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Developer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
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Can't use any 3rd party dev kits or libraries. The licensing problems can be a nightmare, and it's often hard to determine who's code is responsible when software breaks. We licensed the Installer which the Aquarium uses now, and without the source code we had no idea it was changing the Desktop settings on WinXP. Always better to keep everything in-house.
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Now THAT would be nice!
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Reef Keeper
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Utah
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Will the widescreen version be announced here? I think originally it wasn't going to be announced, but that was when it was planned for release within a week of 1.1's launch. Now that the download frenzy has (probably) subsided, it should be safe to announce new version, right?
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Ricordia,
Check your e-mail.
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Green Frog
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Germany
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Uhm you talked about widescreen in 2001, is it dead now?
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#27 |
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Houston, TX
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The widescreen version is in it's final stages of beta testing. I have no 'inside knowledge', but I'd guess that the widescreen version will be widely (pun intended) available within a month or two.
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Hopefully, quicker than that. Once thats done, and the email nightmares are taken care of Jim can get back to work on the 3D background.
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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IXNAY said: If you are only getting 30 frames per second with the regular 1.1, you will get unsatisfactory results with the widescreen version.
Uhm you talked about widescreen in 2001, is it dead now?
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Green Frog
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Germany
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MAN I JUST ASK
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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About 60 people are beta-testing 1.1 Widescreen.
If you have a widescreen display, please e-mail me.
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Any news yet on the latest wide screen version availability?
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patscarr,
Check your e-mail. Also too care of IXNAY last week.
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Feldon When will it be available for download I would sure like to try it out
___ eXcelenT Work Jim__
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Hey Jim,with the 3D background in the wide version will the mouths and gills move like the Lion fish?
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Reef Shark,
The Wide version is just like the regular 1.1 version, except 8 fish and a little more coral in the middle to make it look right on 16:9. So you get the Lionfish and anything else added in 1.1. The 3D background, which is off in the distance (October but I won't say which year!) is totally different, with new coral. If you have a widescreen display and want to beta-test 1.1 widescreen, e-mail me.
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Lebanon, PA
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Hey Feldon , I was just wondering . When you posted on here that the tank was going to be going to DX7 , Will the release of the wide screen be DX7 ? I'm just asking buddy . An if not do you have any idea when something like that will be done ? I know we can't set time frames but just ball park .
Also , do you know if Jim (The Professor) started on the fresh water tank yet ? I know he's taking a break but I was just asking . ![]()
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Fayetteville, NC
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Is it possible to add the normal resolutions to the WSSS? (Wide Screen screen saver)
I only have options in it for wide screens, but would like to use other settings like 1280x1024 and then adjust the screen size.
Bob
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Sounds counter-productive.
The only reason for the widescreen is if you have a widescreen display or if you are going to use widescreen resolutions. In order to beta test the widescreen, I set it to 1280x720 and then adjusted my monitor so the picture was the correct shape.
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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any news on how close the widescreen version is for release? will it be done before the freshwater aquarium?
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