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D E S K T O P   D E S T R O Y E R   S C R E E N   S A V E R   V 1.6
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by James B. Bryant - jbgraphics@kagi.com
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jaybebe/screen_saver.html

This screen-saver is shareware.  For registration, goto the website above.
ORDER NOW ONLINE AT:  https://order.kagi.com/cgi-bin/r1.cgi?S98&&lang=en


R E A D M E   C O N T E N T S
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Registration Benefits
Requirements
Description
Installation
Performance and Resolutions
Known Bugs
Update List
Note for 3DFX Users
Disclaimer


R E G I S T R A T I O N   B E N E F I T S
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Bug updates, Extended features.
Removal of the Please Register message.
Payment can be processed securely online via Credit Card.
Other payment options are available, just email me.


R E Q U I R E M E N T S
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OpenGL, Windows 95/98/NT, Pentium compatible processor.
3D accelerator highly recommended.
Voodoo / 3DFX Users please see notes at the bottom of this file.


D E S C R I P T I O N
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Blow up your desktop in 3D!
This screen-saver takes a snapshot of your desktop and projects it into a 3D
world, where it is dissected into an arbitrary number of explosions.
This screen saver can also run a wave through your 3D screen, giving it an
awesome wave effect.  Almost every option is user-changeable, including
animation support which allows the screen to rotate on all three axis
and zoom in and out.  Also added is fully configurable resolution switching
for slower machines.  (see the performance section below)



I N S T A L L A T I O N
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First, to make sure you have the latest opengl drivers for your video card
get glSetup at www.glsetup.com.

Unzip the files into your Windows/ directory or if you have WindowsNT
unzip it into your WinNT/ directory.  Get winzip at www.winzip.com

You can also install it by unzipping it into a temporary directory, then right
click on the .scr file and select install.

To activate it: left click on your desktop background and select properties,
then select the screen savers tab, this screen saver is called 3D Desktop
Destroyer and should be in the Screen Saver selection box near the top.

If you don't have opengl.dll installed then it won't run, opengl.dll should
already be installed on windows95b, 98, and NT, if you don't have it then get
it here: http://www.opengl.org/Downloads/Downloads.html
Also, get the latest version of this screen saver at my website...
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jaybebe/screen_saver.html
You can also purchase it on my web-site, the version you have now will come up
with a please register message after several uses, and it has some limited
features until it is registered, registration is only $10.
Just a note: you will probably have very slow performance unless you have a
good graphics card, if it goes too slow then make sure you have your latest
graphics cards drivers, if it still goes slow, then I am sorry, but this
screen saver was specifically designed for high-end systems.


P E R F O R M A N C E   A N D   R E S O L U T I O N S
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To make sure you have the latest opengl drivers for your video card
get glSetup at www.glsetup.com.
If you are not sure what video card or opengl driver you are currently using
try using the OpenGL Switcher program, it allows you to switch OpenGL drivers
back and forth quite easily. http://home.earthlink.net/~heavensrage/ogls.html
I can obtain reasonable image quality and very fast performance at resolution
of 512x384x16 and in software mode!  You can also try 320x240x16 and
320x200x16, all of these work fine on my system.
This screen saver has been tested on:
3dfx Voodoo3, Voodoo2, Banshee, S3 VirgeDX, Riva TNT
If you have a card other then this and it does or doesn't work, please email
me and tell me so I can update this list.


K N O W N   B U G S
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No known bugs at this time.


U P D A T E   L I S T
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Latest Version 1.6 as of 5/24/1999

Bug Fixes since v1.5
  Wave settings are now consistant at all resolutions!
  Animation speed is now time dependant rather than system speed dependant.
  Added another viewing mode called Random Preset (this mode picks a Explode
   or Wave preset randomly on startup)
  Preview works very fast now at high texture width/height settings.
  Made resolution switching box update current resolution selection.
  Made OpenGL bitmap smaller to reduce file size.
  Preview window now displays accurately.
  Tweaked some of the wave defaults.
  Added new nag message and about box bitmap.
Bug Fixes since v1.4
  Tweaked some of the settings.
  Redid configuration dialog box to make it a little cleaner and smaller.
  Tested and works with Voodoo3, very nice. (GET THE LATEST DRIVERS)
  Added resolution switching (software mode now!)
  Redid this README file
  Added OpenGL Bitmap for default display (for a post on opengl.org?)
  Totally redid registration.
Bug Fixes since v1.3
  Made a small optimitizion and added more thread priority settings.
  Compiled optimized version specifically for Pentium processors.
Bug Fixes since v1.2
  Fixed the registration function.
Bug Fixes since v1.1
  Crashed after closing in wave mode sometimes, fixed.
  Implemented all user save/recall functions.  (registered version only)
Bug Fixes since v1.0
  Now displays correctly in screen-saver preview window.
  Smooth shading check box updates correctly.
  Thread priority setting is working correctly.


N O T E  3 D F X  U S E R S
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YOU MUST USE 16 BIT COLOR DEPTH IN ORDER FOR 3DFX TO WORK!

I have tested it and it works with the Voodoo3 2000 and above, you must
install the Quake3 compatable drivers.  I did not rename or change any OpenGL
dll's, after installing the new Q3 drivers it worked fine in any resolution at
16bit color depth. You can do this by just going into the screen saver
confuration and selecting change resolution button, then select any resolution
at 16 bit color depth and it should work awesome.

You must have your resolution set at 640x480x16 or 800x600x16 for
hardware acceleration to work on Banshee/Voodoo2 and older cards.

Due to 3dfx's poorly written OpenGL driver, this screen saver does not work on
all 3dfx cards.  You can try using Mesa, which is a Glide emulated OpenGL
driver which might work for you, goto www.mesa3d.org, or to directly download
them, goto http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/7220/mesa3dll.zip

Don' get me wrong, I have a Voodoo3 and love 3dfx, its just that their opengl
drivers SUCK!  But, they should get them done sooner or later ;)



C O P Y R I G H T   A N D   D I S C L A I M E R:
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This screensaver was created for the 3DFILES.COM screensaver contest.
The author has agreed to allow this and future versions to appear on
3DFILES.COM shareware CDROMS distributed by Walnut Creek.

Copyright (c) James B. Bryant  1999

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, 
WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF 
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WHICH 
ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT WILL JAMES BRYANT BE 
LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES 
RESULTING FROM POSSESSION, USE, OR MALFUNCTION OF THIS 
SOFTWARE PRODUCT.  YOU AGREED TO THIS BY DOWNLOADING THIS SOFTWARE.