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There is no alternative: __ ____ _____ ____ ______ / /\ / _ \ /_ _/\ / __/\ / _ /\ / / // / / /\\/ /\\// /\_\// /\/ / / / / // / / / // / / / / / / / / / / ╔══──────── / / // / / / // / /─/ / /──/ /_/ / /────────══╗ ║ /_/ //_/ /_/ //_/ / /_/ / /_____/ / ║ │ \_\/ \_\/\_\/ \_\/ \_\/ \_____\/ │ │ ┌┌┌┌┌ ┌┌┌ ┌┌ ┌┌ │ │ ┌┌┌┌┌ ┌┌┌┌┌ ┌┌ ┌┌ │ │ ┌┌ ┌┌ ┌┌ ┌┌┌┌ │ │ ┌┌┌┌ ┌┌ ┌┌ ┌┌ │ │ ┌┌┌┌ ┌┌ ┌┌ ┌┌┌┌ │ │ ┌┌ ┌┌┌┌┌ ┌┌ ┌┌ │ │ ┌┌ ┌┌┌ ┌┌ ┌┌ │ ║ ...the clever solution for creating presentations! ║ ╚══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────══╝ -[Documentation for Intro Fox v2.0]- REGISTERED VERSION ! ENGLISH -Credits:- Main Coding, most example files, most gfx, ideas: Fox Title image: Falcon GUS+SB MOD player/loader: Ant Additional example files: S'murphy BetaTesting: DEL, Falcon, Fox, Ant -Disclaimer- We are NOT responsible for any damage INTRO FOX does to your poor soft- oder hardware (which is very unlikely anyway!). The archive IFOX200.ZIP, and therefore also your INTRO FOX directory, should contain the following files: FOXFACE.ANS HUSKY.ANS IFOX.DA2 IFOX.DA3 IFOX.DAT DIR.DIR FILE_ID.DIZ IFOX_ENG.DOC IFOX_GER.DOC DEMO.EXE DEMO1.EXE DEMO2.EXE DEMO3.EXE DEMO4.EXE DEMO5.EXE DENGEN.EXE IFOX.EXE TCONV.EXE VCDEDIT.EXE VCLEDIT.EXE DEFAULT.FLI DEFAULT.FNT FONT01.FNT FONT02.FNT FONT03.FNT FONT04.FNT FONT05.FNT FONT06.FNT FONT07.FNT FONT08.FNT REGISTER.FRM DEMO1.IFX DEMO2.IFX DEMO3.IFX DEMO4.IFX DEMO5.IFX TIDES.MOD IFOX.OV2 IFOX.OV3 IFOX.OV4 IFOX.OV5 IFOX.OVL DEFAULT.PAL FONT01.PAL FONT02.PAL FONT03.PAL FONT04.PAL FONT05.PAL FONT06.PAL FONT07.PAL FONT08.PAL HAT.PAL HEART.PAL KUGEL.PAL PHONE.PAL SMILIE.PAL DEFAULT.PCX IFX_BURN.PCX PLASMA.PCX SHADE.PCX WORM.PCX DEFAULT.SHD MOVE01.SHD MOVE02.SHD MOVE03.SHD MOVE04.SHD MOVE05.SHD MOVE06.SHD MOVE07.SHD MOVE08.SHD MOVE09.SHD MOVE10.SHD DEFAULT.SPK MOVE01.SPK MOVE02.SPK MOVE03.SPK MOVE04.SPK MOVE05.SPK MOVE06.SPK DEFAULT.SPR HAT.SPR HEART.SPR KUGEL.SPR PHONE.SPR SMILIE.SPR DEFAULT.STX TEXT.STX DEFAULT.VCD RANDOM.VCD RING.VCD SPHERE.VCD SPHERE2.VCD VECDOTS.VCD CUBE.VCL DEFAULT.VCL FOX.VCL PYRAMID.VCL VECLINE.VCL DEFAULT.VOX DISTRO.4C2 FOX.ANS If one or more of these files is missing, it is likely that the program will *NOT* run correctly! -Some facts...- Welcome to INTRO FOX v2.0, which is without any doubt by far the most powerful Intro/Demo Maker available on the PC software market. This new, completely re-written version provides all the features given in the first version, plus a lot of additional stuff, like VoxelSpace flights, flames, an integrated MOD-Player for music up with up to 32 channels, and a flexible FLI-animation player! I was astonished by the feedback I received since I released INTRO FOX v1.0, which was (as I admit) not very user-friendly. I was often asked to program a more comfortable user-interface and to write a German documentation. So here you are - I hope you're happy with the changes. INTRO FOX has been designed with the intention to make democreation and graphical presentations possible for all those of you who are able to use a program/utility and are perhaps even able to draw neat gfx, but who are not able to code it themselves. Coding demos or intros is something you really have to learn during a long time of improvement of your skills, and not everybody has the time or ability to learn this. So here is something you will surely make use of if you'd like to create a BBS Intro, a presentation and so on. If you want to use this Intromaker for commercial purposes, we've got special registration conditions for you (so don't tell us you didn't know =) ). Commercial users will also be interested to know that the Intros and Demos created with INTRO FOX v2.0 can now also be run from a CD ROM. Thus, INTRO FOX is the PERFECT solution for you if you want to develop an introduction for your forthcoming CD ROM ! I won't list all the changes and improvements in comparison with v1.0, because INTRO FOX v2.0 has been nearly completely re-written. Forget all the inconveniences you stumbled about when using v1.0, just enjoy this new incredible and stunning FORCE II release! -Shareware Limitations- 1. File format information is not included 2. Font/Sprite converters are not included 3. Script files can not be saved 4. Vectorobjects can not be saved 5. Voxelflights can not be saved 7. Intros will only run for approx. 20 or 30 seconds; FLI-animations will only be repeatet max. 3 times 8. "ShareWare-Messages" shown after each Intro will remind you of the fact that this is an unregistered version. -Registration- You may use this demo version of Intro Fox for a testing period of 2 weeks. After this period, you have to delete this program or register it (neverthe- less, you may copy this demo version freely to all your friends). By regis- tering, you will receive the newest version of IntroFox without any shareware limitations. The registered version includes all the neat utilities included in this version without ANY restrictions, PLUS Tools that allow you to create your own fonts and sprites for IntroFox. In addition to this, the code of the registered version is a bit more optimized as far as calculation speed is concerned. As you see, you have got a lot of benefits from registering. There are several types of registration. For details, please take a look at the registration form (REGISTER.FRM). Updates can be obtained by sending 15 DM for packaging, stamps and the disk(s) to me - that means, if you are already a registered user! For countries other than Germany, this fee is 25 DM. There's now also the possibility to do a QUICK registration. You don't have to pay for packaging and stamps, and you'll have your registered version of INTRO FOX very soon. Simply send me the required money and write that you want a QUICK registration. Add your name and a password. You will be able to download INTRO FOX from our BBS with your name and the mentioned password as soon as I have received the money. As you may already know if you have seen a demo or an intro by Force ][, we are very concerned about the way animals - and also people in some places - are treated in the world. We strongly support the demands of the Animal Rights Movement, fighting for the innate rights of every oppressed creature, and against hunting, vivisection, fur-farming and much more. By supporting FORCE II, you will not only help us develop further software, but you will also support the Animal Rights Movement. There is a special OFFER FOR ARM SUPPORTERS: If you send me a photocopy of a document that shows that you have donated more than 50 DM for any Animal Rights group in the last 6 months, you will get Intro Fox for only 70% of the original price (30% price reduction). -System requirements- Required: 386SX, VGA, 1MB RAM, 4MB free HD space, 600.000 Bytes of free Conventional memory Recommended: 486SX-33 with a VLB VGA card and a fast HD For pure fun: 486DX2-50 or faster with a fast VLB VGA card and a Gravis Ultrasound! ...but don't forget: It all depends on you. The more complex your intros or demos get, the more performance is needed. Especially voxel space dens won't look good on anything slower than a 486-33! -Using Intro Fox- Using INTRO FOX is very simple now. It is mainly built up out of pull-down- menus, so you simply have to move through the selections with the cursor keys and click on the desired option with [ENTER] or [SPACE]. If there are more options than your display can show, the options can be scrolled up and down. Options displayed in dark grey are currently not selectable (usually because they can't be combined with another option which is currently switched on, or because the respective option is not yet relevant). Please decrunch the archive IFOX200.ZIP and copy all files to a single directory. Run INTRO FOX by typing IFOX. The title image will appear, and as soon as you simply hit any key, you'll see it - the main menu! Here is a short description of the menu functions: - FILES - LOAD SCRIPT FILE loads the script of a previously saved demo. It changes the current demo type into the type the loaded script file contains. Please note that v2.0 script files are NOT compatible with v1.0 script files! - SAVE SCRIPT FILE saves the script of a demo you have created with INTRO FOX. You are requested to enter the file name. - RESET ALL SETTINGS will re-initialize INTRO FOX. All unsaved data will be lost. - DOS SHELL allows you to return to the DOS prompt without having to abandon or save the edited data. - EXTERNALS - RUN VOXEL SPACE MOVEMENT EDITOR: You can easily create your own voxelspace movement patterns by flying through the world generated by the editor using the numeric keypad. You will be asked to type the filename of your movement pattern before. The world you'll create your movement pattern in will look as specified in the demo editing menu. So the editor gives you a realistic impression of what your demo will look like. However, a background picture is NOT included in the editor. To leave the editor and to save your movement pattern, simply press ESCAPE. - RUN VECTORLINE OBJECT EDITOR: You can use this cool vector- editor to create your own vectorline- and vectordot objects. All available functions are shown on the right of the screen; for example, you can shift your object in any direction, you can rotate it by simply changing the X/Y/Z coordinates, you can view it (the objects are shown just as in the demo, so you have got a good opportunity to judge their appearance), zoom the X/Y/Z coordinates seperately, and much more, like loading and saving. To edit a single line, move the cursor to the line you want to edit, and press space. A cursor will appear. Now, enter six coordinates raging from -60 to +60, seperated by commas and press enter. The new line will immediately be taken up into the list. If you enter unacceptable coordinates, you will be prompted to correct your input. - RUN VECTORDOT OBJECT EDITOR: Just as the vectorline editor, but dot-related. Therefore, you only have to enter three coordinates in each line. Actually, the vector editors are the only things that have not been changed since v1.0 ! - RUN SCROLLTEXT CONVERTER: Converts the specified text file into a scrolltext that can be used by INTRO FOX v2.0. - CONVERT SPRITE: Generates a sprite out of a PCX file. The converter will create two files - one containing the image data, the other one containing the palette information. - CONVERT FONT: Generates a font file out of a PCX image. Like the sprite converter, this program will create two files. - EDIT DEMO - EDIT/CREATE DEMO WITH BACKGROUND PICTURE: - Use an ANSI screen at the end of the demo: You can select if you want to use a user-defined .ANS picture at the end of the demo. It will be displayed until the ESC key is hit. Remark: ANSi driver has to be installed on the system for this option. - Fadeoff effect: You can select which fade off effect you want to use. Possibilities are: Palette fade off (darken the picture), scrolling (push the picture out of the screen) or step-by-step. - Screen Splitting: A nice effect which "pushes" the screen downwards. Play around with it, it's true fun! You may use different options for that: upper border (Y-value), lower border (Y-value) and pattern. Latter can be: Jump (let the screen jump), sine (make the screen move in sine-waves), linear (boring ;) )... - Soft Scrolling: Should (but doesn't need to) be used in combination with Screen Splitting. Here, you may set the start address of the "upper" part of the screen which doesn't move if you've only got Screen Splitting active. Screen Splitting doesn't look good ("buggy"!) if used without Soft Scrolling and vice versa, so I strongly suggest you to combine these effects. Options are the same as with screen splitting. - Palette cycling: You can do some extremely nice things with palette cycling. It "rotates" the colors in a certain field of the palette, and with a little experimentation experience, you will be able to use this very effectively. In this version, you can decide about the element to start cycling with, the element to stop it with, and the cycling speed. The nice sinus effect shown in the example intro (looks cool, eh?) works with this single effect. - Shadebobs: a very colourful effect. If you use shadebobs, you have to select a filename for the movement table. You can also choose the size of shadebobs (in pixels) and their speed (where too fast doesn't look good in most cases - I suggest a speed of about 3 or so). Shadebobs can hardly be combined with any other bitmap-related effect. - Scrolline: A very rudimentary effect for intros or demos. You really should use one, for it works with every other effect in this demo. - Sprites: A nice little effect. You've got the same options as with shadebobs here, with the difference that Sprites CAN be combined with any other effect without any problems. - Filename of the background picture: Specify the name of the PCX file to use as background here. - Reduce PCX file colour palette: As long as you do not use colourcycling, you should definitely switch on this option (else, the palette of your image may be changed because the font or a sprite uses a different palette). - Fade-in effect: You can select which fade-in effect you want to use. Possibilities are: Palette, scrolling and step-by-step. - Running time: Sets the running time in seconds. Use 0 if you don't want to have a time limit (intro can be interrupted by pressing ESC!) - EDIT/CREATE DEMO WITHOUT PICTURE - Use an ANSI screen at the end of the demo: You can select if you want to use a user-defined .ANS picture at the end of the demo. It will be displayed until the ESC key is hit. - Fadeoff effect: You can select which fade off effect you want to use. Possibilities are: Palette fade off (darken the picture), scrolling (push the picture out of the screen) or step-by-step. - Screen Splitting: A nice effect which "pushes" the screen downwards. Play around with it, it's true fun! You may use different options for that: upper border (Y-value), lower border (Y-value) and pattern. Latter can be: Jump (let the screen jump), sine (make the screen move in sine-waves), linear (boring ;) )... - Soft Scrolling: Should (but doesn't need to) be used in combination with Screen Splitting. Here, you may set the start address of the "upper" part of the screen which doesn't move if you've only got Screen Splitting active. Screen Splitting doesn't look good ("buggy"!) if used without Soft Scrolling, so I strongly suggest you to combine these effects. Options are the same as with screen splitting. - Palette cycling: You can do some extremely nice things with palette cycling. It "rotates" the colors in a certain field of the palette, and with a little experimentation experience, you will be able to use this very effectively. In this version, you can decide about the element to start cycling with, the element to stop it with, and the cycling speed. - Shadebobs: a very colourful effect. If you use shadebobs, you have to select a filename for the movement table. You can also choose the size of shadebobs (in pixels) and their speed (where too fast doesn't look good in most cases - I suggest a speed of about 3 or so). - Scrolline: A very rudimentary effect for intros or demos. You really should use one, for it works with every other effect in this demo. Filenames for the text and the font HAVE to be supplied ! - Sprites: A nice little effect. You've got the same options as with shadebobs here, with the difference that Sprites CAN be combined with any other effect without any problems. - Starfield: This effect can only be used if you don't use a background pic. Looks quite 3-dimensional, and in combination with vectorobjects, you may achieve cool results. You have to specify the number of stars (up to 1000, though slower 386 CPU's won't be able to display that many stars at an acceptable speed). - Warplines: You may specify the number of lines as well as their colour here, where the colour can be taken from one of the three firm patterns. A little tip: Try using this effect in combination with palette cycling. The four values for the line movement speed can be quite helpful. - Vectordots: You have to specify a file with the necessary vectordot definitions in it. You can also define the vectordot rotation speed, their colour, their way of rotating (only around the X2-axis, around the X2 and the X3 axis, only around the X3-axis) and their distance to the center of the screen, where (for example) -100 is on the very left and +100 is quite on the right hand side. - Vectorlines: Improved vector effect, looks really neat. Can only be used in intros with black background. The rest of the possibilities you have here are identical with those mentioned in the description of vectordots. Just as the Vectordots, the lines are automatically clipped at the right and at the left of the screen. For Vectorlines AND vectordots, the following colourtable is valid when selecting the colours for your custom objects: [1-dark red, 2-light red, 3-dark green, 4-light green, 5-dark blue, 6-light blue, 7-orange, 8-yellow, 9-dark mint, 10-light mint] - Fade-in effect: You can select which fade-in effect you want to use. Possibilities are: Scrolling and step-by-step. - Running time: Sets the running time in seconds. Use 0 if you don't want to have a time limit (intro can be interrupted by pressing ESC!) - EDIT/CREATE FIRE INTRO: - Picture to be burnt: Specify the picture you will use as the source of the flames here. When you create the PCX file, please consider the fact that only colour 255 actually "burns". The number of every other colour corresponds to the "temperature" it is initialized with. - Wind direction: Sets the direction into which the flames are blown (changing looks quite realistic). - Running time: Sets the running time in seconds. Use 0 if you don't want to have a time limit (intro can be interrupted by pressing ESC!) - Demo ending: Specifies whether a demo should be stopped immediately when the running time is over or whether the colours should first be faded to black. - EDIT/CREATE VOXELSPACE INTRO: - Fractal den or landscape: If you select landscape here, the intro will show a voxel landscape. If you are using a landscape, you can also specify a background picture. A voxel den looks very impressing, though you can't use a picture here. - Voxel colour: Self-explaining, I guess... - Movement file: The way to move thorugh the virtual voxel world is specified in movement files. - EDIT/CREATE ANIMATION FROM FLI-FILE: - You can specify any FLI-File here. You can also see this as a kind of FLI-to-EXE converter. - Running speed: Select the finetuning of the animation's speed here (0 means no delay) - Number of repeats: Here, specify the number of cycles through the animation. 0 means that the FLI is repeated until ESC is pressed. - COMPILE - RUN DEMO: Runs a single intro or demo part if there's enough conventional memory available. Unlike in v1.0, you don't have to leave the INTRO FOX developing environment to watch the things you've created! - COMPILE DEMO AND CREATE .EXE FILE: Compiles a demo and creates an EXE File just as specified in the demo editing menus. You'll immediately be back in the INTRO FOX developing environment. Once you have compiled your Intro, you can execute it by simply typing its name at the DOS prompt. Please NOTE that the demo's name is not necessarily identical with the name of its script file, but that the demo-name is specified in the first line of the democreation submenus. If you want to release your demo as a stand-alone production, you may well do so. Now, you do only need the .EXE file, which Intro Fox has created out of your demo script file. It can be copied to any directory, and it can also be executed from there. Please NOTE that under some circumstances, the intro will need some 100KB's of free space on your hard drive C: ! - CREATE LOADER FOR AN INTRO FOX MEGADEMO: Use this to create so-called "Mega-Demos" consisting of several independet parts and a soundtrack (a .MOD file). Immediately after selecting this option, you may choose up to 20 executable files from the Intro Fox directory. These are supposed to be Intros created with Intro Fox. If you don't want to use as many as 20 parts (intros) for your mega-demo, simply hit [ESC] when you've finished your selection. Then, you will be asked to select a MOD file from the current directory. This will become the demo's sound track. Last, but not least, you have to specify the name of your loader, which will then be compiled and an EXE file will be created. Please note that the MOD file size is very limited due to the missing EMS/XMS support of the music system used. Generally speaking, the MOD size may be up to 512KB if you're using a GUS with 512KB on-board RAM, but shouldn't exceed 100 to 150KB when you intend to make SoundBlaster usage possible. Actually, UMP (Upper Memory Blocks) ARE supported when using Sound Blaster output. If your Mega Demo does not run, this is probably because your MOD file is too large. Sorry for this (I hope ANT will have his music system finished by the time the next version is released). - EXIT - exits to the DOS prompt. When doing this, you will lose all the edited data you have forgotten to save. I hope this is enough information for now. Registered users may - of course - ask me about some problems they have with Intro Fox. ;-) ... If you con- tinuously run into the same problems again and again, take a glance at the FAQ section in this DOC. If your question still remains unanswered, please contact me in one of the ways listed in this documentation file. -Things to be added in the future - FullScreen-Zooming/Rotating - An optimized, reliable high-speed-MOD-Player - An optimized, more compatible 100% Assembler version of the FLI player - Textured and filled vectorobjects - A text file viewer -And here... some FAQs (Frequently asked questions)- Q: Some characters in the scrolly are missing. Why ? A: The font you are using simply doesn't support these chars ! Try out a different font or make sure you do only use valid characters for the scrolly. Q: Some colours of the picture I use are horribly wrong. Why ? A: Because you are using a picture which uses colours <32 and have forgotten to switch on the colour reduction option in the demo editing menu. Q: The intro I have created is too slow on my computer! How can I solve this probby ? A: Try to use a lower number of Vectordots/-lines, a slower scrolly, slower or smaller shadebobs or sprites, a simpler FLI, or forget about flames and voxelspace dens. Or: Buy a faster computer. Q: What can I do about those goddamn horrible strange shareware- delays, messages and crippled menu functions ? A: Buy a registered version of Intro Fox. You will surely not be able to take them out in any other way. >;-> Q: Could you give me the source code...? A: Mmhh...what do you offer ? ;-) Q: I want to use my own Sprites and Fonts and Vectorobjects !! How can I implement them ? A: Hehe...find out yourself or register ! Q: You are so cooool...may I donate some money ?? A: You're welcome :) ! Q: ? A: ! Q: Why are you called Fox ? A: 'cause I really admire these beautiful animals... :)...I could write much more about that, but I think I shouldn't do this at exactly this point :)...I think I'm drifting away from the subject! Q: Why is Intro Fox called Intro Fox ? A: NOW STOP ASKING THESE SILLY QUESTIONS ! Q: Okay... A: That's not even a question!! Gngngngngngnnn... -Contacting the author...- There are two possibilities to contact me. The first (and probably easiest) way is to call my BBS; the number is mentioned below. Give me a call and try to page me or write a cute little messy to me (Fox). The other way to contact me is to write an ordinary letter. You should send it to: Dag Frommhold, Eichbergstraße 47, D-72639 Neuffen, Germany. Of course you may also make a voice call. Please dial: +49-(0)7025-4099 and ask for Dag [a!]. Or send a FAX to +49-(0)7025-7067 ! OUR BBS FORCE: Digital Forces BBS (WHQ) -*- Sysop: Fox / +49-(0)7025-7067 Dark Illusion (EHQ) -*- Sysop: Kaos / +49-(0)89-36102651 The PhoeniX Rising (USHQ) -*- Sysop: PhoeniX / +1-NEW-NUMBER! Point Break (BHQ) -*- Sysop: Lord Cyrix / +32-(0)11-43-69-25 Universal Mind BBS (IHQ) -*- Sysop: Jim Morrison / +39-434-33869 HD (M)BBS (NHQ) -*- Sysop: R0M / +47-52729023 Supreme Court (DHQ) -*- Sysop: Steel / +31-1650-51850 Creative Brains BBS (DIST) -*- Sysop: Nitus / +49-(0)2352-23234 Farpoint Station (DIST) -*- Sysop: Stingray / +49-(0)4202-76145 Hard Drive Café (DIST) -*- Sysop: Hard Drive / +904-721-8831 WolfNet C.i.C. (DIST) -*- Sysop: Teki Ninjo / +49-FIND-OUT! ENIGMA BBS (DIST) -*- Sysop: Dark Angel / +32-(0)2-6403136 Sysops: Please call our HQ if you want to become a Force II distribution site (note that no more Distros will be accepted in Germany!). Fill in the application form enclosed with this production, and upload it as PRIVATE MAIL (written in capital letters because some people don't seem to know what a PM is!). FORCE II/RATSOFT HISTORY: Ratsoft was formed in summer 1992 by Fox and Ant, originally just for fun and not really with the aim of being a true demo-releasing group. Later that year, as we saw great demos like Unreal or Cronologia, we got really fascinated by those productions, and we decided to release a demo created by ourselves - yet we did not know what it would be like, but the few routines we had got at that time did not let us do very spectacular things. You can see the results of these very first attempts to do something with the PC's graphics capabilities in The Sinus Demo and in Fox's Demo, which was released only one month later (anyway, it was based on nearly the same techniques as The Sinus Demo...). Well, our routines developed, and in the meantime we had realized that our group's name "Ratsoft" did definitely not sound very promising; we always got frustrated when we saw in different BBS's around that no-one downloaded the file with the nice description "The RatSoft Sinus Demo"... so we finally decided to leave the rats in peace and to call our group "Force II". I guess you will ask why we chose "Force II" !? Well, it's quite simple. For most of my suggestions concerning a new name for our group were labelled as "too dark" or "too mystic" by Ant, and for I did not like his suggestions either, we sought (and found) a simple, but promising name. That's FORCE II - two because of two ( ;) ) reasons: First, we were TWO people at that time - and second, because it was a kind of second beginning after the chapter 'Ratsoft' had been closed. Our first release under this new name was the Intro for the Digital Forces BBS. It was our first step into the direction of coding demos reaching really acceptable standards, though it can't be compared to the things you see in demos that are released nowadays. Anyway, this intro was spreaded much more intensively than our earlier productions (probably because of the group's new name !??!?)... The Digital Forces BBS as our WHQ enabled us to expand massively. We actually met most of our current members by modem, visited each other, and this way, things kept developing. -FORCE ][ - ...the ruling demo force in southern Germany !- -The complete Memberlist in random order:- - Fox (*1975): Coding, Music, GFX/ANSI, BBS Sysop, PR & organization, Texts - Thor (*1974): Coding, Add.Graphics - Ant (*1974): Coding, PR & organization - DEL (*1977): Moral support, Betatesting - Dandy (*1975): Music - Designer (*1971): Coding, Spreading, PR & organization - Falcon (*1975): Graphics, Spreading - S'Murphy (ex-I/A) (*1971): Music, Graphics RATSOFT/FORCE II PRODUCTIONS: So far, we have released the following productions: Rel. Name Date Filename Type The Sinus Demo 11/92 SINDEMO.ZIP Intro Fox's Demo 12/92 FOXDEMO.ZIP Intro DF Mini Intro v1.0 04/93 FORCES.EXE BBS Addy Digital Forces Intro 05/93 FORCES.ZIP Intro Sound Attack 01/94 ATTACK.ZIP Music Disk Airsky 01/94 AIRSKY.ZIP .ULT File Fiction 01/94 FICTION.ZIP Demo Metal Banger 01/94 MET-BANG.ZIP .ULT File Treibjagd 01/94 JAGD.ZIP German short story against hunting ASM-Menu 02/94 ASM-MENU.LHA Assembler Menu for Amiga U C 4 ME 02/94 UC4ME.ZIP .MTM File Ranxero 02/94 RANXERO.ZIP .ULT File Amiga - PC - TextCon 02/94 APTCON22.ZIP Amiga<>PC Text Converter Intro Fox I 04/94 IFOX100.ZIP Intro Maker Fight Hunting 05/94 FH.ZIP .ULT File Exotic Text Converter 05/94 ET-CON13.ZIP Text Conversion Utility Resolution 013 06/94 RES013.ZIP .MOD File Arctool 0.2beta 06/94 ATOOL02B.ZIP Simple Archive Tool SpaceD 08/94 SPACED.ZIP 4K-Intro PhoeniX Rising Addy 09/94 PHOENIX.ZIP BBS-Addy Digital Forces Addy II 12/94 FORCES2.ZIP VR-BBS-Addy Liberation 12/94 F2_LIB.ZIP Demo Liberation FiNAL 03/95 LIBFINAL.ZIP Demo/final version Keycode 05/95 KEYCODE?.ZIP EN-/DEcoding tool Intro Fox II 06/95 IFOX200.ZIP Intro/Demo Maker (as well as some minor releases, e.g. a Benchmark, a little Stars-Intro, SearchBBS) Forthcoming project: A music disk by S'murphy! The MOD Player which is also used in this production is capable of playing MOD files out of QUICK BASIC programs. Support for further languages is already planned, as well as publication of its source code. If you are interested in this piece of software, please contact Frank Hunszinger, Weinbergstraße 8, 72636 Linsenhofen Some remarks on the F0RCE ][ policy You will probably already have recognized that, unlike most other groups we know, we in Force II try to give our productions something that can be called a "deeper sense". As most Force II members are interested in politics and other important things beyond the demo and computer scene, this is only natural - and as we think, speaking out against any form of injustice belongs to the most basic and also to the most important things a human being can do in order to improve the situation so many oppressed beings are in. We have decided to point out our opinions on various forms of exploitation of living creatures in our demos, and we can only say that we are puzzled by the fact that we seem to be the only group that does this. Of course, we do not only speak out against exploitation and destruction in demos. Fox is also an author who is just writing his third book on Animal Rights. His first book, a hard-covered non-fiction title against hunting, has been published in April 1994, and has so far received very good reviews in various magazines. For German-speaking readers who may want to buy this book: It is called "Das Anti-Jagdbuch - von der ethischen und ökologischen Realität des edlen Waidwerks", it contains about 360 pages with photos and lots of text :) and it is available for 32 DM at your local bookshop (tell them to order it). In addition to this, Fox has written different articles for various animal rights magazines. If you want to contact us in order to discuss about anything we've just mentioned, just call our BBS or write to the snail mail address you can find in this text file. Because we are all very busy, letters we consider to be less important may get answered later than letters which seem more urgent to us. OUR WHQ BBS ...is the Digital Forces BBS, with Fox as its Sysop. At the moment, we have got 1.0 GB of HD space directly accessible. Via Network, there are further 500 MB on a different Harddisk ready for usage. In addition to this, there is a CD-ROM drive connected to the BBS. All these features give you a total amount of theoretically accessible data of about 2.0 Gigabytes. The Digital Forces BBS has got one of the greatest Demo bases in Southern Germany. Currently, there are more than 250 Megabytes of Demos, Intros and Music Disks ready for download, as well as many other files... but you will surely realize that yourself if you'll dare a login ! JUST ENTER FOX'S DEN ! Tech specs: 2400-28.800 V.34, 8N1, 24h online, 486SLC2-66MHz/486DX4-100MHz BBS-# +49-(0)7025-7067 Further lines will be added as soon as there is money for them :)! signed by Fox of Force II a.k.a. Dag Frommhold 14.06.1995, 16.07