Voodoo Lights
Version 1.1
&
Cosmos-1
Version 1.0
Beta 8

For 
Windows 95/NT
(3DFX compatible cards)

Release Notes

This is the 8th beta release of Voodoo Lights version 1.1, now incorporating Cosmos-1. Version 1.1 is a complete rewrite of version 1.0, intended to produce a full Windows screen saver. Among other things this version introduces password protection for Windows 95.

Version 1.1 also introduces a configuration dialog. Current options let you choose display resolution, refresh rate and target frame rate. Some form of pseudo-motion blur is also available.

The type and number of creatures on screen is now selectable by the user, thus making possible to adapt the program to one's taste and hardware.

CD audio support is experimental and sometimes unreliable.

In order to get Glide to do “3D in a window” correctly and as fast as possible, the desktop should be set to 65536 colors (16 bit). True color modes (24 or 32 bits) should also work but are much slower. 256 color modes (8 bits) produce very ugly output.

New to Beta 8.

Preliminary monitor energy saving support.

Performance Notes.

The program was tested and developed on a Pentium 233 MMX, with 32MB and a Creative Voodoo2. With this hardware the default parameters produce fluid animation.

Pseudo-motion blur is quite taxing and works best in 640x480 in Voodoo 1. 

Voodoo Rush Compatibility.

Beta 8 has new code for Rush intended to remove the noise lines that appear at the bottom of the screen.  I don’t know if the new code sorts that problem. Please email your findings.

Voodoo 2 Compatibility.

Tested successfully on Creative Voodoo2.
(Disable “force triple-buffering” in the Voodoo2 control panel.)

Refresh Rate/Target Frame Rates.

These options are almost obsolete and will eventually disappear. Most Glide drivers override these parameters by means of Environment Variables in Voodoo or in Voodoo2 by manipulating the Windows Registry. Thus if you want to change the display refresh rate you should do it in the Voodoo* control panel.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY.

Voodoo Lights version 1.1 is provided on 'AS IS' basis, without warranty of any kind. Should this software prove defective, you alone shall assume the cost of any service and/or repair.

TITLE.

Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in Voodoo Lights and Cosmos-1  belong to the author. Copyright laws and treaties protect this software. 
				
The author,

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