@DATABASE "WavesOfTheFuture.guide" @WIDTH 71 @VER$ Waves Of The Future v2.3 (21.12.99) @AUTHOR Stian Strøm (program), Stian Strøm (manual) @(C) 1999-2002 by Stian Strøm @NODE MAIN "Waves Of The Future v2.3" manual" @{B} Waves Of The Future v2.3 (Last modified: 21.12.99) @{UB} @{I}"...Amiga a multitasking multispacecraft computer..."@{UI} Waves Of The Future Chapters: @{" Important " link IMPORTANT } Important information @{" Introduction " link INTRODUCTION } Introduction to Waves Of The Future @{" Requirements " link REQUIRE } What do you need to run this? @{" Installation " link INSTALL } How to install Waves Of The Future @{" Usage " link USAGE } How to use Waves Of The Future @{" Trouble shooting " link TROUBLE } Solutions to some problems @{" About " link ABOUT } Information About Waves Of The Future @{" Contact " link CONTACT } How to contact me @{" History " link HISTORY } About the programming process @ENDNODE @NODE REQUIRE "Tha Menu v1.0 - Enterprise manual - Requirements" @{B}*** REQUIREMENTS ***@{UB} Minimum requirements: Hardware: - Amiga with 68040/25MHz +++ - Ca 0.5 MB free harddisk space Software: - CyberGraphX v3.0 +++ - AmigaAmp installed ;) - Warp3D v2.0 (Please update to the newest version) @ENDNODE @NODE TROUBLE "Waves Of The Future Manual - Trouble shooting" @{B}*** TROUBLE SHOOTING ***@{UB} I don't have anything for this section yet... The only thing that I might wanna mention is that you could try deleting the .cfg files if the plugin doesn't start correctly... @ENDNODE @NODE CONTACT "Waves Of The Future Manual - Contact" @{B}*** CONTACT ***@{UB} If you need to contact me for any reason: Stian Strøm Strandveien 68 8533 BOGEN I OFOTEN Norway Phone (+47) 90779182 Email : stianstr@online.no My Homepage : http://home.sol.no/~atlestro/index.htm Software page: http://home.sol.no/~atlestro/agsoft.htm @ENDNODE @NODE HISTORY "Waves Of The Future Manual - History" @{B}*** HISTORY ***@{UB} v2.3 - Added an option to enable/disable autorotation... - Added wireframe mode. - Added an even kewler "wireframe" mode.. v2.2 - Lorens Johansson has written an arexx script for me which allows me to control the PLAY/STOP/PREVIOS/NEXT/PAUSE/FFWD/REW functions from within my plugin (same shortcuts as in Amigaamp) v2.1 - Thomas Wenzel has done some debugging/fixing, and it now starts and runs without any Cyberguard hits ;) - It's also running a bit faster now. - It's possible to turn ON/OFF all screeninfo... Runs a lot faster without screeninfo... - It is now possible to save screeninfo on/off settings... v2.0 - Added possibility to move the wave up/down and left/right. v1.9 - Reassigned the keyboard configuration to match the original Waves Of The Future setup (F1-F10 functions). v1.8 - Added possibility to set wave amplitude. v1.7 - Added possibility to set detail level of the wave (more polygons). v1.6 - Added possibility to set level of reflections. v1.5 - Added reflection thingy, I think. v1.2 - Plugin now shows the songname and duration. FPS counter can be turned on/off. v1.1 - Bugfix: The plugin doesn't randomly crash on my computer anymore, I take that as a good sign that it's gonna work on all systems now ;) v1.0 - Released the first version... @ENDNODE @NODE IMPORTANT "Waves Of The Future Manual - Important" @{B}*** IMPORTANT ***@{UB} Waves Of The Future is released as freeware, and that means that I can't and will NOT take ANY responsibility if Tha Menu should cause any problems for your computer or yourself in any way... But I don't think it bites ;) You can spread it as much as you want as long as you're not gonna make any money on it, in such case you should contact me first and ask for permisson... It can of course be placed on any Aminet CD without and special permisson from me... Aminet rewls ;) @ENDNODE @NODE USAGE "Waves Of The Future Manual - Usage" @{B}*** USAGE ***@{UB} These are the options: +-------------------+ | Keyboard settings | | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------+- | Key - Function | -+-------------------------------------------------------------------+- | F1 - Change the detail level of the waves (number of polygons) | | F2 - Change the wave amplitude | | F3 - Turn Filtering on/off | | F4 - Turn Dithering on/off | | F5 - Turn Alphablending on/off | | F6 - Toggle Amiga Logo on/off | | F7 - My fancy About Requester ;) (Not implemented yet | | F8 - Show the available options on the screen... | | F9 - Turn on/off info: pluginname, my name, songname, | | F10 - Save Configuration | | ESC - Quit | | 1 - Turn filtering off | | 2 - Turn filtering on | | R - Turn reflection effect on/off | | Y - Cycle reflection levels (1-6) | | E - Cycle blendmodes | | F - Turn fogging on/off | | NUM8 - Push back the fog end value | | NUM5 - Push fog end towards viewer | | NUM9 - Push back fog start | | NUM6 - Push fog start towards viewer | | L - Turn Alphablending on/off | | P - Turn FPS counter on/off | | N - Toggle Autorotation (Enable/Disable) | | W - Toggle Wireframe (Enable/Disable) | | K - Toggle Kewlmode (Enable/Disable) (In Wireframe mode only) | | Z - AmigaAmp control -> Previos Song | | X - AmigaAmp control -> Play Song | | C - AmigaAmp control -> Puase Song | | V - AmigaAmp control -> Stop Song | | B - AmigaAmp control -> Next Song | | LEFT - AmigaAmp control -> FastForward Song | | RIGHT - AmigaAmp control -> Rewind Song | -+-------------------------------------------------------------------+- | | +-------------------+ | | Mouse Controls | | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------+- | | | Hold down left mouse button and move the mouse left/rigth to | | rotate the wave manually. | | | | Hold down right mouse button and move the mouse | | forwards/backwards to move the wave away/closer to the screen... | | | | Hold down left+right mouse button to move the wave's X and Y pos | | | -+-------------------------------------------------------------------+- | | +---------------------+ | | Screenmode settings | | -+---------------------+---------------------------------------------+- | | | The first time you start this plugin, you will see a screenmode | | requster which allows you to select what screenmode you want to | | use. | | | | This screenmode is saved automatically, so you will never have to | | choose the screenmode again. | | | | Note: If you really want to change the screenmode, just delete | | the file "screenmode.cfg" in the plugin directory... | | | -+-------------------------------------------------------------------+- | | @ENDNODE @NODE INSTALL "Waves Of The Future Manual - Install" @{B}*** INSTALLATION ***@{UB} To install Waves Of The Future, just run the install script that is found in this archive, and follow the instructions... @ENDNODE @NODE ABOUT "Waves Of The Future Manual - About" @{B}*** ABOUT ***@{UB} Waves Of The Future is created by: Stian Strøm Strandveien 68 8533 BOGEN I OFOTEN Norway Email : stianstr@online.no My Homepage : http://home.sol.no/~atlestro/index.htm Software page: http://home.sol.no/~atlestro/agsoft.htm This is my second Warp3D plugin, and it's a lot better than my last one... even has a few options, kewl hah? ;) Thanks to: - Thomas Wenzel for debugging and fixing of my source file, and for answering questions about programming... - Lorens Johansson for the AREXX script which allows me to control some functions in Amigaamp from within my plugin... - Eric Muller which has done some beta testing, and thanks to everyone for bug reports and stuff... ;) @ENDNODE @NODE INTRODUCTION "Waves Of The Future Manual - Introduction" @{B}*** INTRODUCTION ***@{UB} Waves Of The Future is a plugin for AmigaAmp which is a program used to play MP2/MP3 files... This can only be used with AmigaAmp installed and running... @ENDNODE