Solaris 7 Screensaver
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Released April 21, 2002
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Minimum System Requirements:
400 Mhz CPU
64 Mb System RAM
4 Mb Hard drive space
8 Mb Video card
Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
Status:
Freeware
Install:
Double click on the setup icon.
You may safely install an update over a previous version.
Start->Settings->Control Panel->Display->Screen Saver to select and configure Solaris 7.
Uninstall:
Start->Settings->Control Panel->Add/Remove Programs->Solaris 7
About:
Combine spectacular fireworks with an asteroid storm in deep outer space and you have Solaris 7.
Features:
- a myriad of distinctive space creatures
- over 600 different explosion patterns
- over 700 colour palettes
- a solar system with four planets
- intermittent asteroid showers, or 'storms'
- special vortex exploders
- a rare and mysterious 'doctor tunnel'
- custom password protection
Troubleshooting:
Please send bug reports to the address below.
Please also include the 'error_log.txt' file found in your Windows/Solaris_7 folder, together with a description of your system. Before mailing with bug reports, please ensure you have the latest video driver for your graphics card, together with the latest Direct X runtime library installed. Out of date drivers are one of the main causes of malfunctions in 3d programs such as Solaris 7.
Author:
vagus@bigpond.com
Solaris 7 is Copyright © Elysian Dreams 2001 -2002.
All Rights Reserved.
Known Issues:
- Exits to desktop on monitor powerdown - harmless but annoying.
- About box bitmap doesn't render in Win2000. Why?
- Sometimes the intro title explodes before completion. I actually like this.
- Some Radeon and GeForce 3 cards don't enjoy the Hardware TnL device.
Release History:
July 09 2001 - Version 1.06 beta
- Fixed program icon (true colour version had been causing heap overflow)
July 23 2001 - Version 1.06
- Renamed the saver 'Solaris 7' as 'Firestorm' was taken.
- Changed associated bitmaps, and intro title as appropriate.
- Brightened the basic particle type
July 25 2001 - Version 1.07
- Changed intro title to begin draw from a random position in the z distance
July 26 2001 - Version 1.08
- Altered the doctor tunnel. I was never happy with the original and, basically, I'm still not happy with this one. This one is more simplistic, less CPU instensive, and has a flashing central light.
- Removed the uninstall shortcut from the Programs menu as it was causing a Windows ME install error. Why?
July 31 2001 - Version 1.09
- The GeForce 3 and certain Radeon cards are displaying neon whiteouts in the Hardware TnL setting. Included a menu option to manually deselect TnL.
August 3 2001 - Version 1.1
- Set Hardware TnL to OFF by default.
- Took the planets back out of the Z render queue, so the debris no longer moves behind them.
- Permitted Asteroids, but not debris, to impact on the centre of the screen.
- Modified the Runtime/Error Log to output current settings.
April 21 2002 - Version 1.2
- Updated installer to work under WinXP
- Fixed the "mystery of the missing asteroid" bug
