*** SS Marine Aquarium 2.0 Release! *** - Page 7

feldon34 · 03-22-2003, 09:42 PM

Originally posted by Quick Death
Jim --

What about the CalZBufferOn having it's value set to NULL?

Using a hardware ZBuffer was, for a brief period (3 days), optional. Then Jim saw how turning it off it made the fish look.

Z-Buffers control the sequence in which things are drawn. Most 3D programs do not waste the energy to determine the "draw order" and simply send a list of all the 3D geometry to be drawn to the 3D card.

For instance, if you are displaying a 3D model of a car, you might send the car body, then the suspension, then the wheels, then the seats to the video card.

This would look rather comical if you did not have a Z-Buffer telling it which parts of the car need to be drawn in which order!!! You'd have all 4 wheels visible from one side of the car, then the suspension pasted on top of that, and the seats floating in mid-air.

Unfortunately, a Z-Buffer requires a couple of MB of memory.

Essentially, Marine Aquarium 2 has outgrown 4MB video cards and having crummy fin-clipping issues was deemed "not worth it", especially since a replacement video card can be had for $30.

Yellow Tang · 03-24-2003, 04:06 AM

Manymosi,

try pressing STRG + ALT + F (hidden feature)

There was another key-combination, which released the octopus, but i can't remember exactly what it was...

Manymosi · 03-24-2003, 05:12 AM

What do you mean - strg?

Tiny Turtle · 03-24-2003, 06:09 AM

English – German
Control – Steuerung
[Ctrl] – [Strg]

/Babel Turtle

CephaloP · 03-24-2003, 01:52 PM

Originally posted by Yellow Tang

There was another key-combination, which released the octopus, but i can't remember exactly what it was...

DON'T TEASE ME LIKE THAT!

patscarr · 03-24-2003, 02:01 PM

Hahahaha!

Jav400 · 03-24-2003, 02:13 PM

LOL, I can see keyboards getting broke all over the place on that one. At least YT didn't give some spurious key combination, that would have really sent people into orbit.

jeffelms · 03-26-2003, 05:13 AM

Still haven't gotten the e-mail about where to get 2.0 and the key code. Are they still sending them out?

Jav400 · 03-26-2003, 05:19 AM

Prolific is sending out several thousand a day. Once those get processed, if you still haven't received your email, check the serenescreen.com site. Plans are for a fill in the blank do it yourself update process located there.

Reichart · 03-27-2003, 05:28 PM

If you have not gotten at this point, please send email to service@serenescreen.com

Thanks.

shellman · 03-27-2003, 08:05 PM

If you are a registered forum member, you have already received an e-mail with your new MA2.0 keycode and instructions on where to download it.

Bold statement , but not true...I am a registered forum member, and have not yet received an email.

Although I have to admit that I just signed back up with the forum a couple of days ago.

I had originally registerd here back when I first purchased the software, but hadn't signed on in ages. When I tried, I didnt have an account, so I re-registered. Oh well, I will wait for the email your key feature to be up and working...

Already sent an email to support@serenescreen.com, so it should fix itself in a day or so.

feldon34 · 03-27-2003, 10:39 PM

Originally posted by shellman

Bold statement , but not true...I am a registered forum member, and have not yet received an email. Although I have to admit that I just signed back up with the forum a couple of days ago.

The list of forum members went to Prolific on March 17th. You registered on the 22nd.

I had originally registerd here back when I first purchased the software, but hadn't signed on in ages. When I tried, I didnt have an account, so I re-registered.

That's unfortunate.

Only 2 possibilities:

#1 You registered on the old EZBoard forum and your account was never transferred.
#2 You have not visited this forum in 1 year and have no postings attributed to your name.

Jav400 · 03-27-2003, 10:52 PM

addendum,

#3 you did not supply a valid email address and complete your registration

Reichart · 03-27-2003, 11:08 PM

# 4. It is a conspiracy, your peers contacted us. Don’t eat the yogurt in your fridge either. And don’t ask.

feldon34 · 03-27-2003, 11:47 PM

Anyone notice the Dannon yogurt has gone from 50 cents for an 8oz cup to 85 cents for a 6oz cup in the past 3 years?

I'm going to investigate home-brewing options.

shellman · 03-28-2003, 12:40 AM

You just think its Yogurt, Reichart..... It was milk just a couple of months ago, I wonder what happened.

Dont buy the Dannon, the Fridge brand tastes JUST AS GOOD... TRUST ME!!!

#5. I came and read through all the forums and then got so excited ( or so brain dead) that I just thought that I registered. (especially Since I dont have a reg confirmation in my email archives, this is most likely) --- See what happens when you eat too much home made yogurt.

shellman · 03-28-2003, 12:54 AM

Heh, My first memory of yogurt is my older brother stealing a BIG drink of my mom's "Vanilla Milk Shake", and promptly re-decorating the interior of the cafe....I still get a tickle... Thanks

jeffelms · 03-28-2003, 07:32 AM

Originally posted by Reichart
If you have not gotten at this point, please send email to service@serenescreen.com

Thanks.

I sent an e-mail a few days ago and never got a response. I know they are probably pretty busy replying to e-mails though.
I just sent another e-mail and attached the original e-mail that I got when I purchased MA, and both e-mails that I got when I got the 1.1 upgrade. Hope that helps.

feldon34 · 03-28-2003, 09:46 PM

Re: Yogurt (wow, majorly off-topic

)

Salton YM9 1-Quart Yogurt Maker

mmmm!

$20 plus a quart-sized Mason Jar (since the container it comes with is useless).

I didn't realize it could be done in 6-10 hours. I thought you had to incubate for days...

shellman · 03-29-2003, 09:38 AM

Wow, those must be ACTIVE cultures...might make a good ss.

03-22-2003, 09:42 PM	#121
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	Originally posted by Quick Death Jim -- What about the CalZBufferOn having it's value set to NULL? Using a hardware ZBuffer was, for a brief period (3 days), optional. Then Jim saw how turning it off it made the fish look. Z-Buffers control the sequence in which things are drawn. Most 3D programs do not waste the energy to determine the "draw order" and simply send a list of all the 3D geometry to be drawn to the 3D card. For instance, if you are displaying a 3D model of a car, you might send the car body, then the suspension, then the wheels, then the seats to the video card. This would look rather comical if you did not have a Z-Buffer telling it which parts of the car need to be drawn in which order!!! You'd have all 4 wheels visible from one side of the car, then the suspension pasted on top of that, and the seats floating in mid-air. Unfortunately, a Z-Buffer requires a couple of MB of memory. Essentially, Marine Aquarium 2 has outgrown 4MB video cards and having crummy fin-clipping issues was deemed "not worth it", especially since a replacement video card can be had for $30. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman Last edited by feldon34; 03-23-2003 at 12:42 AM.

03-24-2003, 06:09 AM	#124
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	English – German Control – Steuerung [Ctrl] – [Strg] /Babel Turtle Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

03-24-2003, 02:01 PM	#126
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,460	Hahahaha! Patrick

03-24-2003, 02:13 PM	#127
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	LOL, I can see keyboards getting broke all over the place on that one. At least YT didn't give some spurious key combination, that would have really sent people into orbit. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

03-26-2003, 05:19 AM	#129
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	Prolific is sending out several thousand a day. Once those get processed, if you still haven't received your email, check the serenescreen.com site. Plans are for a fill in the blank do it yourself update process located there. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

03-24-2003, 04:06 AM	#122
Yellow Tang YT Join Date: Jan 2002 Tournaments Won: 1 Location: Germany Posts: 729	Manymosi, try pressing STRG + ALT + F (hidden feature) There was another key-combination, which released the octopus, but i can't remember exactly what it was...

03-24-2003, 05:12 AM	#123
Manymosi Registered Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 65	What do you mean - strg?

03-24-2003, 01:52 PM	#125
CephaloP lurking in the shadows... Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: just a few paces south o' the old willow Posts: 151	Originally posted by Yellow Tang There was another key-combination, which released the octopus, but i can't remember exactly what it was... DON'T TEASE ME LIKE THAT!

03-26-2003, 05:13 AM	#128
jeffelms Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 3	Still haven't gotten the e-mail about where to get 2.0 and the key code. Are they still sending them out?

03-27-2003, 05:28 PM	#130
Reichart CTO Prolific Publishing Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui Posts: 423	All done. If you have not gotten at this point, please send email to service@serenescreen.com Thanks. *Reichart...* , CTO, Prolific Publishing, Inc. Come visit us Prolific Publishing, Inc.

03-27-2003, 08:05 PM	#131
shellman Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 7	If you are a registered forum member, you have already received an e-mail with your new MA2.0 keycode and instructions on where to download it. Bold statement , but not true...I am a registered forum member, and have not yet received an email. Although I have to admit that I just signed back up with the forum a couple of days ago. I had originally registerd here back when I first purchased the software, but hadn't signed on in ages. When I tried, I didnt have an account, so I re-registered. Oh well, I will wait for the email your key feature to be up and working... Already sent an email to support@serenescreen.com, so it should fix itself in a day or so.

03-27-2003, 10:39 PM	#132
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	Originally posted by shellman Bold statement , but not true...I am a registered forum member, and have not yet received an email. Although I have to admit that I just signed back up with the forum a couple of days ago. The list of forum members went to Prolific on March 17th. You registered on the 22nd. I had originally registerd here back when I first purchased the software, but hadn't signed on in ages. When I tried, I didnt have an account, so I re-registered. That's unfortunate. Only 2 possibilities: #1 You registered on the old EZBoard forum and your account was never transferred. #2 You have not visited this forum in 1 year and have no postings attributed to your name. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

03-27-2003, 10:52 PM	#133
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	addendum, #3 you did not supply a valid email address and complete your registration Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

03-27-2003, 11:08 PM	#134
Reichart CTO Prolific Publishing Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui Posts: 423	# 4. It is a conspiracy, your peers contacted us. Don’t eat the yogurt in your fridge either. And don’t ask. *Reichart...* , CTO, Prolific Publishing, Inc. Come visit us Prolific Publishing, Inc.

03-27-2003, 11:47 PM	#135
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	Anyone notice the Dannon yogurt has gone from 50 cents for an 8oz cup to 85 cents for a 6oz cup in the past 3 years? I'm going to investigate home-brewing options. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

03-28-2003, 12:40 AM	#136
shellman Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 7	You just think its Yogurt, Reichart..... It was milk just a couple of months ago, I wonder what happened. Dont buy the Dannon, the Fridge brand tastes JUST AS GOOD... TRUST ME!!! #5. I came and read through all the forums and then got so excited ( or so brain dead) that I just thought that I registered. (especially Since I dont have a reg confirmation in my email archives, this is most likely) --- See what happens when you eat too much home made yogurt.

03-28-2003, 12:54 AM	#137
shellman Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 7	Heh, My first memory of yogurt is my older brother stealing a BIG drink of my mom's "Vanilla Milk Shake", and promptly re-decorating the interior of the cafe....I still get a tickle... Thanks

03-28-2003, 07:32 AM	#138
jeffelms Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 3	Re: All done. Originally posted by Reichart If you have not gotten at this point, please send email to service@serenescreen.com Thanks. I sent an e-mail a few days ago and never got a response. I know they are probably pretty busy replying to e-mails though. I just sent another e-mail and attached the original e-mail that I got when I purchased MA, and both e-mails that I got when I got the 1.1 upgrade. Hope that helps.

03-28-2003, 09:46 PM	#139
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	Re: Yogurt (wow, majorly off-topic ) Salton YM9 1-Quart Yogurt Maker mmmm! $20 plus a quart-sized Mason Jar (since the container it comes with is useless). I didn't realize it could be done in 6-10 hours. I thought you had to incubate for days... "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

03-29-2003, 09:38 AM	#140
shellman Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 7	Wow, those must be ACTIVE cultures...might make a good ss.