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Void where | prototyped. European and | Australians please add 20% downloading time.] ==[Contents]=================================================================== Introduction..................................Snowman Program Notes.................................Trixter Credits Greetings ==[Introduction]=============================================================== 2500 miles and 2.3 gigs ago I downloaded Chromatiks. I was Snowman of Digital Infinity, maintaining the /music section on a budding little archive in Florida. A newly uploaded musicdisk -- Chromatiks -- caught my attention; not because of the music, not because of the interface, but because of the coder (Trixter). I dropped a "good job, keep up the great work" sort of e-mail and two years later find myself writing/editing this text. It's already been a month and a half since NAID '96. Seems like the days just slip by faster and faster. I used to think releases were old if I had downloaded them a week ago. Now you'll hear me say things like "I hope to have our web pages completed by May of next year." Seems like there's this time rift all long-time sceners fall into... As I sit here, I can't help but think of all the productions the PC scene has released over the years. Thousands upon thousands of files are on our archive, each one the result of dedicated effort. With all of those files, how does Explicit really fit into the big picture? Three years down the road, who will still remember it? Trixter will. Stony will. Phred will. Tek will. I will. Don't think of Explicit in terms of filesize, DemoNews rating or FPS. Think of it as our -- Hornet and OTM's -- humble contribution to the scene. It wasn't done for money. It didn't help us find a girlfriend or a job. The BBC won't be busting down our doors for an interview. We did this for fun and because it _meant_ something. It meant contributing to that organic and electric underground presence that is The Demo Scene. For us, NAID was an awesome opportunity to express ourselves and join together with our brothers and sisters. Many memories and friendships were forged. A good time -- so to speak -- was had by all. But with this file uploaded and new projects on the board, our minds move on. That itchy omnipresent feeling of anticipation has passed. Who knows if everyone who worked on this demo will be around next year, or the year after that. I personally don't care. What matters is that we were all there _together_, in mind if not in body, on June 2nd, 1996. Journey onward. Explicit. Snowman / Hornet - r3cgm@cdrom.com ==[Program Notes]============================================================== First of all: The demo loads data from the disk while the demo is running in an effort to cut down on the memory requirements. So, if the demo loses sync or misses some sections entirely, install a disk cache. The font and font unit were created completely from scratch for this demo, and can handle proportional-spaced fonts with full baselines, kerning, and clipping. No big whoop, but something I should've done a while ago. The demo was created by 'coders for 'coders. As such, it contains a few sections that will probably impact coders the most. It was coded for fun, not profit. Sure, I "talked trash" with other coders before the compo, but it was all in fun. The compo machine was a Pentium 100 with 8 MB of RAM, so this demo was written to use *and exploit* that. If you don't have a Pentium, this won't run at the full frame rate, but it will run okay if you have a PCI/VLB video card, even on a 486. (Thanks, IOR!) It even runs on a 386-16, but at that point it runs in terms of spf, not fps. :-) This demo: ...should support your sound card in some way. ...should work with any memory configuration. ...should run at the full framerate on a Pentium with a decent video card. ...should work just fine. If it doesn't, email me at trixter@mcs.com. But don't email me if you can't find the hidden part, because I won't tell you. Whip out the debugger and find out for yourself. Use "-?" as a command-line switch to see some additional options. A note about the Inertia 3D engine: this engine is being coded by Alex Chalfin and Jeroen Bowens, and will be released with GFXFX3 as a joint project between Alex Chalfin, Jeroen Bowens, Bas van Galaan, and Sean Palmer. Trixter / Hornet - trixter@mcs.com ==[Credits]==================================================================== _____Trixter / Hornet _____Tek / FM Main assembly Music Design Suggestions Font unit Motion Blur _____Stony / Hornet Video packing/conversion Music engine rewrite Graphics Timeline ANSI/ASCII _____Phred / OTM _____Otto and Jussi / Virtual Visions Inertia 3D engine Initial version of music engine Design Sprite Clipping _____Snowman / Hornet Bitmap stretching/smoothing Real-time Julia Morpher Formatting of this text :) Fanatical flying Cubez Utilities ==[Greetings]================================================================== Trixter Greets: #coders #trax Basehead / FM Daredevil / Ren'96 Dark Avenger / DDD Diablo / Hornet GD / Hornet Henchman / FC Houman IOR / Hornet Jussi L. / Virtual Visions Kiwidog / Hornet Kneebiter / 3some LakEE / Craw Leviathan / KFMF Liket / Goto10 MED / NAID-Apraxia Mr. Kahn / NAID-Apraxia Mr P. / Powersource Necros / FM Otto Chrons / Virtual Visions Phred / OTM Psychoman / Craw Pyromaniac / Pure Resistance Rex Deathstar Skaven / FC Snibble / DCB Snowman / Hornet Struk / NAID-Apraxia The REW / Nostalgia Walken / Impact Studios Xerxes / Night55 ACME Andromeda EMF Kefrens Nuclear Meltdown Productions Sonic PC Spaceballs Toxic Zombies - Main Men Greets (OTM Crew) - Hurricane Malice NameShift Stalker Supreme Tek Voltaire Zilym - Special Project Greets (GFXFX3 Crew) - Explorer Prowler Sean Palmer - Dude Greets - Anixter Fred Hastanan Kiwidog Kneebiter Kodiak Mainframe MidNight Moopy MrData MrP MrZ Omni Ravian SmegHead TimJ Vastator Wog Zed _____Trixter's Personal Greetings To Tek and Stony, for joining in; and especially Phred, for without whom this wouldn't have been inspired in the first place. Catwoman : I love you! You're my very best friend! 3some : Congrats on 1st place! Edge / EMF : Did the army suck the demo scene out of you? Henchman / FC : Your insight into Finnish and American culture has always kept our conversations interesting. Good luck with Remedy! Jussi / VV : Without some of your help in the past, this demo might not have been possible. Liket : Thanks for the screen modes, and thanks again for converting my 320x600 into 50Hz! Mr. Kahn, MED, and Struk : Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the best demoparties EVER!! I hope we can all keep it up!! Necros / FM : You're very understanding, and a great person. You'll go far! REW : Here's your greet! GREET! I didn't forget! GREET!! ;-D Rex Deathstar : How the hell did you learn all this? Thanks for your insight! Skaven / FC : I really should write you back... :-( But how are those Irish lasses? ;) Snowman / Hornet : Okay, pal, now it's your turn! You can do it! Spaceballs : Here's 9 fingers for the PC, all nice and chunky instead of planar. :-) Will you ever release your algorithm for tracing bitmaps into polys? Every ANSI-scene member who contacted me with *legitimate concern* and *constructive criticism* [ Stony's greetings fly out to (all in Alfabetic order): ] +Ф-- -- -Ф - - -Ф-- --- - -- Ф- --Ф-- -ФФ+ Г Da BitJunk BoulderBrain Further greetings go Г | Danny Dope to all groups with a Elliot Cyber DC cool attitude who D-Luxe Guido G. are (or were) present | | Jeanny JL "M'n Hummelke" in the demo-scene. Г Г LizardKing LowLife MegaBitch MeriaDoc Sorry if you are not Mr. Spock Photon Inc. mentioned in this Г | The Raver Rolf list of greets but, as | Twynn TyZM, always on moments of Г Walyx Willian O. writing greets, I may Г Wizz have forgotten some. 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