What's in store for 2004?

Quick Death · 01-09-2004, 06:52 PM

I wonder if the Freshwater aquarium will be released the first 1/4 - 1/2 of 2004?

Jim Sachs · 01-10-2004, 01:11 AM

Me, too.

jcap511 · 01-10-2004, 03:34 AM

is there any news on the Fresh Water Aquarium? I mean, progress is slowly being made, right? It will be released sometime in the near future, right?

Jim Sachs · 01-10-2004, 10:38 AM

It's on hold for a few days while I'm re-doing Prolifc's 5 fish in the Marine Aquarium.

Quick Death · 01-10-2004, 10:41 AM

awe nuts, this is gonna be a long 'few days'

Jim Sachs · 01-10-2004, 12:05 PM

Yeah, but a free update for MA users.

IXNAY · 01-12-2004, 11:10 AM

Thats nice, but I think the Prolific fish are well done and the freshwateraquarium is wanted more.
Are there some news concerning the freshwateraquarium?

raven · 01-12-2004, 04:03 PM

Well I would like to see the freshwater aquarium but I am quite happy Jim will redo these fish. I never use any of the fish created by Ken Dougherty, not because they are not beautifull but because they look (IMO) very computer-generated compared to Jim's (which look foto-realistic to me).

Panthera · 01-14-2004, 12:29 AM

Originally posted by raven
Well I would like to see the freshwater aquarium but I am quite happy Jim will redo these fish. I never use any of the fish created by Ken Dougherty, not because they are not beautifull but because they look (IMO) very computer-generated compared to Jim's (which look foto-realistic to me).

Which 5 fish are they?

feldon34 · 01-14-2004, 02:45 AM

https://www.feldoncentral.com/forums...&threadid=1392

Panthera · 01-14-2004, 03:13 PM

That's odd, I completely missed that entire thread. It was right around the time I registered here so that could've been why. Three of those fish are what I use for my screensaver.

PaulsPics · 02-24-2004, 04:54 AM

Hi Morgan ,
I just posted to the other forum thread and questioned if the 5 fish would be added to MAT, now to find an answer by Jim in this forum on the Freshwater Tank. Look forward to the event . Thanks .
Think I also forgot to say Hi to you Morgon and overlooked my head banging friend from Lancashire - Hi Cliff , expect you would like some of our 40deg C summer down here. At least on can sit near the airconditioner and watch the 'cool' water on the screen .
regards
Paul Sydney

cjmaddy · 02-24-2004, 06:36 AM

Welcome back Paul! - long time no read!

Yes, I'm still banging my head! - even more so in fact!

Tiny Turtle · 02-24-2004, 06:48 AM

Hi Paul!
Could you put some of that summer in an envelope and send it my way? We just got yet another case of snowstorm...

Cliff tried banging heads with a horse a while back (nope, he didn't win that one

)

/Tiny Utzon

PaulsPics · 02-24-2004, 11:22 PM

Hi Tiny , overlooked your name , and you were the first to welcome me last year. Bet its bitter weather over there.
I have isolated my main computer off the telephone line and internet, too many valuable memories of my family roots and images back to the1880s, too many aircraft re-configured for optimum in Flight sim 2002 and a bit in FS2004, and of course my 2 favorite Serene screens and upgrades. Result is that I am using this Old Pentium 100 for all internet contact so is pleny slow. On top of that I have taken on some casual temp work at the Sydney observatory doing conducted tours at night, discuss Astronomy with visitors in a 3D theartre and then look at the night sky with telescopes, one of which is the historic 130 year old brass refractor, so my minimum time on the net is applied to more study and following latest news from Planet Mars. Thus my abscence for a while. I thought I would check back to say HI ! and ulterior motive was to see if Jim had come up with any of the other denizons for the Marine tanks, like "the Banded Shrimp " , for which I understood we would have to pay but hopefully at a nominal amount as an add-on. I am glad to see that we shortly may be able to get the 5 fish to add to the MAT .
Incidently since I am running the two machines concurrently with monitors only inches apart I loaded up the earlier version SS into the Pentiom 100. Did not expect it to function at all but I report that the scenery & fish images displays Ok but the fish hardly move but when you have the Pent 1 Ghz operating MAT next to it you do not notice the small jerky movements esp with the smaller fish selected as it is added "tank" on the one side and displays that nice original large Coral as well. Anyway I am happy as it gives me a two and half foot tank all up, and the clock time in the centre. I hope I have not breached the agreement in running on the two machines ? as I consideredthem to be seperate programs !
If ever you visit Sydney come and see some stars of theSouthern Hemisphere, give me a note so I meet up . best regards Paul

PaulsPics · 02-24-2004, 11:39 PM

Hello Cliff ,
I have just given all my news on previous post to Tiny so will not over load the forum with a repeat of it.
If ever you visit warmer climes downunder give us a bell and come on up and look into outer space, let me know if you do so we could meet up, before you make tracks northwards to see the GBR to see these wonderful fish in person. I was up on the reef in 1989 and one day I counted over 200 fish all around me in the water and following me as I had my camera and flash in a plastic bag, the fish thought I had food for them and when I snokelled off the whole lot followed me , like Pans Piper. Unforgettable. Those little Humbugs, the black and white "Three stipe Damselfish, have quite a nip if frustrated.
I am hoping that we will get Jim to produce some banded shrimp or hermit crabs to wander around the tanks, at a price of course best regards
Paul

patscarr · 02-25-2004, 12:00 AM

Paul, there is a new version in progress that will be fully supportive of dual monitors.

kingkoz · 03-10-2004, 06:04 PM

Originally posted by Quick Death
I wonder if the Freshwater aquarium will be released the first 1/4 - 1/2 of 2004?

I too am looking for information on WHEN we can expect a Freshwater Aquarium screensaver. Seems like all I have read/heard is the ole standard "it will be coming soon". Unfortunately, I have been reading this for the past 2 years (at minimum) I realize you want this to be good, but, I think in 2 years time, a FWA and a couple updates for it could have been out. I know Jim doesn't like to be tied to a date, but how about giving us SOMETHING and sticking with it? Or if need be, a "sorry, we have other priorities and the FWA won't be done at all"? something more than "soon"

Jim Sachs · 03-10-2004, 06:50 PM

When did anyone ever say "soon"?

Quick Death · 03-10-2004, 08:56 PM

will the crystal clock be in the freshwater aquarium?

01-09-2004, 06:52 PM	#1
Quick Death Registered Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New York Posts: 106	What's in store for 2004? I wonder if the Freshwater aquarium will be released the first 1/4 - 1/2 of 2004?

01-10-2004, 01:11 AM	#2
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,789	Me, too. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

01-10-2004, 10:38 AM	#4
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,789	It's on hold for a few days while I'm re-doing Prolifc's 5 fish in the Marine Aquarium. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

01-10-2004, 12:05 PM	#6
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,789	Yeah, but a free update for MA users. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

01-12-2004, 11:10 AM	#7
IXNAY Green Frog Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 840	Thats nice, but I think the Prolific fish are well done and the freshwateraquarium is wanted more. Are there some news concerning the freshwateraquarium? IXNAY dreaming of the serene terrarium - My Private Homepage -

01-10-2004, 03:34 AM	#3
jcap511 Registered Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 4	is there any news on the Fresh Water Aquarium? I mean, progress is slowly being made, right? It will be released sometime in the near future, right?

01-10-2004, 10:41 AM	#5
Quick Death Registered Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New York Posts: 106	awe nuts, this is gonna be a long 'few days'

01-12-2004, 04:03 PM	#8
raven Perculiar Clownfish Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 147	Well I would like to see the freshwater aquarium but I am quite happy Jim will redo these fish. I never use any of the fish created by Ken Dougherty, not because they are not beautifull but because they look (IMO) very computer-generated compared to Jim's (which look foto-realistic to me). Remi

01-14-2004, 02:45 AM	#10
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	https://www.feldoncentral.com/forums...&threadid=1392 "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

02-24-2004, 04:54 AM	#12
PaulsPics Registered Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 71	Answer to 5 fish add-on for time Hi Morgan , I just posted to the other forum thread and questioned if the 5 fish would be added to MAT, now to find an answer by Jim in this forum on the Freshwater Tank. Look forward to the event . Thanks . Think I also forgot to say Hi to you Morgon and overlooked my head banging friend from Lancashire - Hi Cliff , expect you would like some of our 40deg C summer down here. At least on can sit near the airconditioner and watch the 'cool' water on the screen . regards Paul Sydney Paul

02-24-2004, 06:36 AM	#13
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	Welcome back Paul! - long time no read! Yes, I'm still banging my head! - even more so in fact!

02-24-2004, 06:48 AM	#14
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Hi Paul! Could you put some of that summer in an envelope and send it my way? We just got yet another case of snowstorm... Cliff tried banging heads with a horse a while back (nope, he didn't win that one ) /Tiny Utzon 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.

02-24-2004, 11:22 PM	#15
PaulsPics Registered Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 71	Dropping by to say Hi Hi Tiny , overlooked your name , and you were the first to welcome me last year. Bet its bitter weather over there. I have isolated my main computer off the telephone line and internet, too many valuable memories of my family roots and images back to the1880s, too many aircraft re-configured for optimum in Flight sim 2002 and a bit in FS2004, and of course my 2 favorite Serene screens and upgrades. Result is that I am using this Old Pentium 100 for all internet contact so is pleny slow. On top of that I have taken on some casual temp work at the Sydney observatory doing conducted tours at night, discuss Astronomy with visitors in a 3D theartre and then look at the night sky with telescopes, one of which is the historic 130 year old brass refractor, so my minimum time on the net is applied to more study and following latest news from Planet Mars. Thus my abscence for a while. I thought I would check back to say HI ! and ulterior motive was to see if Jim had come up with any of the other denizons for the Marine tanks, like "the Banded Shrimp " , for which I understood we would have to pay but hopefully at a nominal amount as an add-on. I am glad to see that we shortly may be able to get the 5 fish to add to the MAT . Incidently since I am running the two machines concurrently with monitors only inches apart I loaded up the earlier version SS into the Pentiom 100. Did not expect it to function at all but I report that the scenery & fish images displays Ok but the fish hardly move but when you have the Pent 1 Ghz operating MAT next to it you do not notice the small jerky movements esp with the smaller fish selected as it is added "tank" on the one side and displays that nice original large Coral as well. Anyway I am happy as it gives me a two and half foot tank all up, and the clock time in the centre. I hope I have not breached the agreement in running on the two machines ? as I consideredthem to be seperate programs ! If ever you visit Sydney come and see some stars of theSouthern Hemisphere, give me a note so I meet up . best regards Paul Paul

02-24-2004, 11:39 PM	#16
PaulsPics Registered Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 71	Copy to Cliff Addy , Hi Mate Hello Cliff , I have just given all my news on previous post to Tiny so will not over load the forum with a repeat of it. If ever you visit warmer climes downunder give us a bell and come on up and look into outer space, let me know if you do so we could meet up, before you make tracks northwards to see the GBR to see these wonderful fish in person. I was up on the reef in 1989 and one day I counted over 200 fish all around me in the water and following me as I had my camera and flash in a plastic bag, the fish thought I had food for them and when I snokelled off the whole lot followed me , like Pans Piper. Unforgettable. Those little Humbugs, the black and white "Three stipe Damselfish, have quite a nip if frustrated. I am hoping that we will get Jim to produce some banded shrimp or hermit crabs to wander around the tanks, at a price of course best regards Paul Paul

02-25-2004, 12:00 AM	#17
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,455	Paul, there is a new version in progress that will be fully supportive of dual monitors. Patrick

03-10-2004, 06:04 PM	#18
kingkoz Registered Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1	Re: What's in store for 2004? Originally posted by Quick Death I wonder if the Freshwater aquarium will be released the first 1/4 - 1/2 of 2004? I too am looking for information on WHEN we can expect a Freshwater Aquarium screensaver. Seems like all I have read/heard is the ole standard "it will be coming soon". Unfortunately, I have been reading this for the past 2 years (at minimum) I realize you want this to be good, but, I think in 2 years time, a FWA and a couple updates for it could have been out. I know Jim doesn't like to be tied to a date, but how about giving us SOMETHING and sticking with it? Or if need be, a "sorry, we have other priorities and the FWA won't be done at all"? something more than "soon"

03-10-2004, 06:50 PM	#19
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,789	When did anyone ever say "soon"? Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

03-10-2004, 08:56 PM	#20
Quick Death Registered Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New York Posts: 106	will the crystal clock be in the freshwater aquarium?