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StarInfo/Hammond/!EyeWitnes/!Help
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| Filename: | StarInfo/Hammond/!EyeWitnes/!Help |
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| File size: | 0623 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
EYE WITNESS
============================================================================
To watch your every move...
By Matthew Hammond Version 1.17
� Acorn User 1997
---INTRODUCTION-------------------------------------------------------------
This proram gives the desktop sight - through a rather nice 3D light
shaded, texture mapped eyeball that follows the mouse around the desktop.
To see it to it's best effect, use an 8bpp (256 colour) mode - such as
MODE 28 for the desktop. It will NOT benefit from any more than 256
colours on screen.
ARM 2/250 users may find MODE 13 or 15 more acceptable, at the expense of
quality due to the loss of detail.
---ONCE LOADED...-----------------------------------------------------------
Bring up the eye by clicking on the iconbar icon. You can now drag the
eye around by dragging it with the mouse.
Bringing up the menu on the eye window to allows you to QUIT, CLOSE the
eye, or send it to the BACK. You can also decide whether it should have
a TITLE BAR or not.
The iconbar icon's menu just allows you to QUIT.
---CUSTOMISING--------------------------------------------------------------
If you want to modify the eye or the background, feel free to do so. They
are held in the RESOURCES directory inside !EyeWitnes. TEXTURE contains
the eye, and BACKGROUND is the backing behind it.
But before doing so, PLEASE read the 'Read�Me!' file contained within.
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Aco| 00000100 72 6e 20 55 73 65 72 20 31 39 39 37 0a 0a 0a 0a |rn User 1997....| 00000110 2d 2d 2d 49 4e 54 52 4f 44 55 43 54 49 4f 4e 2d |---INTRODUCTION-| 00000120 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 00000150 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 20 20 |------------.. | 00000160 20 54 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 72 61 6d 20 67 69 76 | This proram giv| 00000170 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 20 73 |es the desktop s| 00000180 69 67 68 74 20 2d 20 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 20 61 |ight - through a| 00000190 20 72 61 74 68 65 72 20 6e 69 63 65 20 33 44 20 | rather nice 3D | 000001a0 6c 69 67 68 74 0a 20 20 20 73 68 61 64 65 64 2c |light. shaded,| 000001b0 20 74 65 78 74 75 72 65 20 6d 61 70 70 65 64 20 | texture mapped | 000001c0 65 79 65 62 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 61 74 20 66 6f 6c |eyeball that fol| 000001d0 6c 6f 77 73 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 61 |lows the mouse a| 000001e0 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f |round the deskto| 000001f0 70 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 54 6f 20 73 65 65 20 69 74 |p... To see it| 00000200 20 74 6f 20 69 74 27 73 20 62 65 73 74 20 65 66 | to it's best ef| 00000210 66 65 63 74 2c 20 75 73 65 20 61 6e 20 38 62 70 |fect, use an 8bp| 00000220 70 20 28 32 35 36 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 29 20 6d |p (256 colour) m| 00000230 6f 64 65 20 2d 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 73 0a 20 20 |ode - such as. | 00000240 20 4d 4f 44 45 20 32 38 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 | MODE 28 for the| 00000250 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 2e 20 49 74 20 77 69 6c | desktop. It wil| 00000260 6c 20 4e 4f 54 20 62 65 6e 65 66 69 74 20 66 72 |l NOT benefit fr| 00000270 6f 6d 20 61 6e 79 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 74 68 61 6e |om any more than| 00000280 20 32 35 36 0a 20 20 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 20 | 256. colours | 00000290 6f 6e 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 41 |on screen... A| 000002a0 52 4d 20 32 2f 32 35 30 20 75 73 65 72 73 20 6d |RM 2/250 users m| 000002b0 61 79 20 66 69 6e 64 20 4d 4f 44 45 20 31 33 20 |ay find MODE 13 | 000002c0 6f 72 20 31 35 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 61 63 63 65 70 |or 15 more accep| 000002d0 74 61 62 6c 65 2c 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 65 78 |table, at the ex| 000002e0 70 65 6e 73 65 20 6f 66 0a 20 20 20 71 75 61 6c |pense of. qual| 000002f0 69 74 79 20 64 75 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6c |ity due to the l| 00000300 6f 73 73 20 6f 66 20 64 65 74 61 69 6c 2e 0a 0a |oss of detail...| 00000310 0a 0a 2d 2d 2d 4f 4e 43 45 20 4c 4f 41 44 45 44 |..---ONCE LOADED| 00000320 2e 2e 2e 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |...-------------| 00000330 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 00000350 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a |--------------..| 00000360 20 20 20 42 72 69 6e 67 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 | Bring up the | 00000370 65 79 65 20 62 79 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 |eye by clicking | 00000380 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 62 61 72 20 69 |on the iconbar i| 00000390 63 6f 6e 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 6e 6f 77 |con. 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If| 00000510 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 6d 6f 64 | you want to mod| 00000520 69 66 79 20 74 68 65 20 65 79 65 20 6f 72 20 74 |ify the eye or t| 00000530 68 65 20 62 61 63 6b 67 72 6f 75 6e 64 2c 20 66 |he background, f| 00000540 65 65 6c 20 66 72 65 65 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 73 |eel free to do s| 00000550 6f 2e 20 54 68 65 79 0a 20 20 20 61 72 65 20 68 |o. They. are h| 00000560 65 6c 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 52 45 53 4f 55 |eld in the RESOU| 00000570 52 43 45 53 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 69 |RCES directory i| 00000580 6e 73 69 64 65 20 21 45 79 65 57 69 74 6e 65 73 |nside !EyeWitnes| 00000590 2e 20 54 45 58 54 55 52 45 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 |. TEXTURE contai| 000005a0 6e 73 0a 20 20 20 74 68 65 20 65 79 65 2c 20 61 |ns. the eye, a| 000005b0 6e 64 20 42 41 43 4b 47 52 4f 55 4e 44 20 69 73 |nd BACKGROUND is| 000005c0 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 62 65 68 | the backing beh| 000005d0 69 6e 64 20 69 74 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 42 75 74 20 |ind it... But | 000005e0 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 64 6f 69 6e 67 20 73 6f 2c |before doing so,| 000005f0 20 50 4c 45 41 53 45 20 72 65 61 64 20 74 68 65 | PLEASE read the| 00000600 20 27 52 65 61 64 a0 4d 65 21 27 20 66 69 6c 65 | 'Read.Me!' file| 00000610 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 69 | contained withi| 00000620 6e 2e 0a |n..| 00000623
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