NCC-1701 (MOTION PICTURE VERSION) FIRING PHOTON TORPDOES
                         by Maurice Molyneaux
                     "mini" version with AVS sound
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 
TITLE:      ANIMATION-- MINITORP.SEQ (a 50% image reduction of the
                        [unreleased] file TORPFIRE.SEQ) 
            SOUND--     PHOTORP2.SPL
            AVS--       MINITORP.AVS
ARTIST:     Maurice Molyneaux
DATE:       1989, 1990
RIGHTS:     This animation may be distributed freely as long as this
            text accompanies all copies of the animation and the
            artist's name is not removed from the animation.
FILE TYPE:  Cyber Paint .SEQ (sequence) file
PLAYBACK:   ANIMATION ONLY-- Cyber Paint or AnimateX program (Atari ST)
                             Autodesk Animator (IBM PC)
            WITH SOUND--     AVS Player or TALKIES! programs (ST only).
 
 
THE ANIMATION
 
This animation depicts the "movie" Enterprise firing photon torpedoes. 
The file was created when I decided to test my ability to replicate the
fiercest-looking torpedo effects seen in any Trek adventure, namely, those
ray spraying torpedoes fired by the Klingons in STAR TREK: THE MOTION
PICTURE.  The torpedoes (two fo them) emerge from the base of the ship's
"neck" and come nearly head-on at the camera (passing just to camera
right).
 
If you're using an AVS player, play the animation in LOOP mode to get the
full effect.  NOTE: Playing this animation backwards or in pong-pong mode
looks weird as the ship "sucks up" the torpedoes!
 
 
HOW-TO
 
The animation was created using several programs.  The Enterprise was a
3-D model constructed initially in CAD-3D and later "tweaked" in Cyber
Sculpt.  Light sources were moved alonmg the torpedo paths to cerate
interactive lighting.  The actual shifting ray effect, while it might seem
random, is a carefully designed effect (which I'm not giving away right
now).
 
AVS NOTES
 
If you're going to be loading the animation and/or .SPL sound files from
any directory path other than the root of drive A, you'll have to edit the
MINITORP.AVS file.  Load it into a text editor and change the paths for
the files to the paths where you will be loading them from.  For instance,
if you saved the files to a folder on drive D called AVSFILES, you would
edit the file from this:
 
      TICKS 240
      SEQ A:\MINITORP.SEQ 0 2 1
      SPL A:\PHOTORP2.SPL 10 4 2
 
And change it to this:
 
      TICKS 240
      SEQ D:\AVSFILES\MINITORP.SEQ 0 2 1
      SPL D:\AVSFILES\PHOTORP2.SPL 10 4 2
 
MEMORY
 
The animation itself should load on ANY ST or TT computer provided it has
a least 512K of RAM.  512K users may have clear other utilities (desk
accessories, etc.) from memory if there is a problem.  I think the AVS
version should work on a 512K machine, but haven't been able to test the
theory yet.
 
 
I can be contacted on DELPHI by sending mail to MAURICEM.