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- Creepy Crawlies Screen Saver.
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- by Mark Billingham.
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- Creepy Crawlies is a standard Windows screen saver with many options.
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- Installation.
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- The screen saver is supplied as a single .ZIP file called CREEPY.ZIP
- This file should be unzipped into you its own directory where it creates
- 4 files:
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- CREEPY.SCR the screen saver.
- CREEPY.TXT instructions and registering info.
- README.TXT readme file
- INSTALL.BAT installation batch file.
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- To install Creepy Crawlies run install.bat from the directory where these 4 files
- reside.
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- Once installed the screen saver is accessed via the Windows Control Panel.
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- General Options.
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- Blank Screen - If this option is checked the screen is blanked when the
- screen saver starts up.
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- Leave Trails - If this option is checked the creepy crawlies leave trails
- behind them.
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- Group Options.
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- N.B. Only 1 group can be set up in the un-registered version.
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- These options set the type and behavior of the creepy crawlies groups.
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- Type - Selects the type of creepy crawlie.
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- Colour - You can select one of 15 colours or 'Random' which selects
- the colour of each creepy crawlie randomly.
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- Number - How many creepy crawlies there are.
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- Tail Length - How long the creepy crawlies are.
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- Wiggliness - Low values cause the creepy crawlies to crawl in
- straight lines, high values make them very 'wiggly'.
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- Light Related Options.
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- When the light is active the creepy crawlies will crawl towards it. The
- following options determine how the creepy crawlies behave in respect to
- the light.
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- Light On - Check this option if you want a light for the creepy
- crawlies to congregate around.
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- Show Light - Check this option if you want the light to be shown
- on screen when it is on.
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- Light On Time \_ These options determine when the light appears
- Light Off Time / and disappears.
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- Independance - When the light is on the creepy crawlies do not
- always head straight for it. Some of the time they do
- their own thing. This options sets the percentage of
- the time that they do there own thing. A value of 0
- means that when th light appears they head straight
- for it. A value of 100 means they will ignore the
- light completly.
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- Presets.
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- The best way to find out how these all these options work and how
- flexible the options are is to try the presets. Simply select a preset
- from the combo box and press 'Apply'. All the options above will be setup
- for you.
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- Un-Registered Version.
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- You are free to distrubute the un-registered version of the Creepy
- Crawlies screensaver provided you do not
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- Registered Version.
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- What do you get in the registered version ?
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- 1. You can turn on up to 4 groups of creepy crawlies at the same time.
- They can all be different and have different behavior.
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- 2. The password options are available.
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- 3. There are more presets, including ones that set up more than one
- group.
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- 4. You get the DESKTOP version. Creepy crawlies run around your desktop
- and behind your Windows all the time !!!! They also follow the mouse
- instead of the light !!!!
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- 5. News of any other screen savers and stuff I develop.
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- How much is it ?
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- It's just ú8 pounds (UK).
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- How do I register ?
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- Send ú8. (non UK send equivalent) together with your name and address to.
-
- Mark Billingham,
- 10 Union Street,
- Hadley,
- Telford,
- Shropshire,
- TF1 4RG.
- England.
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- You will recieve 3.5" 1.44mb disk by default. If you require another
- please specify.
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- Disclaimer
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- Care has been taken to ensure this program is virus-free and is safe to
- use. However, you use this program at your own risk. I cannot accept any
- responsibility for any damage caused to your computer, or to any data
- held on that computer, by the use of this program.
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- THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS-IS". NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARE
- MADE AS TO IT OR ANY MEDIUM IT MAY BE ON. I WILL PROVIDE NO REMEDY FOR
- INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM IT, INCLUDING
- SUCH FROM NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR BREACH OF WARRANTY OR CONTRACT,
- EVEN AFTER NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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- Distribution.
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- You are free to distribute the unregistered version of Creepy Crawlies
- Screen Saver by any means provided you observe the following:
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- 1.This software product - including all related program files
- and documentation files - CANNOT be modified in any way and
- must be distributed as a complete archive, without exception.
- Specifically the 4 following files must appear unmodified.
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- CREEPY.SCR
- CREEPY.TXT
- README.TXT
- INSTALL.BAT (may be replaced by alternative see note 2)
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- 2.Small additions to the product, such as the introductory or
- installation batch files used by many shareware disk vendors and,
- magazine disks are acceptable, provided they acheive the same result
- as the installation routine which may have been included by the author.
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- 3.No price or other compensation may be charged for this software
- product. A distribution fee of no more than US £5.00 may be
- charged to cover production and handling costs.
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- 4.The authors name, Mark Billingam must appear in all ads and
- promotions including the name of the software product.
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- Any comments to:
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- Mark Billingham,
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- E-Mail : internet : mark@hispc.demon.co.uk
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