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#1 |
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 3
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Fish swimming through objects
First off, let me say that I LOVE this application. It is so restful. As a retired software engineer (30 years, in several languages) I also appreciate how much work went into it, and how utterly solid and elegant it is! Rare, these days.
One minor thing (minor for me, at least!): about once every couple of minutes, I believe I'm seeing a fish swim through something. Mostly the sponge, but I've also seen one swim through the top part of the crystal, and also a coral. The offenders have been different species. I managed to catch one in the act: My system information: ASUS K70IC-A1 (laptop) Intel Core2 Duo P8700 2.53GHz, 4.00 GB RAM NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M, 1.00 GB Windows 7 Professional 32-bit Hardware drivers all current MA3 version T928.3.0.1953 Let me know if you need any further information. Thank you for this wonderful app! |
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#2 |
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Rock Hill, SC
Posts: 10,939
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Marine Aquarium 2 did not have any coral pass throughs. Marine Aquarium 3 has a more intricate coral, and allows more fish (up to 30). These two combined lead to the possibility of pass throughs.
It's a known issue (especially with the Elkhorn coral you've pictured) and something Jim does want to fix in the future. For now I might suggest turning down the number of fish.
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#3 |
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Tampa Bay Area, Florida
Posts: 486
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Now that he's mentioned it, I see that happen, too.
Simply having less fish fixes it? Cool - I've give that a try. Too many fish is a bit distracting, anyway. |
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#4 |
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Rock Hill, SC
Posts: 10,939
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Even setting the fish to 1, there's still a chance you'll see passthrus on that Elkhorn coral at the top. That's the weakest point in the space-time continuum.
"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell
"If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman |
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#5 |
~Author~
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Rocky Mount, NC
Posts: 7,429
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![]() Even setting the fish to 1, there's still a chance you'll see passthrus on that Elkhorn coral at the top. That's the weakest point in the space-time continuum.
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#6 |
Geordie
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 114
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Poor fish...LOL!!
Peter
Toronto, Canada |
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#7 |
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 3
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There were 16 fish in that particular group, but no biggie. I figured it probably was a known issue, just wanted to be sure.
I've watched fish bump that coral and look startled. Fascinating how fish-like their behaviors are. An incredible engineering feat! ![]() Oh and welcome to the forum. debearly
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#8 |
Only me...
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Essex, England
Posts: 2,584
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And yet, the intention is to improve the fish behaviour, can you believe it?!
![]() Once that's been implemented, debearly, the pass-throughs should be remedied as a consequence.
Mark
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#9 |
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 46
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In MA3 for MS Windows, if I deselect 'Show Crystal' in 'Program Settings', then re-enable the crystal in 'Clock & Logo', then go back to the screensaver without restarting the program, the likelihood of fish passing through the crystal --right through the center of the clock, as if it wasn't there at all-- seems greatly increased. Or is it just my imagination?
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#10 |
Developer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 9,782
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You're right, it's a genuine bug. I'll fix it on the next build.
A temp workaround is to just exit and re-start the program after turning the crystal back on.
Jim Sachs
Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium |
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#11 |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 22
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The Lion Fish also has a hole in his chin that you can see thru
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#14 |
Developer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 9,782
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I'll fix it on the next update.
Jim Sachs
Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium |
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#15 |
asdf
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Hiko, CommieFagnia
Posts: 278
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My lions all have solid jaws, must to a to low res condition on mine.
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#16 |
Retired
Join Date: Jan 2002
![]() Location: Edmonton Alberta Ca
Posts: 2,441
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![]() My lions all have solid jaws, must to a to low res condition on mine.
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