Shhpoonnk v 1.00 Copyright c. 1995 Pure Magic All Rights Reserved. INTRODUCTION Shhpoonnk is a Windows freeware animation player/screensaver. Shhpoonnk employs a user selectable script file to display FLC and FLI animation files, and DIB, RLE, and BMP single frame files. FLI and FLC animations are widely available on local BBS's, the Internet, Compuserve, and other online services. I have included one of my own FLI animations with this version of Shhpoonnk. I also offer for sale Brainsavers, a collection of 3D animations which are way cool (and particularly well suited for use) with this program. I wrote Shhpoonnk v1.00 using Visual C++ v1.0 in March 1995. NEW USER HINTS Shhpoonnk comes with a default script, SHHPOONK.AAS. This script can be used without modification. It can also be edited with Shhpoonnk to add or delete animations and stills, vary the duration, add transition fades, and more. The ability to create custom scripts is easily learned, will give you enormous satisfaction, and is well worth the short time you will spend to master it. The script editor is fairly intuitive so I won't bother to detail its use. Try double-clicking on the [..] symbol in the directories listbox of the script editor to navigate around on your hard drive. Play with the buttons. With a little experimentation, you should be able to add MID and WAV sound files to your scripts, provided you have a sound card that supports general midi (most do). If you have a CD-ROM drive, you can also play CD audio from a script. I have included two additional script files MIDI.AAS and CDAUDIO.AAS to get you started. They require the Windows MCI sequencer and CD audio drivers to be installed. MIDI.AAS expects the file C:\WINDOWS\CANYON.MID to be on your hard drive. CDAUDIO.AAS expects to find an audio CD in the CD-ROM drive. If you need more help, try asking around on the ASOFT forum on Compuserve. If there is enough interest, I'll try to add online help in future versions of Shhpoonnk. TROUBLESHOOTING FILE ERROR: CANNOT FIND AAPLAY.DLL Shhpoonnk requires the files AAPLAY.DLL and AAVGA.DLL to be present in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory to run properly. If these files have been removed from this archive or diskette, you may be able to find them on a local BBS. They are also in the ASOFT forum on Compuserve. SCRIPT FILE ERROR: AALOAD COULD NOT LOAD THE SCRIPT FILE Use a text editor (Notepad) to examine the currently selected script. Verify the paths for each line in the script file are correct, and the animations exist in the specified directory. CORRUPTED DISPLAY or WON'T DISPLAY ANIMATIONS PROPERLY. Try changing the Int2f setting. Restart Shhpoonnk to enable new setting. ANIMATION IS NOT PLAYING FULL SCREEN Make sure that AAVGA.DLL is in the C:WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Also use the script editor to verify the Use Full Screen setting for the animation is enabled. ANIMATION IS JERKY These animations should play smoothly on a 386-33 or better machine. If the hard drive is being accessed during animation playing, use the script editor to enable the Load Into Memory setting for that animation. If only one animation is present in the script, and you want looping, use the script editor to change the Duration setting to Forever, instead of using a looping script. BUGS (uggghh!) I love to get bug reports. Other suggestions for improving Shhpoonnk are also very welcome. Send email to my Internet address below and I'll try to get the changes into the next release. DISTRIBUTION SHHPOONK.EXE, DORJ3.FLI, and PLANEPM.FLI are freeware, but not public domain. These files are Copyright c. 1995 Pure Magic. All Rights Reserved. These files may be distributed freely provided the following conditions are met: 1. All of the files in this release (as detailed below) must remain together and in their original unmodified form. 2. No money may be charged for them, beyond a reasonable fee for copying and distribution, not to exceed $5.00. 3. They are not to be included in any commercial product without the express written consent of the author. FILES IN RELEASE 1.00 AAPLAY.DLL - Autodesk animation player DLL. AAVGA.DLL - Autodesk VGA interface DLL. DORJ3.FLI - Pure Magic animation file. PLANEPM.FLI - Pure Magic animation file. README.TXT - This file. SETUP.EXE - Installation program. SETUP.INI - Installation file. SHHPOONK.AAS - Shhpoonnk script file. SHHPOONK.EXE - Shhpoonnk program. UNINSTAL.TXT - Uninstall text. HOW TO CONTACT THE AUTHOR Internet correspondence with the author may be directed to: rayo@efn.org LEGAL STUFF THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND PURE MAGIC. THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT BECOME BINDING WHEN YOU USE THE SHHPOONNK PROGRAM. SHHPOONNK IS FREEWARE AND IS SUPPLIED AS IS WITH NO CLAIMS OF SUITABILITY FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER PURE MAGIC NOR ITS DISTRIBUTORS ASSUMES ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY ALLEGED OR ACTUAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM OR ANY OF THE ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE OR ANIMATION. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Oregon. Autodesk, Inc. is the sole owner of the enclosed files AAPLAY.DLL and AAVGA.DLL. Autodesk is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc. Windows and Visual C++ are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Shhpoonnk, Brainsavers, and Pure Magic are trademarks of Pure Magic.