[Jav400]

kyeoj,

Jim can correct me if I get anything wrong, but basically he made a deal quite some time ago with Microsoft for this to happen. Its one of the things that began his trials and tribulations with creating the DX8 version. Since Win XP will ship with DX8, Microsoft required him to program his aquarium that way to be included.

At first look, it also appeard that DX8 would help provide some of the features that Jim wanted to be able to include in his aquarium. Unfortunately in the process, it also caused many headaches and problems. The DX8 Screen Saver libraries that Microsoft gave Jim to use in his programming work, are not very friendly towards older Operating Systems, and therefore caused many problems. Thats one of the reasons that Jim has continued to program his aquarium using DX6 at this point.

Through his sweat and dedication he has found a way to include the things he wanted using DX6, and says that he will continue to follow this tact until he is satisfied that some of his concerns are better addressed towards older Operating Systems.