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StarInfo/Wareham/!Tunnel/!Help
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| Filename: | StarInfo/Wareham/!Tunnel/!Help |
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| File size: | 05A4 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Tunnel (v 2.00) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ by Richard Wareham E-Mail : rjwareham@hotmail.com The original Tunnel program took up a massive 400K of disc space. This has now been reduced to the 20K (including documentation) that this version takes up. This program is capable of creating the effect of flying down a - depth cued - texture mapped or - flame mapped tunnel. To run simply dounble click on !Tunnel. You will be asked if you wish to use depth-cueing. This can slow the display due to the slow method of displaying the depth-cue data. You will also be asked if you want to flame-map the tunnel walls. If you do this, the walls of the tunnel will appear to be a roaring fire. Otherwise, a 64x64 texture will be used. This texture is a sprite-file called 'texture' inside the application directory if you want to modify it. You can also opt to use a large or small tunnel display. The smaller tunnel is quicker to draw. Once the tunnel is on the screen, pressing Select causes you to accellerate and Adjust causes you to decelerate. Moving the mouse causes you to roll side to side while pressing Menu toggles on and off 'sick mode' which should not be used on a full-stomach. You have been warned. Details of the algorithm used are present in the docs directory inside the application dierctory. The flame algorithm used is based on one described in a past issue of Acorn User but I can't remember which. R. Wareham - Feb 1998
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This has n| 000000a0 6f 77 20 62 65 65 6e 20 72 65 64 75 63 65 64 20 |ow been reduced | 000000b0 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 32 30 4b 0a 28 69 6e 63 6c |to the 20K.(incl| 000000c0 75 64 69 6e 67 20 64 6f 63 75 6d 65 6e 74 61 74 |uding documentat| 000000d0 69 6f 6e 29 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 76 |ion) that this v| 000000e0 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 74 61 6b 65 73 0a 75 70 2e |ersion takes.up.| 000000f0 0a 20 54 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 |. This program i| 00000100 73 20 63 61 70 61 62 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 63 72 65 |s capable of cre| 00000110 61 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 65 66 66 65 63 74 |ating the effect| 00000120 20 6f 66 0a 66 6c 79 69 6e 67 20 64 6f 77 6e 20 | of.flying down | 00000130 61 0a 0a 20 2d 20 64 65 70 74 68 20 63 75 65 64 |a.. - depth cued| 00000140 0a 20 2d 20 74 65 78 74 75 72 65 20 6d 61 70 70 |. - texture mapp| 00000150 65 64 20 6f 72 0a 20 2d 20 66 6c 61 6d 65 20 6d |ed or. - flame m| 00000160 61 70 70 65 64 20 0a 20 0a 20 74 75 6e 6e 65 6c |apped . . tunnel| 00000170 2e 0a 20 54 6f 20 72 75 6e 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 |.. To run simply| 00000180 20 64 6f 75 6e 62 6c 65 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f | dounble click o| 00000190 6e 20 21 54 75 6e 6e 65 6c 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 77 |n !Tunnel. You w| 000001a0 69 6c 6c 0a 62 65 20 61 73 6b 65 64 20 69 66 20 |ill.be asked if | 000001b0 79 6f 75 20 77 69 73 68 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 20 |you wish to use | 000001c0 64 65 70 74 68 2d 63 75 65 69 6e 67 2e 20 54 68 |depth-cueing. Th| 000001d0 69 73 20 63 61 6e 0a 73 6c 6f 77 20 74 68 65 20 |is can.slow the | 000001e0 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 64 75 65 20 74 6f 20 74 |display due to t| 000001f0 68 65 20 73 6c 6f 77 20 6d 65 74 68 6f 64 20 6f |he slow method o| 00000200 66 0a 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 |f.displaying the| 00000210 20 64 65 70 74 68 2d 63 75 65 20 64 61 74 61 2e | depth-cue data.| 00000220 0a 20 59 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 |. You will also | 00000230 62 65 20 61 73 6b 65 64 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 |be asked if you | 00000240 77 61 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 66 6c 61 6d 65 2d 6d 61 |want to flame-ma| 00000250 70 20 74 68 65 0a 74 75 6e 6e 65 6c 20 77 61 6c |p the.tunnel wal| 00000260 6c 73 2e 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 64 6f 20 74 68 |ls. 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Wareham - Feb | 000005a0 31 39 39 38 |1998| 000005a4
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