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Screen Saver Wars by Mark Butler
The first in a planned series of "Screen Savers Worth
Looking At"
This program has been released into the public domain and
may not sold for profit.
CONTENTS:
SSWAR.SCR the screen saver file
README.TXT This doc file
ANIBUTON.VBX animation control for Visual Basic
THREED.VBX 3-d control for Visual Basic
Additional file required (not included)
VBRUN300.DLL standard Visual Basic DLL
ABOUT THIS PROGRAM:
Screen Saver Wars came about after I purchased the
Terminator Screen Saver, at the time I was thinking how
great the modules were and then I realized after I had
looked at them for 10 minutes or so I was bored and moved on
to the next module. I tried After Dark and got the same
result, both companies have gone for the "lots of little
modules" approach. What I wanted to do was create a screen
saver with enough meat in it that you would still be
interested in looking at it weeks later. The result is in
your hands, I hope that it is successful.
Screen Saver Wars is a screen saver that shows the epic
battles between the Green Army and the Red Army. The battles
take place all through history and fantasy as well as in
exotic locations. The format is the same, each Army starts
with one base. The bases generate a new army every X turns.
There are several neural bases, these may be conquered and
their production turned to creating new armies. The winner
is the Army that captures all the bases.
The program features 10 sets of graphics and a "Random"
option. You do not see all the graphics each time from a
set, so it is possible to go for days/weeks and then see a
new graphic. The Armies uses different strategies and
production philosophies to win, which is randomly generated
each game. See if you can figure out what they are using!
I have plans to create several more "Screen Savers Worth
Looking At" in the Public Domain, the next one should be
really great! Then I was thinking of turning back and
creating Shareware versions of these programs. The Shareware
versions would support 256 colors, sound, and additional
features. We'll see if I ever get there.
INSTALLATION:
The Screen Saver Wars is a standard Windows screen saver. It is
saved as a .SCR file. After you have PKUNZIP'ed the files ,copy the
SSWAR.SCR file to the Windows directory, and the two .VBX files to
the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
Note: There are different versions of the .VBX files in existance,
check the dates on the files and make sure you ae using the
latest ones.
In Windows, start the Control Panel, then go into Desktop, then
scroll down the list of screen savers, at the bottom should
be "War!". If it is not there then the program was copied to
the wrong directory.
After selecting "War!" then push the "Setup" button.
Although this is not needed (the program defaults are random
graphics and medium speed), it will allow you to specify how
you want it to run. There are two options: Graphics Set,
this determines which set of graphics the program will use,
at the bottom is a "random" option. The other is the Speed
setting, this determines the delay between moves and how
many explosion flashes during a battle. After the settings
are selected a small SSWAR.INI file is created in the
Windows directory to retain the information.
REMINDER: Don't forget to turn off any other screen saver
(like After Dark) or they will interfere with each other.
DESIGNERS NOTES:
I tried putting sound into the program, but I never
could come up with a combination of sounds that did not
grate on your nerves sitting next to the monitor for an
hour. So I took out the sound stuff, perhaps next time...
DISCLAIMER:
Although I have tried the program out on several systems with
different configurations I cannot guarantee it will function
on your particular computer. Furthermore, although I have made
a significant effort to eliminate any problems with the
software I cannot be held responsible for anything it does to
your computer.