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- AQUASCAPE HISTORY
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- AquaScape 1.00 (4/12/99)
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- Added the ability and options for swaying plants
- Improved the gravel graphics
- Improved the bubbles speed variety
- Remastered the rocks
- Doubled the area of the sign to allow longer messages
- Fixed palette and transparency problems caused by some graphics cards
- Revised the aquarium guide on setting up your own real tank
- Removed the low-res fish
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- AquaScape 0.99 Final Beta (6/20/98)
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- Added 10 rocks - configurable in size, location, and depth
- Added 6 photo-realistic plants for a total of 14 available plants
- Added 6 new tank decor borders and improved existing ones
- Added 1 new water background (Pond Haze) and improved existing ones
- Added optional waves to the top of the aquarium water
- Improved bubbles sound effects
- Improved the pull-down menu interface within the aquarium
- Improved randomization of landscape items
- Improved the aquarium depth to a level-5 propagated analytic depth system
- Remastered all the fish and creatures
- Fixed problems with AquaScape running on Windows NT
- Fixed the depth problems with the sign and treasure chest
- The discus's colors have shifted to its more natural color scheme
- Web site has moved to http://www.runproductions.com
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- AquaScape 0.98 Beta (3/04/98)
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- Extensive Performance Improvements
- + Loads 50% faster
- + Uses 60% less memory
- + Data files use 90% less disk space
- + Increased graphics and animation performance
- + Optionally supports DirectX for even stronger performance increases
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- Added a pull-down menu interface accessible within the aquarium
- Added screensaver enable/disable ability from the start menu
- Added ability to save configuration changes from within the aquarium
- Added a virtual tour when first run to demonstrate configurability
- Fixed the dreaded 'black box syndrome' caused by the 256 color mode
- Fixed the continuous loop of the aquarium sound effects
- Fixed the occasional system keys (ALT-TAB) lockout problem
- Improved image quality when viewing the image gallery in 256 colors
- Improved environment stability
- Re-enabled the random changes feature
- Setup better gauges system performance for determining lo/hi-res graphics
- Setup no longer tests for ability to switch to 256 color mode (not needed)
- AquaScape Configuration program has been renamed AquaScape Control Center
- Forces the 'always on top' option if password protection is used
- Finished all chapters of the Aquarium Guide
- Added unInstall support
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- AquaScape 0.97 Beta (09/18/97)
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- Now supports Windows NT 4.0
- Increased vertical movement of fish
- Setup now gauges system performance and sets lo/hi-res graphics option accordingly
- Fixed wallpaper creation error in shareware version
- Improved password protection security
- Fixed problem with MCI device errors reported from computers without wave devices
- Fixed problem with sign text not fitting on the sign
- Enhanced compatibility with advanced power management hardware
- Reduced foreground plants found in the program models for added animation performance
- Archive now uses DOS names for added compatability with old unzip programs
- Setup now adds registration information to the AquaScape section of the Start Menu
- The random changes feature has been temporarily disabled due to system lockups
- The register zoom has been limited to a maximum of 5 seconds
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- AquaScape 0.9 Beta (06/28/97)
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- First Public Release