Wishlist for Marine Aquarium 3 and Future - Page 30

Jim Sachs · 06-06-2002, 11:15 PM

Most Picassos are very pale, almost white.

memilm · 06-07-2002, 12:45 AM

How do you think about a very low power computer version?
I'd like to see the aquarium on older computer with 1-2-4 MB video RAM and 133-300 MHz, without any DirectX or with DirectX 3 for NT (from SP3 or 4).
Could this be made?
I think a lot of people have some computer of this type and like to see on them the screensaver allways running and use the newer machines to work or play...

Triggy · 06-07-2002, 09:20 AM

wishlist item:

probably been mentioned before but how about a cuddlefish that changes colors on the fly or matches its immediate surroundings once in awhile?

feldon34 · 06-07-2002, 11:29 AM

memilm said:
How do you think about a very low power computer version?
I'd like to see the aquarium on older computer with 1-2-4 MB video RAM and 133-300 MHz, without any DirectX or with DirectX 3 for NT (from SP3 or 4).
Could this be made?
I think a lot of people have some computer of this type and like to see on them the screensaver allways running and use the newer machines to work or play...

#1 you can build a PC for $500 that will run the Aquarium like a champ.

#2 The Aquarium runs on a 4MB video card, virtually unheard of backwards compatibility these days!

I do not want to see Jim's time wasted doing this. Version 99L of the Aquarium works well on 4MB video cards. A 1 or 2 MB video card would not have any 3D capability so you have to depend on the CPU to calculate the fish, and a 133-300 Mhz PC would not be able to put out fish of any level of detail. A 300 Mhz CPU, without any help of a 3D accelerator, would be able to display maybe 2 fish, no coral shadows, no bubbles.

Basically, you are trying to ask a Playstation to run a Dreamcast game.

Ancient PCs are not Jim's market, sorry.

Triggy said:
probably been mentioned before but how about a cuddlefish that changes colors on the fly or matches its immediate surroundings once in awhile?

I think Jim wants to do an Octopus instead of a Cuttlefish. The question is, can you cuddle with a cuttlefish?

Jav400 · 06-07-2002, 12:42 PM

and a Racoon Butterfly was talked about before. those change colors between daytime and night. But, it could be awhile, if ever, before something like that gets included.

Jim Sachs · 06-08-2002, 09:12 AM

Cuttlefish (squid) are planned.

bslenter · 06-14-2002, 11:54 AM

I think the triggers that Jim included in the Aquarium are very real looking. Perhaps some people don't like how the triggers look, but fault nature for that, not Jim, because he's replicated nature quite well IMHO.

I second the motion to add a Clarkii Clownfish. These clowns have high-contrast coloring (dark body, bright stripes) with bright yellow fins. I have a very healthy one in my reef tank (see attached image). It would be fun to replicate their behavior in the screen saver too. They are pigs - hording most of the food and even storing some away for later. And they never sit still. Cool fish.

I'd also love to see a Blennie in the tank. There are many varieties, they all have very funny looking faces, and their behavior is very unique. I bet it would be a big challenge for Jim to animate their movements though...they move much differently from the fish already in the screen saver.

feldon34 · 06-14-2002, 12:57 PM

The Clown Trigger looks spot-on to me, having seen them in real life.

However, the Picasso Trigger...

And I know Jim isn't going to change a fish just because one of us makes a comment about it. They're his fish, it's his Aquarium. I could post 20 pictures of fish I'd like to see in the Aquarium, I could prepare the textures and everything, but then it wouldn't be Jim's Aquarium anymore.

Jim has been saying repeatedly "if you want your own fish, make your own Aquarium." I figure it would take me 3-4 years to get something as good as Jim's.

Tiny Turtle · 06-14-2002, 04:57 PM

Good point, Morgan. But what is the image supposed to show?

/T²

feldon34 · 06-14-2002, 05:57 PM

Erm. Well, the one on the right has been tweaked in Photoshop a bit.

It's not yellow/orange (sickly) and the colors on the stripes are much more vivid and pronounced.

Again, I am only going on fish I have seen personally.

alphaex32 · 07-16-2002, 11:08 PM

ok, I recently figured out a way to use the screensaver as my desktop wallpaper using a program called 3d animated wallpaper (from 3danimatedwallpaper.com). The problem is that it only works with the microsoft plus version of the aquarium which only has 3 fish. It seems to work with this version because it has that preview screen in the ss selection menu. My request is that you just make the official version of the aquarium work the same way as the plus version with the preview screen. That way, youde satisfy many peoples desire to use the ss as wallpaper and it would be hardly any extra work on your part (i think). I hope I don't get anyone mad by this because I DO realize how many times youve discussed it, but I think this would be the simple solution.

P.S. - On my 2 ghz computer, it runs great as a wallpaper! Not to brag or anything

Chris · 07-18-2002, 04:28 PM

I have been enjoying the Mac OS X beta version of the SereneScreen Aquarium and don't know if this has been suggested in a previous post but I'd like to see a cowfish added to the aquarium. I always enjoy seeing them at my local pet store and feel that they would make a distinctive addition to the program!

feldon34 · 07-18-2002, 04:33 PM

http://www.cowfishes.com/

Tiny Turtle · 07-18-2002, 04:41 PM

Holy Cow! Those are some really funky fish. Would make a nice addition IMHO (somewhere in the distant future, of course...)

/Tiny Bovine

IXNAY · 07-19-2002, 11:40 AM

Looks cool

dhigbee · 07-22-2002, 03:43 PM

For a more realistic look, I'd like to see some of the fish picking at the corals or macroalgae. That would be totally cool!
(BTW, I'm using the Mac OS X version.)

dhigbee · 07-25-2002, 10:17 PM

I know, I know, I'm asking for a lot. I have the program set to cycled lighting. I'd like to see the fish slow down when it gets dark, perhaps even find a hiding place to sleep. It looks odd to see them swimming full out with the lights off.

Tiny Turtle · 07-25-2002, 11:49 PM

I'd like to second that – sounds like a good idea.

/Tiny Tempo

Baseline · 08-08-2002, 02:46 AM

It has probably been mentioned already but I would love to see soft coral that moves and clowns that swin in and out of them.

ewald · 08-30-2002, 09:02 AM

Will a future version have fish swim off the side of the screen and a new fish come back?

No. This is unrealistic and would raise the minimum requirements on video cards to 8MB. Press the SPACE bar twice to cycle the fish.

_________________________________________________

Not everyone wants it as realistic as possible. This feature would make the screensaver perfect (imo). If it was included as option (and defaulted to off) it wouldn't raise the minimum requirements too.

please rethink...

regards,
Ewald :-)

06-06-2002, 11:15 PM	#581
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,774	Most Picassos are very pale, almost white. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

06-07-2002, 09:20 AM	#583
Triggy Registered Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: TX Posts: 1	wishlist item: probably been mentioned before but how about a cuddlefish that changes colors on the fly or matches its immediate surroundings once in awhile? "I think I see a floater."

06-07-2002, 11:29 AM	#584
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	memilm said: How do you think about a very low power computer version? I'd like to see the aquarium on older computer with 1-2-4 MB video RAM and 133-300 MHz, without any DirectX or with DirectX 3 for NT (from SP3 or 4). Could this be made? I think a lot of people have some computer of this type and like to see on them the screensaver allways running and use the newer machines to work or play... #1 you can build a PC for $500 that will run the Aquarium like a champ. #2 The Aquarium runs on a 4MB video card, virtually unheard of backwards compatibility these days! I do not want to see Jim's time wasted doing this. Version 99L of the Aquarium works well on 4MB video cards. A 1 or 2 MB video card would not have any 3D capability so you have to depend on the CPU to calculate the fish, and a 133-300 Mhz PC would not be able to put out fish of any level of detail. A 300 Mhz CPU, without any help of a 3D accelerator, would be able to display maybe 2 fish, no coral shadows, no bubbles. Basically, you are trying to ask a Playstation to run a Dreamcast game. Ancient PCs are not Jim's market, sorry. Triggy said: probably been mentioned before but how about a cuddlefish that changes colors on the fly or matches its immediate surroundings once in awhile? I think Jim wants to do an Octopus instead of a Cuttlefish. The question is, can you cuddle with a cuttlefish? "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

06-07-2002, 12:42 PM	#585
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	and a Racoon Butterfly was talked about before. those change colors between daytime and night. But, it could be awhile, if ever, before something like that gets included. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

06-08-2002, 09:12 AM	#586
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,774	Cuttlefish (squid) are planned. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

06-07-2002, 12:45 AM	#582
memilm Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: germany Posts: 259	How do you think about a very low power computer version? I'd like to see the aquarium on older computer with 1-2-4 MB video RAM and 133-300 MHz, without any DirectX or with DirectX 3 for NT (from SP3 or 4). Could this be made? I think a lot of people have some computer of this type and like to see on them the screensaver allways running and use the newer machines to work or play...

06-14-2002, 04:57 PM	#589
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Good point, Morgan. But what is the image supposed to show? /T² 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.

06-14-2002, 05:57 PM	#590
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Erm. Well, the one on the right has been tweaked in Photoshop a bit. It's not yellow/orange (sickly) and the colors on the stripes are much more vivid and pronounced. Again, I am only going on fish I have seen personally. "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; 06-14-2002 at 06:03 PM.

07-16-2002, 11:08 PM	#591
alphaex32 Registered Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 26	use as wallpaper....wait! Don't walk away yet! ok, I recently figured out a way to use the screensaver as my desktop wallpaper using a program called 3d animated wallpaper (from 3danimatedwallpaper.com). The problem is that it only works with the microsoft plus version of the aquarium which only has 3 fish. It seems to work with this version because it has that preview screen in the ss selection menu. My request is that you just make the official version of the aquarium work the same way as the plus version with the preview screen. That way, youde satisfy many peoples desire to use the ss as wallpaper and it would be hardly any extra work on your part (i think). I hope I don't get anyone mad by this because I DO realize how many times youve discussed it, but I think this would be the simple solution. P.S. - On my 2 ghz computer, it runs great as a wallpaper! Not to brag or anything

07-18-2002, 04:28 PM	#592
Chris Registered Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1	I have been enjoying the Mac OS X beta version of the SereneScreen Aquarium and don't know if this has been suggested in a previous post but I'd like to see a cowfish added to the aquarium. I always enjoy seeing them at my local pet store and feel that they would make a distinctive addition to the program!

07-18-2002, 04:33 PM	#593
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	http://www.cowfishes.com/ "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

07-18-2002, 04:41 PM	#594
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Holy Cow! Those are some really funky fish. Would make a nice addition IMHO (somewhere in the distant future, of course...) /Tiny Bovine 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.

07-19-2002, 11:40 AM	#595
IXNAY Green Frog Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 840	Looks cool IXNAY dreaming of the serene terrarium - My Private Homepage -

07-22-2002, 03:43 PM	#596
dhigbee The Snorkeler Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 29	For a more realistic look, I'd like to see some of the fish picking at the corals or macroalgae. That would be totally cool! (BTW, I'm using the Mac OS X version.)

07-25-2002, 10:17 PM	#597
dhigbee The Snorkeler Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 29	I know, I know, I'm asking for a lot. I have the program set to cycled lighting. I'd like to see the fish slow down when it gets dark, perhaps even find a hiding place to sleep. It looks odd to see them swimming full out with the lights off.

07-25-2002, 11:49 PM	#598
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	I'd like to second that – sounds like a good idea. /Tiny Tempo 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.

08-08-2002, 02:46 AM	#599
Baseline Registered Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1	It has probably been mentioned already but I would love to see soft coral that moves and clowns that swin in and out of them.

08-30-2002, 09:02 AM	#600
ewald Registered Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 24	cycle fish Will a future version have fish swim off the side of the screen and a new fish come back? No. This is unrealistic and would raise the minimum requirements on video cards to 8MB. Press the SPACE bar twice to cycle the fish. _________________________________________________ Not everyone wants it as realistic as possible. This feature would make the screensaver perfect (imo). If it was included as option (and defaulted to off) it wouldn't raise the minimum requirements too. please rethink... regards, Ewald :-)