spiralmonkey Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 (edited) Hey all, I've created a new virtual aquarium / screensaver, and i need folks to try it out on all kinds of hardware. People have been very happy with it so far. Here's a still: You can download it at: www.dreamaquarium.com/download.html and the main site: www.dreamaquarium.com Please let me know if you have ANY problems installing or running it. I'm in the troubleshooting phase. enjoy! :) alan Edited January 20, 2006 by spiralmonkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rootwiler Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 fix your links.. ;P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamsINdigital Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Looks really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rootwiler Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 nice! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiralmonkey Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 2005 fix your links.. ;P ...like i said, i'm in the troubleshooting phase ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-hurley18 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Nice and welcome to neowin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshMan Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 It's nice. I have 2 questions: 1) How much processor does it take up? 2) How well does it support dual monitors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickleman Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 lan left Hollywood inspired by a loftier goal - to use his highly developed programming and animation skills, and his love of fish, to create the ultimate virtual aquarium. NOW THAT just sounds way too funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNay Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Looks really nice, i'll try it out later. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoogleNinja Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I hope to see this ported over to OS X soon, looks very nice (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumki Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I haven't had a screen saver for a long time now. Looks nice. I will use it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankyone Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 pretty nice, good work (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bant Veteran Posted December 21, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 21, 2005 this is a great screensaver man, good work.. im guessing the full version will turn off the url on screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 wow, that is really really nice! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateB Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Wow...just wow...i mean... seriously...wow. i love it. cant have a fishtank anymore in new apartment. Just like old times. i can even feed em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiralmonkey Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 Alan left Hollywood inspired by a loftier goal - to use his highly developed programming and animation skills, and his love of fish, to create the ultimate virtual aquarium. NOW THAT just sounds way too funny :) It's nice. I have 2 questions: 1) How much processor does it take up? 2) How well does it support dual monitors? i've been trying to keep the processor use as low as possible, and the calculations of the aquarium themselves are nominal (it barely registers any activity if i'm not waiting for the graphics card). The BIG draw is the graphics rendering and the fact that the cpu needs to wait for exactly the right time to display the image to eliminate the 'tearing' effect (VSYNC). Believe me, the cpu usage is a big concern of mine because i work on a laptop and i don't want it sounding like a jet engine when the screensaver is running. my laptop is 3.5 years old and this SS doesn't even get the fan worked up (and that's at 60 fps). Let's say it uses way less CPU than almost every aquarium SS i've tried. This is something i intend to investigate further once i release it. I will also add a SS disable when running on battery. it currently DOES support dual monitors - if you hit ENTER and move your mouse to the other screen it will let you change settings for that tank. i don't currently have a double-wide image, it just puts another tank on the other screen. the fish can be adjusted for each monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandon.mat Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I hope to see this ported over to OS X soon, looks very nice (Y) nm it's not lol Nice screensaver btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Prowler Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 There are a LOT of these types of screen savers out there. Check This Out Check This Out Wow...just wow...i mean... seriously...wow. i love it. cant have a fishtank anymore in new apartment. Just like old times. i can even feed em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateB Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Do you also take suggestions...like a hotkey to feed the fish, as well as random feeding locations would be cool. the mouse is a little inconvenient as i close my laptop lid and run it on my lcd tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoogleNinja Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 There are a LOT of these types of screen savers out there. Check This Out Check This Out Except his looks a lot nicer. Try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidSapphire Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 its very nice dont get me wrong but its a little slow for me.. keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmmay Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 (edited) got this error... edit: i'm running windows 2000 sp4, matrox millennium g400 dual head in dual monitor mode... Edited December 21, 2005 by timmmay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.M.K Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 One of the best I've seen. Awesome work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_INk Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 (edited) very nice- (easily the best i've seen) ran max resolution (1800x1440x32) on dx settings perfectly with fish #s pushed close to max :) (i'd say 75%) (opengl stuttered a bit) specs: (xp2) 1.2amdathlon 1024mbram (pci133) aiw9600pro(128mb) - fast write on, agp 4x (drivers: omega2.6.71) and the paging file is 1536mb in size on a seperate hd that's 1540. possible additions: the pirate skeleton /w the treasure chest! :D Edited December 21, 2005 by Dark_INk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamsINdigital Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Why don't you use DirectX 9 instead of DirectX 8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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