Great work Jim! Very Pleasing to the eyes!! :)
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X - Hide Fish T - Timing Clamp F5 - Pause Fish F6 - Frame skip (if it can be called that) F7 - Fullscreen / Windowed |
Fantastic!
Jim,
Congratulations on all your hard work! Everything looks great and is working perfectly on my system: Macbook Pro 2.2GHz 2G mem. NVidia GForce 8600M with 256M of onboard memory running Windows Vista 64bit via Bootcamp. After opening up the program it looked so good I HAD to immediatley hook the computer up to my Samsung 40" LCD. Everything just popped up automatically and worked perfectly. And WOW the artistry is incredible. Thank you! |
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running fantastic on my system sofar but was hoping to add some of my own music...what format does it have to be in to work....already tryed to add an mp3 file and that locked it up solid.
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I have had several mp3's in the list and they all seems to work fine over here. Maybe your mp3 file was DRM protected?
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I tried mp3 and it didn't work. midi files work though.
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New background BETA1
I am reporting BETA#1 works well on my Dell Inspiron 9100 laptop. The graphic and PC specs are:
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700, 32 bit, 1920 x 1200 Windows XP Pro, SP-2, 1GB memory, about 4GB remaining disc space. It runs full wide screen at about 70 fps. Although the background is more expansive and better, I am a bit disappointed because during forum in past years, we discussed about Marine Aquarium may get "animated" background (moving anemones or live coral movements etc... The new version does not have that as far as I can tell. I like the music, and it would be wonderful if it can be selectable from MP3 files. |
Wonderful!
Even better than the real thing! |
lannp - I know that with so many messages, it's hard to keep up, but as I've often said - The purpose of the Beta is to work out the major bugs and to allow the fans to be a part of the development process. Once the bugs are fixed, I'll replace the fish with my new-style models which have higher resolution, working mouths and gills, and a far greater repertoire of behavior. After that comes the process of bringing the background to life, one object at a time. Many people enjoy watching this development process, and wondering what new additions will be introduced each week.
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Will we be able to zoom in and out in a later release?
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Probably not. All the objects are like a Hollywood set - they only make sense when viewed from one angle. If the camera goes into the scene even slightly, major gaps and holes show up between objects.
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Thanks Jim, looks super.
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Beta works without a hitch. Excellent job. The only thing that would make it better is to be able to change the backgrounds like Dream Aquarium.
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So maybe MA4 will have full 3D with panning camera? :D
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It will also feed the dog, put the cat out, clean house and pour you a cocktail, all at the same time.
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You can always just switch to window mode and stretch the window wide.
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Feldon, Thanks for the "surprise" e-mail!! What a treat to start the week-end with!. I'm happy to say everything is working fine on my "outdated" home built PC! I have the original ATI 9600 Radeon (with Omegas' drivers), an AMD 2000-M cpu and 1 gig of memory. Looks great on my 22" wide screen monitor at resolution of 1680 x 1050 32 bit color. FPS ranges anywhere from 123 fps to 132 fps. Looks smooth and no lock-ups!
Now after I installed this, I was so impressed with it, I hollered for my wife to come in and see it! She says "very nice, now we can get rid of the salt water tank"! I said "are you kidding?" It was this program that inspired me in the first place to get a salt water tank! Now I want to get a bigger tank! Women! What can I say?? LOL! |
Get rid of the salt water tank??? :sad::sad: :rolleyes:
She must be sick or something, take her to the doctor. :lol::lol: Post some shots of it if you get the time. |
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Hit the spacebar and choose "about". That will tell you the keystroke options.
Basically one thing you can do if you want to see the whole tank at once is hit the "F" key. This will switch you to "windowed" mode. Then you can grab a corner and resize the tank to whatever you wish. As for the music, from the spacebar choose "Music Playlist" then "add" the songs you want played from your hard drive. |
Wow Jim, What a wonderful surprise today. :) It works perfectly on my new laptop and the 3D effect is subtle as others have said but easy to see when it is panning. I am very happy that it is almost complete. I like the little cave as well, nice touch. :) My wife was very impressed as well and tonight I'll hook it up to the 50 inch DLP :)
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There is no "widescreen" mode. The Aquarium is approximately 3 screens wide. You should be able to view the whole width of the tank by making a window that is wide and short enough. You'll know you are getting the whole tank when the camera stops auto-panning and you can see everything.
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:cool:So far so good, it's been a long wait; but I sure it was worth in. Cant wait to see wats next.:cheers:
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Dragging the window corners to resize the window is the only way I know to resize the window. I have no idea why it is not working for you. Don't worry about the numbers by the way.
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I also can't understand what might be causing your problem. No one else has reported anything like this (yet). All of my machines work the same way: After hitting F, I can simply stretch the window to any shape I like. If I want it wide I just grab the side and stretch it across the screen. The instant I let go the Window Size numbers show the new size.
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Hey guys, Just downloaded MA3 and it looks very nice indeed,Jim you have out done yourself :)
Havent had any problems with it,altho it wont run unless I have it in windowed mode. |
Well Jim, I'd say it was a long time coming but that would be a major under statement. :D
So when can we expect the fresh water version? ;) Anyway glad to see the progress you made and that you are close to getting it all done, it's simply amazing and by the sounds of what else you have planned it's really going to blow us all way. Major Kudos for your great and hard work! :TU: |
Rich - It's possible that the Automatic setting is picking a resolution that your monitor can't handle. While in Windowed mode, press the spacebar and use Screen Settings to set a low resolution, like 800x600x16. If that works for full-screen, keep bumping it up until it doesn't work any more.
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Could you post the driver number or where you got it for future reference?
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Jim, I have one suggestion. When viewing the beta on my dual 17 inch monitor setup like most people, as the fish are swimming across from one screen to the next; the large gap from one monitor to the next is the only thing taking away from the realism of the whole tank. This goes for every dual monitor screensaver as the bezel is quite large around the screen and the fish always get cut in two slices and warp from one screen to the next. Since I am in a unique situation of being able to talk to the creator himself, and it is always an honor, I would like for you to consider what I ask if it is possible. To make your screensaver 100% realistic in a dual monitor setup, if there was a way to allow for an overlap that can be adjusted so the fish actually swims behind the black bezel in between the two monitors, it would add an incredible realism that no other screensaver has yet to impliment (no doubt they would copy it as well). The interphase could be in the form of a simple slider which overlaps any screen from the middle of any resolution. You could call it the "bezel adjuster". Putting my two monitors side by side and there is a little over an inch of bezel so in this case if it was a slider it would take a second to adjust it and the settings can be saved. I don't know if anybody else has ever brought this idea up, however let me know if you think it is something you would consider working on at some point in time. Great job again on the 3D background, I'm looking forward to seeing the creativity of the animations yet to be implimented. This was well worth the wait.
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A bezel gap is already planned to be added.
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