Check this out will be a screen saver soon fish.zip

scurrier · Post by **scurrier** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:30 am

The only req. is that your desktop has to be 1024X768
I will fix that soon. we also have some apps written in PB coming
out soon as well, we will keep you all informed.
check out the other great Screen Savers we have.

http://www.vrman3d.com/Fish/fish.zip
http://www.vrman3d.com/

any sugestions would be a great help

Thanks
Sean

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 11:46 am

Crashs on my machine:

Windows 2000 Prof SP4 (german)
DirectX 8
Intel(R) 82810E Graphics Controller
1024 x 768 x 70 Hz
Bits/Pixel 24

Shopro · Post by **Shopro** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 11:53 am

Looks great :) !

-Shopro

Num3 · Post by **Num3** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:10 pm

Look pretty nice

My desktop is an aquarium

BTW: I compressed your exe with UPX and these were the results:

Original: 1.190.432 bytes (1.19Mb)

Compressed: 106.528 Bytes (106 Kb)

Pack ratio of 92%

freedimension · Post by **freedimension** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:15 pm

Num3 wrote:Look pretty nice

My desktop is an aquarium

BTW: I compressed your exe with UPX and these were the results:

Original: 1.190.432 bytes (1.19Mb)

Compressed: 106.528 Bytes (106 Kb)

Pack ratio of 92%

Oh my Gaaawd, what type of Images do they use? BMPs? Go for PNG, PLEEEZE! They will make your Exe smaller without the need for packing it with UPX (despite the fact that the Exe is then smaller it will need far more memory while running)

scurrier · Post by **scurrier** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:14 pm

ok i just fixed the graphics changed them to png and the zip file is bigger
i also added another fish. If everyone could download it and let me know how it runs on there system that would help me out a lot. just let me know what OS and SP your running, by the end of this week if i have the time will make it support most desktop screen sizes and OS's

thanks for everyone's help

Sean

Num3 · Post by **Num3** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:46 pm

Works fine on:

Windows 2000 SP4
DirectX 9.0
Nvidia GForce2 MX

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 11:48 pm

Works fine on my PC at home:

Windows XP Prof SP1
DirectX 9
NVidia Gforce4 Ti 4600

scurrier · Post by **scurrier** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 12:21 am

ok now it should work on most if not all computers and OS's and it will automagicly find your resolution and color depth

download it and tell me what you think any help is appreciated

thanks again
from the VRTeam
http://www.vrman3d.com/Fish/fish.zip
http://www.vrman3d.com/

PB · Post by PB » Tue Dec 02, 2003 5:40 am

> (despite the fact that the Exe is then smaller it will need far more
> memory while running)

Hmm, at http://upx.sourceforge.net it states: "Your executables suffer no
memory overhead or other drawbacks because of in-place recompression."

You say UPX needs more memory, but the home page says otherwise...
How can we check for sure? Because I use UPX on my apps all the time,
simply for the reason that copying them to floppy (which I do quite often)
means they'll fit without needing to zip them first (due to other data files
and so on).

Shannara · Post by **Shannara** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 8:31 pm

Seriously? I was under the impression that all compressed files are translated into BMP in memory before use automatically with directx... ?

scurrier · Post by **scurrier** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 6:05 am

we have been working hard on this, we now have our own rendered fish we will be using, In the final program all our fish will be rendared by us. Keep checking the web site for updates and coming soon will be something special for the holidays thanks again....
We should have a new update real soon.... Like tonight

And if anyone can think of anything they think would be a nice addition to the program now is the time to say something

The Vrman3D Team

scurrier · Post by **scurrier** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 8:58 am

ok here it is the new link. This is now a screen saver
unzip it then right click and install
you can add upto 1000 fish so try it out and tell me what you think or if you find any bugs let me know

http://www.vrman3d.com/Fish/DeskTopFish.zip

for other programs

http://www.vrman3d.com

Enjoy..

plouf · Post by **plouf** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:44 am

Shannara wrote:Seriously? I was under the impression that all compressed files are translated into BMP in memory before use automatically with directx... ?

yes independed what format is in your exe they must be converted to
RAW in order to be dislayed by any gfx (at least with today technology)

but UPX copress your exe either it has bmp ,png or no images and upx
do not need any extra mem (According to them

)