Iridescence by Fulcrum [web]
Iridescence by Fulcrum (party version) -------------------------------------- on the net: fulcrum.antisoc.net Run the demo by starting the run.bat file! The RunBigScreenGamma.bat file is for the Buenzli orgos, to run the demo with changed gamma correction for the beamer. I suggest you change the resolution in the SDL.ini file, because it's set to 800*600 now because that's what the beamer at Buenzli uses. Sorry, fancy setup-dialog STILL not available. Requirements: ------------- - Windows (only tested on XP), - your CPU should support SSE instructions, so at least a Pentium 3 or an Athlon 4 D. - OpenGL 1.5 compatible Videocard, because I use point sprites and vertex buffer objects. - A soundcard if you like your demos with music. - Doesn't need much memory (128?), but a fast bus between the videocard and the rest of the system is a must. Laptop 3D chipsets may not be happy with this demo. The demo runs almost entirely above 100 FPS on my new laptop, which has a 1.8 ghz Core2duo and a mobile 8600 GT. Note that the demo doesn't use any shaders, just good old transparant textures, so a fast old card will work much better than a DirectX10 budget one. General info: ------------- The demo is almost entirely made with 3D flame fractals. They are an extension on IFS fractals, which I used in my first demo. I haven't seen any 3D versions of them before, let alone realtime, so I'm quite proud of them (of course, the quality is a bit coarser than what you get if you let Apophysis render a few hours :)). I got the idea to do them when I was optimising my old IFS effect, to release the final version of Heliosphere ( which still hasn't been finished yet, sorry! Especially to RBBS, who I forgot to greet in the partyversion :( ). Anyway, I got sidetracked and here's the result. Hope you like it. Disclaimer: ----------- This demo was coded at various demoparties in 3 sleep-deprived weekends. Anything that happens when you run it is not my fault. Libraries: ---------- This demo uses the following libraries: SMPeg and SDL under the LGPL (see a copy in Flame/COPYING), JpegLib under the modified BSD license, Xerces under the Apache Software License 2.0, and ZLib and LibPNG under the zlib/libpng license;
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