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- 2000th FireStorm Screen Saver (Version: 2.0)
- Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Chekalin Igor, FP Software lab.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Contents
-
- 1. Description
- 2. System Requirements
- 3. Installation
- 4. UnInstallation
- 5. Shareware limitations
- 6. Version History
- 7. Contact information
-
- 1. Description
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The '2000th FireStorm' Screen Saver puts on an impressive show of smoothly
- animated, photorealistic fire effects overlaid on a dimmed-out version of your
- desktop.
- It accomplishes this without the use of any 3D or 2D accelerators. You'll see
- burning flames, heat distortion, fireworks, and sparkles. High-quality stereo
- sound effects add to the realism. Many adjustable settings are provided.
-
- 2. System Requirements
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Minimal: Pentium-133, 8MB RAM, 1MB video RAM, DirectX 3.0+ (*)
- Recommended: Pentium-200+, 16+ MB RAM, Sound card.
-
- 3. Installation
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Just unzip (if you've downloaded in zip archive) and run firestorm2000.exe
- and follow displayed instructions. Then open Control Panel --> Display Settings
- dialog, select '2000th FireStorm' in Screen Saver tab, and enjoy! :)
-
- 4. UnInstallation
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- To uninstall this program please go to 'Control Panel' -> 'Add/Remove Programs',
- select "2000th FireStorm screeensaver" and press Add/Remove button.
-
- 5. Shareware limitations
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This program is Shareware (Free Distributable), i.e. You can test
- this fully functional trial version 10 days after installation.
- After that trial period you will get message box which will
- remind you about registration.
- If your like this program, if You Want to support author's future
- developments and want to receive newsletters about new author's
- screen savers and other products, at last If you want to remove
- that nag screen - Please register! (Registration fee consists $15)
-
-
- Onine registration page URL:
- http://www.fpsoftlab.com/order.htm#firestorm
-
- 6. Version history.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- v2.0 (09 Nov 2000) 2000th FireStorm
- + DirectX bug (on some videocards) fixed. DirectX mode set by default.
- + "Millennium Show" added!
- - Burning Olympic Rings effect was removed due to trademark/copyright problem,
- ... and it is simply unactual now :-)
-
- v1.0 2000th FireStorm
- * Title changed to '2000th FireStorm'
-
- * User-editable Palettes support added
- * Multiple configurations Presets support added
- * Fire burning algorithm changed (Fire whirlwinds added)
- + Burning Olympic Rings added
- + Many new options available.
- + more correct work with high display resolutions
- + Flames now can burn unstable ('fire waves' effect)
-
- v2.20 (26 June 2000) -- HellFire
- + Videomode Switch support without DirectX added
-
- v2.11 (26 June 2000) -- HellFire
- + Work without DirectX added
-
- v2.1 (1 Apr 2000) -- HellFire
- + Password protection.
- + Fixed startup bug which appeared on computers with
- some software and hardware combination.
-
- v2.0 (23 Mar 2000) -- HellFire
-
- * First SHAREWARE version.
- + Sound Effects
- + 'Current mode' item in video mode list
- + Preview in Display Properties and Screen Saver Settings dialogs.
- + Advanced settings dialog
- + Huge source-code rewriting, internal architecture
- redesign, a lot of bugfixes.
-
- v1.2.1 (27 Nov 1999) -- HellFire
- * First publuc-domain FREEWARE version published in WWW
- + Just minor bugfixes and contacts update
-
- v1.2 (4 Nov 1999) -- HellFire
- + FPS limit ( no more than 40 FPS );
- + Desktop image reading accelerated;
- + Fast Anti-aliased stretching/shrinking algorithms are now used for
- desktop image resizing;
- + Some small bugfixes;
- + Author contact information changed;
-
- v1.1 (18 Aug 1998) -- HellFire
- * First FREEWARE release version;
- + Options dialog;
- + Bugfixes;
-
- v1.0 -- HellFire
- * First Win32+DirectX version.
-
- 7. Contact information.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Contact information:
- WWW:
- http://www.fpsoftlab.com
-
- Onine registration:
- http://www.fpsoftlab.com/order.htm
-
- Download latest version:
- http://www.fpsoftlab.com/firestorm2000.exe
-
- Tech support E-mail:
- mailto:firestorm@fpsoftlab.com
-
- Author's ICQ UIN:
- 53215435
-
- Phone:
- +1 (516) 706-11-37 (US)
- +4 (484) 533-427-30 (UK)
- +7 (86344) 32-57-14 (RU)
- Fax:
- +1 (516) 706-11-37 (US)
- +4 (484) 533-427-30 (UK)
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Sincerely yours, Chekalin Igor (igor@fpsoftlab.com).
-
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