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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.
-
-