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- Well! Here's my second demo. I'm kind of in a rush so I'll try to keep
- this short. If you just can't wait to see my demo, then what are you waiting
- for? Go run it! Otherwise, you can keep reading this text.
-
- I decided to put out another demo because I got a lot great feedback from
- the release of my last one. Besides, I did not feel that "the Byte Before
- Christmas" was that much of a challenge. This time I'm trying to do a more
- 'traditional' demo look. (is this closer to a *real* demo, Patch?)
-
- I did not implement Demo-VT, as a couple of people had suggested, because
- of a little problem I ran into. Demo-VT makes you change the music between
- executables and will not let you have the same music running through several
- parts. I wrote to Jare (right after I put out the BBC) and did not get a
- reply until just a few days ago. He acknowledged Demo-VT's limitation and
- accepted my suggestion of a different way to parse the scripts so that this
- limitation could be removed. As I did not have any time at the last moment
- to add in the work-around he suggested (have Demo-VT run another program
- that runs the separate parts), I still am not using it. When I get the next
- version of Demo-VT, then I'll use it, but until then, I'll use the current
- method. (Sorry to those who can't get the music to work).
-
- One other thing you may have noticed is that there is now only a single
- executable. I developed another version of my JLIB format that permits
- 'junk' to be stored before the beginning of the actual library files. In
- this case the 'junk' is the demo loader which loads the rest of the demo out
- of the main library. Version 1.3 of JLIB will be available with the source
- code package available a week after the release of this demo.
-
- I'd also like to thank all of those people responsible for the original
- ideas/code for the parts that I did not completely think of or write myself.
- Draeden's mode X code was especially useful and I used Patch's PCX Utils
- for all of the fonts. I'd also like to thank Joakim Rosqvist for his
- help in optimization, providing the music, and also showing such an interest
- in my work. And to Andrew Welch, I'm sorry I couldn't wait for you to
- finish that one part of the demo for me. Maybe next time!
-
- Well let's end this right here. I've got homework to do. Here's how to
- reach me. Do not hesitate to contact me if you feel the urge to.
-
- I can reached via Snail-mail at:
-
- Jeff Lawson
- 1893 Kaweah Drive
- Pasadena, CA 91105-2174
- USA
-
- or through E-mail at:
-
- haroldf@rcf.usc.edu
-
- also via phone at:
-
- (213) 258-5604
-
- or (if previous line is busy):
-
- (213) 258-4264
-
-
- Although I'm not asking any money for it, I'm aware that there are people who
- like to send money anyways. If you happen to be one of these types of people,
- feel free to contact me! :)
-
-
- Thanks for downloading this!
-