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The Skyrocket screensaver is written for Windows. It uses OpenGL
for graphics and requires OpenGL hardware acceleration for optimum
performance. If you don't have it, you'll see a very slow framerate.
OpenAL is used for the sound effects. You'll need the OpenAL32.dll,
so I have included it in skyrocket.zip just in case you don't already
have it. OpenAL is free software as described by the LGPL, which is
also included in skyrocket.zip. More information about OpenGL and
OpenAL can be obtained at www.opengl.org and www.openal.org,
respectively.
Skyrocket is freeware, so there is no support available for this saver,
but feel free to send comments and suggestions to me (Terry). Contact
information is available on my website: http://www.reallyslick.com
Installation instructions:
1. Extract the files from this .zip file using your favorite zip
program (you should have already gotten that far or you wouldn't be
reading this).
2. Place Skyrocket.scr in the directory that contains all your other
.scr files. This directory varies between versions of Windows, but
it's probably something like "Windows/System32/"
3. Similarly, you'll need to put OpenAL32.dll in the directory that
contains all your other .dll files. If you can't find the correct
directories, go to the "Start" menu, click on "Search," and perform a
search for .scr or .dll files.
4. Open your "Display Properties" window by right-clicking on your
desktop background. Click on the "Screen Saver" tab and select this
saver.
Controlling Skyrocket:
You can have some control over Skyrocket with the following keyboard
commands.
a - Pause the action (particle physics stops updating)
s - Slow motion (slows down the particle physics)
c - Pause the camera (camera stops moving)
n - New camera view
m - Toggle mouse camera control
types of explosions to launch:
1 - Sphere
2 - Split sphere
3 - Three-colored sphere
4 - Ring
5 - Double sphere
6 - Sphere and ring
7 - Streamers
8 - Meteors
9 - Streamers and little sphere
0 - Meteors and little sphere
q - Streamers inside sphere
w - Meteors inside sphere
e - Cluster of sphere explosions
r - Cluster of streamer explosions
t - Cluster of meteor explosions
y - Little firecrackers
u - Bees
i - Loud boom
o - Spinner