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#1381 |
Developer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 72
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![]() Memory usage, collision avoidance, and especially frame rate are all major factors. Yes, I know that Dream Aquarium does this, but it makes sacrifices that I am not willing to. Even with the minimum amount of fish, the frame rate of Dream Aquarium is extremely low on my computer. I assume this is because the author came from the film industry, where it's OK to take all day to render a frame. Coming from the gaming industry, my main priority is speed and smoothness. I don't know what is causing the slowdown, since Alan has done a wonderful job at keeping the polygon count down. It's possible that his highly effective collision-avoidance and schooling routine is simply a WHOLE LOT of code.
![]() ![]() A big killer of cpu cycles is something called Vertical Sync, where your cpu has to wait (unfortunately burning cycles) until exactly the right time to display the next frame of animation. Sadly it seems to be unavoidable if smooth playback is desired. cheers, alan
Developer of Dream Aquarium
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#1382 |
Developer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 9,785
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Thanks for the update, Alan. Yes, the rays would do it. I gave up on that idea early on.
Jim Sachs
Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium |
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#1383 |
Pet Shark
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Posts: 5,455
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Is there a way I can find out how many fps I'm getting on DA?
Patrick
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#1384 |
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 2
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How about a sea horse ..
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#1385 |
Developer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 9,785
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George - Yes a seahorse is on the list of critters I hope to include in a Creature Pack after I finish v3.0.
Jim Sachs
Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium |
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#1386 |
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 2
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Awesome, cant wait for v 3.0
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#1387 |
Registered
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 1
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On my wishlist for the aquarium are the following: some nudibranchs, blue ribbon eel, dragonet, golden trumpetfish, unicornfish, and saddled butterflyfish.
I am too spoiled after returning from a dive trip to Bega lagoon in Fiji. Love those Indo-Pacific fishes! ![]() Ciao, Y'all! |
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#1388 |
Registered
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 93
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PLEASE ! ! !
Make this fish no screen saver has it and it is the coolest looking fish in the sea !
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#1389 |
Developer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 9,785
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Looks great - what is it?
Jim Sachs
Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium |
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#1390 |
Administrator
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Posts: 9,725
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If I'm not mistaken, its a Coral Beauty Angel. I had one of those years ago when I ran a real salt water tank.
Michael
Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & Gallery DVD Collection |
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#1391 |
Registered
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Manly, NSW, Australia
Posts: 4
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I've just got Marine Aquarium V2.6, and it is great. I send the output from my computer to my widescreen LCD TV via a TV Out S1-video connection, and it is magic. I don't want any more fish, but where are the different tanks? When I hit the [ or ] keys to get them, as it says in the help screen, the program exits. Aree there any extra tanks or not?
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#1392 |
Forum Administrator
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Rock Hill, SC
Posts: 10,939
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"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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#1393 |
Forum Administrator
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Rock Hill, SC
Posts: 10,939
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![]() I've just got Marine Aquarium V2.6, and it is great. I send the output from my computer to my widescreen LCD TV via a TV Out S1-video connection, and it is magic. I don't want any more fish, but where are the different tanks? When I hit the [ or ] keys to get them, as it says in the help screen, the program exits. Aree there any extra tanks or not?
![]() Glad you're enjoying the Aquarium!
"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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#1394 |
Developer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 9,785
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The [ and ] keys switch from the tank with the crystal in it to the tank with the elephant-ear coral.
Jim Sachs
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#1395 |
Prolific/SereneScreen Developer
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Posts: 513
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To get the Crystal mode, the "Exit on Mousemove" in Settings need to be unchecked.
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#1396 |
is pleased
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Posts: 7,365
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Lol, I like your C B Angel better, Morg.
/Tiny Levels Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think.
"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history. |
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#1397 |
Registered
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Manly, NSW, Australia
Posts: 4
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![]() To get the Crystal mode, the "Exit on Mousemove" in Settings need to be unchecked.
![]() I want exit on mousemove checked but when I do that the ctrlB, CtrlW, [ and ] do not work - hitting them exits the program. They all work with the exit on mousemove unchecked. I'd say that is a bug! |
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#1398 |
Registered
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Manly, NSW, Australia
Posts: 4
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![]() The [ and ] keys switch from the tank with the crystal in it to the tank with the elephant-ear coral.
![]() I think that's a bug. |
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#1399 |
Developer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 9,785
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Edgar and Will handle all the minor user-interface issues. I also feel that none of the hotkeys should trigger the Exit-On-Mouse-Move function. Maybe Edgar could make it so for the next update.
Jim Sachs
Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium |
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#1400 |
Registered
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Bird Flu Strikes Melbourne Florida
Posts: 2
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Just an observation --- I put the demo of Serene Screen on my daughter's ancient KXP-450 machine with 32mb video and it works great! Smooth and excellent.
I tried the Dream Aquarium product, and even in blank aquarium mode it runs in jerks and fits ... Kudos to Jim for a superior product even on ancient puters! |
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