ALife Tank Screen Saver ver. 0.3 beta
            Copyright (C) 1997-1998 ALife Garden

Testing has only been completed for the Japanese version of Windows 95.  
Please report any errors to: altankss@alifegarden.com
(See also #7. - Bug Report')


----- 1. What is `ALife Tank Screen Saver'?

ALife Tank Screen Saver is a virtual aquarium of artificial entities.

Fifty artificial life-forms interact in an environment in which they 
will eat, grow, reproduce, evolve, and die.
NOTE:  Creatures can only move about in the unregistered version
(See also #4. - Differences between the Registered and Unregistered 
versions)


----- 2. Installation
                                            
	(1) Create a folder (example  C:\ALTSS)
	(2) Move ALTSS3eb.exe to the new folder and run it.
	(3) Move ALTSS3eb.scr to the 'Windows' folder under Main_Folder

	    (for example; C:\Windows)

                                            
----- 3. Set Up
                                                                                        
	(1) Open 'Screen Property' from within 'Control Panel'
	(2) Click on the 'Screen Saver' tab
	(3) Select 'ALTSS3eb' at 'Screen Saver'  
	(4) Click on the 'Set Up' button
	(5) Choose the proper screen size
(6) If you have installed DirectX on your machine, you can select
    'Use DirectX'

(7) Once you register, you will receive a code to enter into the
    Password field.  (See also #5 - How to register')

	(8) Click `OK' on the dialog box
	(9) Click `OK' on the Screen Saver dialog box


----- 4. Difference between Registered and Unregistered

In the Unregistered trial version, creatures only move about the screen.
Once you register, you will receive a password to upgrade your copy of 
ALife Tank Screen Saver version 1.X.

Creatures in the registered version evolve and interact with other 
virtual creatures on the screen.  When two ALife creatures touch each 
other, offspring are often produced through an exchange of genetic 
information in the form of ALife algorithms.  Stronger ALife creatures may 
consume the weaker ones, or the weak creatures may just die.  Watching 
these virtual critters interact is so much fun, you may never want to 
deactivate your screen saver again! 


----- 5. How to Register

Registration will be accepted after June 7th, 1997 - programmer Tesh's 
30th birthday!  Happy birthday to me! :^)

Payment by credit card (VISA or MasterCard) is available on Pipenet:  
http://www.pipenet.com  The registration program is only written in 
Japanese right now, but Tesh is translating it now, and is expected to 
have it ready by June 7th.

Your registration will be acknowledged by e-mail.  Feel free to write us 
at:  altankss@alifegarden.com if you have any questions.


----- 6. Support

If any problems arise with the program, please contact us at: 
altankss@alifegarden.com 


----- 7. Bug Report
	   
Because the screen saver has only been tested on the Japanese version of 
Windows 95, it is possible that errors could arise with other language 
versions.  We would appreciate it if you could report any errors to us at:
altankss@alifegarden.com   Even if you're not having any problems, and 
would just like to send comments, we would be glad to hear from you.  The 
absence of errors will help as well.  Every report is welcome!

Please use the form below to report bugs.


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                    Bug Report



Name:________________________________________

email address:_______________________________

Language version of Win95:___________________
CPU:_____________________  Clock:_________Mhz
Memory:_______________Mbytes
Result: *It's OK on above system
	*I have problem(s);
		______________________________
		______________________________
		______________________________
		______________________________
Any Comments:
	______________________________________
	______________________________________
	______________________________________
	______________________________________
	______________________________________


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----- 8. Changes

	0.2b -> 0.3b
	  *Increased probabilities of mutation when they bear children
	  (Registered version only)

	0.1b -> 0.2b
	  *Add a function for variation number of creatures.
	  *Made movements more complex.

----- 9. Credits

* This program using the graphic library `WinGL'.

     Name:      Bio_100% WinGL L1 Version 0.11e
     Copyright: Copyright(C) 1995-1997 Koizuka, alty / Bio_100%
     Location:  http://bio.and.or.jp/wingl.html and NIFTY-Serve FGALGL LIB 5


* This program refers to "SimpleSS"

     Name:      SimpleSS(Simple Screen Saver)
     Copyright: Copyright(c) 1997 Hirapon
     Location:  http://www2a.meshnet.or.jp/~hirapon/scrnsave.html

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                         ALife Garden
                       Hiroshima, Japan
                    http://alifegarden.com
                   altankss@alifegarden.com