Ok, thanks. Good thing there's a Beta.

BTW: Great job Jim. :)

Someone hasn't been paying attention...:)

Vertical Sync Cpu Fan Speed
 

10b working fine. Excellent job Jim. One thing I do notice though is that under the display settings when wait for vertical sync is checked I'm limited to 60 fps, and fan speed is slow, and quiet. When wait for vertical sync is unchecked, and the sleep mode is set at 30 the fps is 30 fan is at high speed. Maximum fps sleep 0 is 375 fps fan is still at high speed. So it appears that vertical sync enabled is a good thing, but I'm limited to 60 fps. Just something I noticed, and I thought I would pass on. Can't wait to see whats next. Thank you so much for your hard work, and dedication to this project, and hobby. Sincerely Rusty C.:D

Vista Ultimate
Hp Pavilion Media Center m8067c
Intel 2 core duo
Nvidia GeForce 7600-Gt
2 Gig Ram
:)

That's the way vertical sync is supposed to work. After completing the building of a frame, the program waits until the next vertical refresh of the monitor to display it. So the maximum frame rate it could ever achieve is the monitor refresh rate (usually 60 hz).

I'm a newbie to this site, however, not new to the SereneScreen Aquarium. I have had it as my only screensaver since the first one, way, way, back then have updated to each new version...
I LOVE IT AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND IMAGINATIVE INNOVATIONS....just found the answer to my starfish question on another thread so thanks again....

Lets start a poll on which fish Jim should do first! How about the easiest one first and then we could see it in the aquarium sooner rather than later.

Good idea, but Jim has never been swayed by public opinion.

Having an opinion is not enough. You have to put forward a persuasive and well reasoned argument as to why the opinion is a good one. Then - maybe! :D

Actually Rusty's point is an interesting one - why is Sleep 30 causing more fan activity than vsync? The latter is drawing twice as many frames?
John

just wanted to say thanks for the ss.. it has always been my fav. I showed my appreciation by purchasing, upgrading from 2.6 (i think).

Thanks, F34R!

Well Done.
 

First let me say, thank you so much Jim. When I moved up to a Vista 64 bit OS I really missed my tanks. Your creations are by far the best I have seen and as a result owned. Your attention to detail is to be applauded.

With the MA3 Beta at least I have my marine tank back and I can not wait to see the finished product. However I do miss my freshwater tank now, but hey I am grateful for what I have. Honest.

I would like to Welcome you to the forum. http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/m...ilder/s006.gif

upgrades
 

as a long-time lover of SS aquairum, it is my only scr. saver and having just recently upgraded to MA3 I wanted to tell you it has been a mental health vacation for me. Having just recovered from a fractured knee cap and spending a lot of time sitting with elevated leg, I spent lots of hours watching your creation for which I will be eternally grateful and I just learned I need wrist surgery so will be watching again for extended periods of time for a while....so naturally I am quite interested in when or how new developments will be released...as upgrade all at once or as updates.
IF this has already been discussed sorry for asking again, looked thru lots of posts and didn't see it....love being able to see framework too!

THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK, keeps this 70 yr old lady entertained on bad days.

Sorry to hear about your trials lately and we hope that you get through them well. :)

As for the updates, any time Jim has something new for everyone to see a new version will be announced in this thread. Keep an eye out there and when something shows up plenty of discussion will probably be happening as well.

As for the rest, I think I have seen you playing in our arcade at times :TU:. I hope you are enjoying the games and that they help to pass the time. That's what they are there for. :)

Again, best wishes for your recovery................

Welcome to the Forum, luv.swans.

I'm currently working on new 3D models for all the fish, which will be necessary for more elaborate movements. I always dreaded doing this, and it is proving to be just as difficult as I thought it would. Also, the fan on my video card went out a couple of days ago. A new one is on the way, but for now I'm limited to just having the computer on for a few minutes at a time.

WOW. No matter how you slice it, that sucks. What you can do in the mean time is take the side of your case off and have a fan blowing in your case. I had to do that a while ago when my cpu fan died. That's when I went to water cooled.

Water-cooled - that's a good idea. I'll go get the hose...

Don't suppose you've tried oil on the fan bearing? ;) ... Works every time for me...

I did that, but it's only a short term solution. The fan's still coughing at me every now and again.

Meanwhile, I'm intrigued at the idea of Jim installing a hose into his PC. Does this mean he's gonna have fish swimming around his household water supply now?

Try cough syrup, instead of oil....

Very helpful, Cliff. Thanks for that!

:p

:lol:

thanks again..all you do is appreciated and hope the fan is the last hurdle you have.
it's hard enuf without the 'puter probs

appreciate your well wishes, surgery went well, but not used to typing left handed so excuse typo's etc.

arcade does help and I like it better than others I have tried

kudos to all involved in creating, tweaking or whatever else they do to make this as special as it is, also really enjoy watching framework in action.

I installed the marine aquarium 3 and I need the seria number. Can you send that to me?
Tkyou.

You can buy Marine Aquarium 3 right here:
http://www.serenescreen.com/product/

Or type TESTFISH

{I'm sure Jim would be only too pleased to issue you with a FREE Serial, maybe the master key that opens up new features that others arent able to see yet..../scarcasm}

I just upgraded to MA3 and I must say I'm quite thrilled with how it looks! If I may make a suggestion, I think it would be really neat if the fish themselves cast a murky shadow on the objects below them. I had noticed something didn't look quite right when the fish would swim near the bottom, and I realized that was the effect that was missing. Is this possible without too much technical demands?

Anyway, fantastic work! Worth every penny!

It's incredibly difficult. I've always solved the problem before by simply not letting the fish get too close to the bottom. If you look at a real saltwater aquarium, the light is so diffuse that any fish which is more than an inch off the floor wil not cast any shadow at all.

But with the new tank, there will be instances when the fish (and other creatures) will get right down to the bottom, so I will end up having to create a way of doing shadows.

Doesn't it also apply when one fish swims closely above another fish?

Where's my gun...

HAHAHAHAHA. :spit:

Jim... I think you could fix a lot of your problems by making the water murky. I recall diving in some pretty heavy plankton blooms where "shadows" did not exist.:D Or.. another simple solution would be to fix a time to the SS... like dusk

Or another simple solution. The fish don't cast shadows. :)

I'm quite happy if the fish don't cast shadows at all. But if they do cast shadows, I'm confident that you'll do a comprehensive model.

On the other hand - shooting a gun underwater is not recommended.

:p

That last statement depends on the gun. ;)

But I don't recommend just ramming your pistol under water and squeezing the trigger for a test.

The won't cast shadows in the night! I think a night mode would probably solve some issues... ;)

When Jim gets around to upgrading the lighting it will make some differences. Unfortunately I'm not sure if it will make it worse or better.


PS. I had forgotten about you winning that tournament we had YT. We need to have another one. :)