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5/26/01 - Released version 2001.0526 --
Rewrote video mode changing code to allow it to support more drivers.
Updated palettes. -- core changed
2/4/01 - Released version 2001.0204 -- Added
plugin for Microsoft's Windows Media Player. Changed a bunch of
minor stuff in the UI. Updated and added lots of new
settings (Thanks L8_2_DI!).
-- core changed.
8/16/00 - Released version 2000.0816 --
Added an interactive preview window so that you can see the effects of
your settings changes as you make them. -- core changed.
7/25/00 - Released version 2000.0723 --
Updated settings. Added support for WinAMP.
-- core changed.
6/12/00 - Released version 2000.0612 --
Updated and enhanced many of the settings. Added new tiling options
to most of the modules to allow unreflected tiling. Added several
performance optimizations. Tweaked the UI a bit to make it more
comprehensible. -- core changed, UI changed.
1/23/00 - Released version 2000.0123 -- There
are lots
of tweaks and bug fixes in this release and over 100 new settings (Thanks L8_2_DI!). You can now add multiple versions of the same
module for some modules. Added an interactive preview
window. It's in beta at the moment so the feature is hidden by
default but pressing F10 on the "Edit Displays" page will
display a "Preview" button that you can use to bring up an
interactive preview window. This can be very helpful when exploring
the effects of the various controls. We've also changed our
version formatting. It's now in the format of yyyy.mmdd so 2000.0123
would be January 23rd, 2000. -- core changed, UI changed.
12/11/99 - Released version 4.5.1506 -- Completely
redesigned (and vastly improved) user interface. Much better sound synchronization
-- core changed, UI changed.
8/15/99 - Released version 4.0.1320 -- Better sound synchronization
-- core changed.
7/17/99 - Released version 4.0.1300 - Updated sound
code to work with new version of CD/Spectrum Pro. Fixed a problem
that kept users from being prompted for a password when the password
timeout wasn't set to 0 on the auxiliary settings page of the Psych config
dialog.
5/1/99 - Released version 4.0.1220 - Rewrote parts
of the UI in order to reduce resource usage. Added two new
controls (on page 4 of each module) that allow you to set the volume range
that a module will draw within. The units represent a
percentage of the maximum volume so if you set the "Draw
Start" to 50 and the "Draw Stop" to 100, the module will
only draw when the audio volume is greater than 50% of the maximum volume.
This control is particularly useful when you have several modules selected
and you want to have each draw at different volume levels rather than all
at the same time. If no audio is available, the volume fluctuations
are simulated using an sine wave. Lastly, inverting the start/stop
values will cause a module not to draw when the volume is between
the specified range.
4/25/99 - Released version 4.0.1200 - Completely
rewrote the Effects module and, by request, added a clock effect
(see the "Clock" Display for a demo). Added new
parameters to the Vortex module. The following settings have
been added to demonstrate some of the new features:
[S] Nice Shot, [S] The Matrix, [S] Wince, Climax,
Clock, Dizzy, Chaos, The Rush
The following settings have been modified to
take advantage of new capabilities:
[S] Pulse Circle II, [S] Pulse Circle, [S] Star
II, Electric, Escher, Evolution III, Evolution, Jungle, Mold, Orgasmatronic
II, Orgasmatronic, Painting, Refresh, Sean II, Vortex Slurry
1/4/99 - Added the Cube module -- see the following
settings for a demo: "Army", "Floater", "Kaleidoscope",
and "Swarm". Added a key stroke to display the title
of the currently running display (Just press "T" while a display
is running). Added animation handling capabilities to the Slideshow
module. It currently accepts animations saved as a series of BMP
files where each BMP file comprises a single frame of the animation.
Each frame should have an integer for the file extension indicating the
frame number (not zero padded). For example,
c;\anim.1, c;\anim.2, c;\anim.3.... Within the Slideshow module,
just enter the first frame of the animation in the filename field. -- Cube
added, core changed.
12/1/98 - Added a very minor feature to the Vortex
module that allows the rotation direction to be reversed periodically.
For a demo of the feature, check out the setting title Pseudose -- run it
and keep your eyes focused on the center of the vortex for about 15 seconds
then take a look at your hand. -- Reality changed.
11/27/98 - Fixed a problem that prevented the
animations from resuming after the password dialog was dismissed. -- Core changed.
11/11/98 - Added a keystroke (press 'W') for setting
the current image as the desktop wallpaper. Updated sound code to work with
new version of CDSPro. -- Core changed.
10/18/98 - Released version 4.0.1085 - Added screen capture
capability. Press the 'S' key to capture the current screen to a file in the
"Screen Shots" subdirectory in the directory where Psych was installed.
You can hold the 'S' key down to capture multiple frames. The captured
images are saved as numbered BMP files (like PSY-0001.BMP, PSY-0002.BMP, etc...) so they
are easy to import into an imaging application or a GIF animator. You can
control the size of the captured images using the "Scale factor for screen
captures" slider on the "Auxiliary Settings" page of the Psych
configuration dialog. -- Core changed.
9/1/98 - Released version 4.0.1060 - Fixed a problem that
prevented the screen colors from being restored properly on some systems when the display
mode was being dynamically set through the "Video Mode" panel. -- Core
changed.
8/21/98 - Released version 4.0.1050 - Fixed a problem that
prevented Plug-In modules from correctly reading their control values. Added
centering values to Sphere and Bezier modules. -- Plug-In SDK changed, Plug-Ins
changed, Core changed, Sphere and Bezier modules changed.
7/29/98 - Released version 4.0.1041 - For complete details on
enhancements to version 4.0, see Notes on version 4.0...
5/24/98 - Released version 3.9.999 - Added new controls to
Auxiliary Settings to allow disabling the mouse and globally lengthening/shortening
Display run times. Updated documentation. Added new settings. -- Core
changed.
5/11/98 - Released version 3.9.998 - Added wave module.
This new module is similar to the pattern module except that is a bit more
configurable. -- Wave added.
4/25/98 - Released version 3.9.997 - Rewrote the install code.
Added new setting. Made minor performance optimizations to the core
engine. -- Core changed, install changed.
3/21/98 - Released version 3.9.995 - Added power-saving support
for several non-standard video drivers. Made additional performance
optimizations to the core engine. -- Core changed.
3/3/98 - Released version 3.9.989 - Added a sequencer module to
allow users to put together ordered lists of displays. Fixed a problem involving
ThinkPad systems which caused the screen saver to exit prematurely. Updated a number
of the displays that ship with the software. Made some performance
optimizations to the core engine. -- Core changed, Sequencer added.
1/25/98 - Released version 3.9.971 - Updated sound sync
capabilities to support the latest version of CD Spectrum Pro (v3.3). Added an
"Amplitude homing" control to the sound settings panel -- this controls how
often the maximum amplitude used by the auto-gain is reevaluated. This should
help the sound sync react better to volume changes in the music. -- Core
changed.
1/11/98 - Released version 3.9.950 - This version supports
Plug-In modules developed with the beta version of the Plug-In SDK. See our Plug-In page for more information about Plug-In Modules (including
information on how to write your own). -- Core changed.
12/30/97 - Released version 3.9.900 - Updated the install to
reduce disk space usage and add Start menu group. Changed some of the object
drawing (Star, Whip, and Cyclic) code to address a limitation in some video drivers.
Drawing should be faster (and visible <g>) with two vertices on all drivers.
-- Star, Whip, and Cyclic changed. Core changed.
12/21/97 - Released version 3.6.800 - Added
"Squiggle" module (See "[D] Squiggle", "Clover", and
"Stress" for examples). Added parametric plotting to both
"Pattern" and "Stain" modules and updated "Stain" to support
turbulence. This drastically increases the number of patterns the screen saver can
generate. (See "[R] Pattern Sampler III", "Purple", and
"Purple II" for examples) -- Pattern, Stain, and Squiggle changed.
12/10/97 - Released version 3.6.785 - Added enhancements to
the UI to make it clearer which settings can sync to sound and which can't on the
"Edit Displays" page. -- UI / Core changed.
12/5/97 - Released version 3.6.781 - Changed Psych SS code to
accommodate several poorly written display drivers that fault when large coordinate values
are used as line vertices. -- Core changed.
12/1/97 - Released version 3.6.775 - Added a bunch of new displays.
Added a stencil option to the custom palette editor. Reduced footprint
on hard drive by over a megabyte. Added code to substantially reduce the size of new
displays (or displays that are re-saved). Exporting these new displays will yield
smaller PSY files as well. -- Core changed.
11/24/97 - Released version 3.6.740 - Fixed a problem that greatly
limited the diversity of the patterns. -- Core & all modules
changed.
11/11/97 - Released version 3.6.720 - Fixed a problem that prevented
new settings from being saved properly. Added new controls to "Whip",
"Stars", and "Cyclic" modules. -- Core & Whip, Stars, and
Cyclic modules changed.
11/3/97 - Released version 3.6.705 - Updated the docs & made a
few minor performance modifications. -- Core & docs changed.
11/1/97 - Released version 3.6.700 - Restructured the UI in order to
simplify the creation of custom Displays. Added a quick preview window to the UI to
allow quick browsing of Displays. Made the sound settings global instead of per
Display (should make sound syncing easier to set up). Added a control to allow
blanking the screen after a user specified number of minutes. Added a control to
delay password prompting (only when password protected) for a user specified number
of seconds. -- Core changed.
10/15/97 - Released version 3.6.621 - Fixed a problem that caused
the palette dialogs to displaying incorrectly on some systems. -- Core changed.
10/11/97 - Released version 3.6.620 - Added the "Lines"
module and updated the docs to include information on the module controls (thanks Mark!). Fixed a palette contention problem that
caused flashing when the screen saver kicked in while Psych was running in the CDSPro
visuals window. Added a reset to for the palette controls. -- Lines, Core, and
Docs changed.
8/20/97 - Released version 3.6.606 - Added three new keyboard
commands (Tab - locks the current module parms when in random mode, + and - speed up and
slow down the drawing rate). Also added a "Diffuse" setting to Pattern, Ray, and
Stain modules -- Pattern, Ray, Stain, and Core changed.
7/17/97 - Released version 3.6.600 - Added two new modules,
"Whip" (for demo see: "Roll III" and "Triangles") and
"Flow" (for demo see: "Warp," "[D] Flow," "[S]
Headache", and "[S] Wake Up"). Added a number of new saved displays. -- A
whole bunch of stuff changed.
7/1/97 - Released version 3.6.505 - Fixed a problem that would keep
some settings from not being selected by the randomizer. Updated a number of the saved
settings to make them smaller and faster. -- Core engine changed.
6/26/97 - Released version 3.6.500 - Added "Ray" module
(see "[D] Ray" for a demo). Added tiling to "Plasma" module. Added a
"Make Default" option to SS Runner. Optimized resource usage to reduce EXE file
size. Updated sound sync to work with CDSPro 3.2 -- Core engine changed, SS Runner
Changed.
5/27/97 - Released version 3.6.465 - Made a number of performance
optimizations and updated sound sync to work with CDSPro 3.1 -- Core engine changed.
4/27/97 - Released version 3.6.450 - Added support for CD Spectrum
Pro v3.1. Added additional keyboard commands (see docs for more info). -- Core engine
changed, docs changed.
4/12/97 - Released version 3.5.410 - Added support for on-the-fly
mode switching (yes, including bit depth :-) using Microsoft's DirectX extensions. The
"Display" panel has been redesigned to better support the new functionality. --
Core engine changed.
3/16/97 - Released version 3.5.350 - Added a "Folding"
parameter to the "Pattern" and "Stain" modules. The effect is similar
to a symmetry effect but it is *much* faster (it may even be used to boost performance on
slower systems). For an example of how it can be used see the new "[R] Pattern
Sampler II" saved display. -- Pattern & Stain modules changed.
2/14/97 - Released version 3.5.330 - Fixed a performance problem in
the tiling algorithm used in the Pattern module that caused long pauses. -- Pattern module
changed.
2/11/97 - Released version 3.5.325 - Tiling is now available in all
of the modules except plasma. (see the "Spider" settings to see new tiling
effects). Made UI changes to allow for more controls. -- All modules changed, UI changed.
2/4/97 - Released version 3.5.290 - Added tiling capability to
Sphere, Bezier, and Polygon modules (see the "Zot", "[S] Kinetron",
and "[S] Eddie" settings to see what tiling can do). Added a button to each
module that will reset the controls for that module to their default values. -- All
modules changed.
1/20/97 - Released version 3.5.256 - Fixed a problem with the
"Custom Palette" editor that kept it from displaying on some systems. -- Core
changed.
1/16/97 - Released version 3.5.255 - Added additional controls to
the custom palette editor. Updated and added documentation for controls. Put in some
optimizations for improving sound sync. -- Core and docs changed.
1/6/97 - Released version 3.5.250 - Added in a custom palette
editor, additional control for Pattern and Plasma modules, interface with new CDSPro
(v3.0), documentation for Palette controls -- just about everything changed.
Version 3.5 is now available for download!
11/21/96 - Released version 3.0.150 - provides much better control
over the colors and the palette animation. In addition, the color/sound synch has been
greatly improved. -- palette and core changed.
10/31/96 - Released version 3.0.86 - Added a slider that will allow
you to slow down the screen saver on faster systems. -- core changed.
10/28/96 - Released version 3.0.85 - Added feature to SlideShow that
allows it to use images from the screen rather than BMP files (see the setting
("Psychedelic Snail" or "Evolution" for a demo). Worked with Gator to
get the sound sync working better for people with slow CD ROM drivers (mostly thread
scheduling on the screen saver side). This release also fixes some minor problems in the
UI -- SlideShow, SS Runner, and core changed.
10/16/96 - Released version 3.0.42 - Added SlideShow module and
started working on documentation (at last :-) -- SlideShow changed.
9/24/96 - Released version 3.0 - Added new settings to most of the
modules and added support for sound sync using CD Spectrum Pro. -- just about everything
changed.
7/25/96 - Released version 2.6b - I've added a number of new object
settings, an uninstall program, new types for the Spheres module, a test option to the
"Display" Panel, random range control for all module controls, and per color gun
control over colors and color effects -- just about everything changed.
6/9/96 - Released version 2.5c - added "object" settings
to Cyclic and Stars that allow you to draw something other than just a wide line. - Star
and Cyclic changed.
6/2/96 - Released version 2.5b - added the ability to randomize from
either your saved settings for from the currently selected modules in the main settings
panel - added a randomizer module.
5/19/96 - Released version 2.5a - added more controls to several of
the modules, fixed a problem with the characters being allowed in "Export"
filenames, added resolution/bits-per-pixel configuration dialog, added a "Test
alone" and a "Test in context" button to each module dialog to make testing
easier. - just about everything changed.
4/17/96 - Released version 2.5 - everything changed. Click here for
info.
3/24/96 - Added the beta version of the SSRunner to the collection.
- no savers changed
3/23/96 - Added a button to the configuration dialog that will allow
users to direct their internet browsers to information on the WWW relating to The
Psychedelic Screen Saver Collection. - All Windows savers changed
3/22/96 - Made some fairly drastic changes to the way the plasma
screen saver draws. It's quite a bit more interesting now. - Plasma savers changed
3/7/96 - Updated the beta version of the Randomizer to handle screen
savers that don't use the standard screen saver libraries. - Randomizer changed
2/27/96 - Added the beta version of the Randomizer to the
collection. - no savers changed
2/5/96 - Posted MIPS, Alpha, and PowerPC versions of the
collection.- no savers changed
1/5/96 - Made the palette animation smoother for several of the
savers.- Bezier, Cyclic, and Polygon changed
Version 2.0 is now available for download!
12/26/95 - Added a warning to the configuration dialogs explaining
that some screen saver features will not be available in some video modes- All *.SCR files
changed
12/10/95 - Added capability to save and restore settings- All *.SCR
files changed
12/03/95 - Added a Win16 version of Bezier to the collection - One
saver added but no changes to the existing savers
12/02/95 - Added symmetrical reflection to Spheres, Poly, and Bezier
savers. - Three savers changed
The following modifications have been made to the existing savers in
version 1.1 and will be made available in January '96 with version 2.0 of the collection.
11/29/95 - Made some modifications to the documentation. Added an
ORDER.FRM and rolled in the two preview savers from version 2.0- Two savers added but no
changes to the existing savers
11/14/95 - Made some minor performance optimizations to the
turbulence engine - Pattern savers changed
11/14/95 - Made some performance optimizations to the screen
refreshing - Pattern savers changed
11/14/95 - Added some new palette animation effects. Be sure to try
the savers with the "Shifted" check box checked 8-) - all savers changed
10/11/95 - Added better non-linear sampling to the Pattern saver. -
Pattern savers changed
10/4/95 - Added non-linear sampling to the Pattern saver. - Pattern
savers changed
9/28/95 - Added smoother palette transitions - all savers changed
9/10/95 - Added information on how to contact me to the
documentation - the folks who handle my registrations (NorthStar Solutions) were getting
questions that should have been be going to me. - no savers changed
9/1/95 - Updated savers to work with After Dark v3.0 - all After
Dark savers changed
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