Dear user,

Starting with version 1.1 Voodoo Lights is shareware. This means that, if you want to use Voodoo Lights as your Windows screen saver, you will have to register and pay a fee.

Voodoo Lights started out as a demo screen saver for a programming competition. As a demo, it lacked many of the features required for it to be called a proper screen saver. Soon after it was first released, I began receiving emails from people asking for all those little things that were missing. Version 1.1 is the result of that plea. 

It took me many hours to produce this version and, as many people have experienced, it still needs some extra mending. The amount of work is not the big issue here, coding can be great fun. However, the type of work sure is. Most of the time I spent on version 1.1 was dedicated to Windows programming, let's just say that there is little fun in that. Basically, what I mean is that, when you change your scope from a demo to a software product, fun soon wears out leaving just a lot of work. I am sorry but, if I am to continue supporting and updating Voodoo Lights, I would like to get something in return…

With your registration fee I hope to make it easier for me to get more up-to-date hardware. Faster, better hardware greatly widens the range of visual effects that can be tried and accomplished. Unfortunately, all that costs money and, here where I live, it costs even more...

Should you register, you will be entitled to free updates to all 1.x versions of Voodoo Lights. In addition, you will receive a second screen saver, sharing most of Voodoo Lights technology but with a different theme. This screensaver, called Cosmos-1, is already part of the Voodoo Lights package.

Registration fees are as follows:

Payment in cash  (mailed to my address below):

12 US$, 20 DM, £7 GBP (regular currency, no checks please).

Important: Please don’t forget to send along with your payment
your email address and registration name. Make sure it is clearly legible. 

Payment by credit card (handled by www.shareit.com)

17 US$  (Program ID #101158)	

Shortcut:

http://www.shareit.com/cgi-local/register2.cgi?program_number=101158

Further Instructions:

Once I receive your payment I will email you with the registration license data. To finish the registation process, first,  you should save that email as a text file. Then open the VoodooLights control panel, by pressing Settings in Display Properties ScreenSaver section. Choose the Registration Tab and press register. Now drag & drop the text file with the email you received into the new dialog. If everything goes well the dialog will close and new message will be shown in the Registration tab. If that’s not the case, check the steps and try again. If problems persist pelase email.  

Sérgio Marco Duarte (smd@di.fct.unl.pt)
Av. João Crisóstomo, 54, 6 Esq
P-1050 Lisbon
Portugal