ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ°°°±±±²²²ŪŪŪ REALTECH ŪŪŪ²²²±±±°°°ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ p r e s e n t s °°°±±±²²²ŪŪŪ MłEłGłAłMłIłX ŪŪŪ²²²±±±°°° Welcome to MEGAMIX, a multimedia experience from REALTECH. Megamix is the *REALLY* first demo from REALTECH, a french (yes!) group who decides to code this for ASSEMBLY 94. This demo was very long to code because the (single) coder have to learn a lot of assembler (particulary 386 assembler) and C++. for informations, this demo was coded in 10 months on a 386 DX40 / Tseng but it was optimized for taking advantage of 486 and ... Pentium (MEGAMIX detects Pentium presence and change some parameters for displaying (bigger 3D objects!) but don't await some super pipeline optimizations : only the SCO UNIX compiler really optimizes for Pentium but nothing for DOS Œ). But this demo uses 386 instructions and 486 instructions for the music improvement and all graphics computations. By the way, MEGAMIX uses DSMI so the best sound quality available on PC (especially for 16bits card). Moreover music is in Dolby Surround (optional for lower system) using 8 channels . But Surround doesn't work in GUS Œ i believe (not sure, test it !). And not a simple sample duplication (like in S.... ....) Surround is calculated in *REALTIME* ! However, Surround is really heard with a Surround Pro Logic Decoder and some stereo panning are used for more pleasure ! 0: FOR CLEARER THINGS ... ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Every graphics and music in MEGAMIX are made by REALTECH (except the rotating brain a sprite conversion from ROTBRAIN.FLI (c) FLIX productions). And every music, graphics, even digitalization (sound & graphics) are made on PC compatible computers. This program is free and can't be sold and can be distributed freely under authorization. REALTECH is not liable for any damage caused by MEGAMIX. You run it at your own risks. DSMI(tm) is a trademark by Otto Chrons. Intel(tm) and Intel Pentium is a trademark from Intel Corporation. Dolby Surround and ][ logo are trademark from Dolby Laboratories. Gravis Ultrasound(tm) is a trademark of Advanced Gravis. Sound Blaster(tm) is a trademark of Creative Labs. 1: HOW TO RUN MEGAMIX ? ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ MEGAMIX needs about 2 Mb of memory and 386 or later system. (a 4Mb and 486DX is suggested). if you try on a lower system, MEGAMIX will display a message. MEGAMIX needs XMS memory so be sure to have himem.sys or qemm.sys in your config.sys you will need about 570 ko of conventionnal memory. And MEGAMIX needs 2,7 Mb on hard drive. * this config.sys should be sufficient: [demoems] device = himem.sys rem | if you do not have a GUS, use this (but demo may run slower ..) rem | by the way, qemm.sys is better for running with MEGAMIX device = emm386.exe 1024 RAM dos = high,umb rem | umm, you can remove this but if you run with stacks=0,0, computer may rem | crash ... Œ stacks = 9,256 files = 30 buffers = 30 and nothing in you autoexec.bat By the way, a CACHE (like HyperDSK or SuperCache+ may increase demo speed) Don't try MEGAMIX under WINDOWS 3.11 or below or OS/2, you computer may crash, or something nasty like this ... Œ * if have NOT a GRAVIS ULTRASOUND , you will need EMS for memory for music, else you needn't EMS (the demo will run a little faster ...). With theses conditions , run LOADER.EXE (if you didn't do it yet ‹) If the sound card detection is correct (window on the bottom) you can change sound quality with 'SOUND QUALITY CONFIGURATION'. 2: WHAT SOUND CARD CAN I USE ? ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ if you sound card is not detected, go to 'SOUND CARD CONFIGURATION' and select one of the sound among 13(‹) differents sound card and answer different question. if you have no sound card, choose PC speaker, (but it sounds lousy !! Œ ) and try to purchase a *REAL* sound card. ( hum i've got a SB16 it quite a good card but IT'S NOT 100 % Sound Blaster and SBPRO compatible ( try to run a Future Crew demo's with SBPRO paramater, it won't play in stereo !! GRAVIS Ultrasound (or the new GRAVIS MAX) is a good choice because it's the new standard for PC's demos). There's no possible to run MEGAMIX without sound because some parts need play speed for running. Choose DAC for silence. For the video card, a TSENG ET4000 or CIRRUS VLB is suggested (for the last , MEGAMIX really screams ! ‹ ). Try to avoid a TRIDENT card, or OAK if possible. By the way, some VLB video card are optimized for Windows but under MS DOS, they really crawl !. 3: WHAT'S MEANS THESES Œ and ‹ ? ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Ah , if you are reading with a normal viewer you some 'i' (because I redefined the VGA font. ‹ : Mr Happy Œ : Mr Sad there's are only emoticons. in fact, it's to warn you if the demo will run properly or not(example : a TRIDENT card and a PC speaker, the demo will be less fun. 4: WHO ARE REALTECH' MEMBERS ? ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ REALTECH members are french students, here's the exact list : EXECOM (aka St‚phane DENIS): (21) computer science student in Belfort (France) in 2nd years. He creates REALTECH in 1993. But he always worked on PC (since 12 years) and decided to create a demo. so he asks some people who can help him for GFX and music. GUEN (aka Romuald Genevois) (20) in Beaux-Arts, very good artist and work all graphics for MEGAMIX. FAIRLIGHT (aka Philippe Lucien) (17) 9 years in Conservatoire, only work on module compo since few months but with Composd 669 then MMEDIT, he composes sound tracks for MEGAMIX in 8 channels and thinking a lot for the stereo effects. TOAL KNOR (aka Philippe Meisburger) (18) Was on ATARI ST and composes some modules with MMEDIT. But good skill in ray tracing. He thinks about a music disk and a precalculated big demo with music and sound effects for a CD-ROM magazine (DpTools ASC). some others guys help me a lot , like Pascal Henck and Romain Sidiris for some routines like 3D and textured mapping. 5: AND AFTER MEGAMIX WHAT NEXT ? ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ A multimedia player called RMP (stand for RealTech Module Player) which it a module / FLI player using DSMI for music. and good news ,RMP will be FREE ! (and it is really powerful with a lot of control on the sound). It will released in SEPTEMBER 94. We are planning on two games (which are on work) : SUN RUNNER, shoot 'em up featuring parralax multi directionnal scrolling and realtime sprite zoom , techno music (4->8 channels) and a lot of awesome sounds effects in stereo. very impressive ! At least about more than 16 channels for the sound, always in Surround and 44 khz on some card ! It will released for CHRISTMAS 94 (but probably later). and HEROES , an multi-players arcade game. At least a music Disk for CHRISTMAS 94 (awesome !) And we hope to release only 32 bits flat model programs in the future. probably with DOS4GW. here's the end of this text. SEE YA SOON !!!! [->>> EXECOM c/o STEPHANE DENIS 61 via d'AUXELLES 90000 BELFORT FRANCE -> we hope to have a modem soon <- Tel : (03) 84 54 08 81