^What other fish did you see when you were snorkeling in Maui,doesn't Maui have some really bright colorful ones?

MAquarium2_6.exe stopped working ???
 

I was going to play with the logo import thing but.... all of a sudden MAquarium2_6 will not load...:confused:

It tries.. the screen goes black.. I hear bubbles but then.. it gives up and I am returned to my regular screen...

Very strange.... All my other SS screen savers still work.. MarineAquarium2MD; Goldfish2; SHARKS2.. I did change my ATI video drivers but I am quite sure it all was still working since then..

Now... to add to the mystery.. I have a second computer.. it has never seen a SS Screensaver.. So I download the latest copy from http://download.serenescreen.com/////MAquarium2_6.exe.. install it and registar same.. open it a few times.. works just fine.. copy my logo files into the folder and same thing... will not run....

Then... clever man that I am.. found that the "mere presence" of a file with the extension "PNG' in the folder C:\Program Files\SereneScreen\Marine Aquarium 2.6 will cause the SS NOT to run...

So what kind of a bug is that?? I thought the PNG file type made for a better logo..

Ralph - It seems to be choking on your logo file. Is there anything strange about it? Odd size? Number of bit-planes? Bad PNG header? Not that the program should freeze if it encounters something it doesn't expect, but it's a place to start looking for answers. Edgar will have to address this one - the PNG code is not mine.

Green - Yes, I saw all kinds of colorful fish while snorkeling on Maui. I'll have to look them up to get their proper names.

You must make a PNG that precisely follows the format. 256 x 256 x 32 bit (24 bit color and 8 bit transparency/alpha) and DO NOT click the "Import Logo" button.

my old email was esquire@bakemeacake.com
 

if .99 version people get a free upgrade, i think i was in that early bunch

Well I "thought" I made the PNG format correctly... Confused about the 8 bit transparancy/alpha though.. Did not find that option when I saved it from Photoshop CS2. Did not spend much time on it and my BMP version does the job.. for the moment.. as there is only text at this time.

So the program automatically uses a PNG file for the logo... if it exists.. and as mine was not made right the program choked..

Just a thought.. but perhaps an error message might be a nice feature in the next edition:D

I agree on the error message (and/or some documentation). As for saving it - Try using the "Save for Web" dialog and you'll probably find the transparency checkbox.

/Tiny Oversight

Use Save For Web and choose PNG-24 with Transparency switched on.

I will play with it some.. Thanks

Just a random note, on my Voodoo5 compressed textures get disabled automatically in 2.6 on first run. I can manually enable them by tweaking the registry and they work fine and look better (banding without them).

Not sure what the check is for disabling S3TC textures, but it seems to fail here where it shouldn't.

That being said, still runs great as ever on this venerable card. :)

Ctrl-T toggles compressed texture.
That is a compromise needed to support older hardware that DX9c broke. It was safer to make sure it works than show missing textures.

same here, i was having issues with my website and didnt get the new keygens. Beta testers do get this upgrade for free right? I sent an email to prolific days ago but havent heard back from them.

Hi there! (first post)
 

Hi folks...

Squirekat here (Mark). I can't figure out how to start a new thread so I'll try posting a reply on this existing thread. Please feel free to correct me if I'm not doing this right.

I have one simple question... Is it possible to display more than 7 fish in the "aquarium"? If so, how?

Thanks,
Squirekat (Mark):TU:

You now have full posting privileges.

The Aquarium shows 7 fish for aesthetic and collision avoidance reasons. If you set the Aquarium to run Widescreen, you can increase the number of fish to 8. If you watch, you'll see that 7 fish are actually a bit crowded as the fish try to swim around each other.

And welcome to the forums. I'm sure you will love our family here. You can talk about almost anything here.

Again, WELCOME. :TU:

Keycode
 

How do I receive my keycode for the upgrade? I never received it. I do have the bundle.

Thank you,
Marie Alline

I still haven't received my code either. I emailed Prolific and am just waiting for a response.

http://web.archive.org/web/200012141....com/order.htm

Gotta love the wayback machine. :) I can't even remember when I first got SereneScreen.. I know it was EARLY in the beta, before Prolific was ever mentioned. :)

I wonder if Morgan remembers me hanging out in the irc channel as RyanC. Or if Jim and Jav remember me for that matter.. :)

Have you tried going here - http://www.serenescreen.com/support/regform.php and have Serenescreen email the code to you.

Yes, I received 2 codes, and neither work in 2.6.

Hello Ryan, yep I remember.