueyonder.co.uk | | ICQ: 51991112 | |________________________________________________________________________________________| Hope you enjoy this screen saver. Wayne "dappa" Mike 'Sparcs' Screen Saver original build: 4th September 2002 ------------------------- patched: 17th August 2006 (c) Copyright Wayne "dappa" Mike ------------------------------------ stable version 1.2 All this patch version does it make sure that the sparcs screensaver runs the same speed on every machine no matter how fast it is. I should have realy seen this mistake on my last compilation back in 2002 but it looks like i missed it (oh well). anyway i have recently been digging around in my old code and i thought i would fix this little bugger. Greets to the regulars: *Curly Brace* *Ravian* *3case* *Alkama* *Melwyn* *Yoghurt* *Lassi* *Unreal* *Fthr* *Md* *Slyde* *Raiden* *Collage* *Knos* *Solorize* Love & Respect To Everyone Wayne "dappa" Mike