Read Me - Phantom Butterflies 1.0.0b0 (OpenGL)

Notes

Phantom Butterflies is a screen saver that displays a flight of glowing butterflies.

This version of Phantom Butterflies is a port of the original OpenGL-based Mac OS X screensaver. This version runs under OpenGL.

This software is in beta status due to a lack of sufficient testing, particularly for operating systems other than Windows XP SP2 or for multi-monitor configurations.

For updates and other versions of this screensaver, please visit http://www.whiteknightlogic.net/code.php?8.

Cheers,
Martin Thorne
martin.thorne@whiteknightlogic.net
October 29, 2007.

System Requirements

OpenGL 1.1 or later
Windows XP Service Pack 2
3D accelerated graphics card recommended

This software has not been tested with any versions of Windows Vista, and is not known to function properly under it.

Installation

Extract the files from this .zip file using the zip extraction program of your choice. You have probably already done this.
Place the PhantomButterfliesGL.scr file in the directory containing all your other .scr files. This directory varies between versions of Windows, but it's probably something like "Windows\System32\". Alternately, you may move the .scr file somewhere where it won't be deleted, right-click on it, and choose the "Install" option.
Open your "Display Properties" window by right-clicking on your desktop background and selecting "Properties". Click on the "Screen Saver" tab and select PhantomButterfliesGL".

Options

Phantom Butterflies has a several parameters that can be set to adjust the behavior and rendering of the particle system. To change Phantom Butterflies' options, open the "Display Properties" window by right-clicking on your desktop background and selecting "Properties". Click on the "Screen Saver" tab, select "PhantomButterfliesGL" from the list of screen savers, and click on the "Settings" button.

Colors	Selects the color scheme of the butterflies. Select "Random" to select a different color each time the screen saver starts up. Select "Cycle" to switch colors from time to time.
Glow	Enables or disables the glow effect.
Butterflies	Adjusts the number of butterflies on screen at a time.
Reset	Resets the screen saver to the factory settings.

Phantom Butterflies is neither computationally nor graphically intensive and should run smoothly on virtually any fairly recent computer. If you are experiencing slowdown or stuttering, try reducing the "Butterflies" slider or unchecking the "Glow" option.

Development History

1.0.0
Initial release version (Mac OS X)

1.0.0b0
Initial Windows release (OpenGL)

Disclaimer

This software is provided as is. The author accepts no liability for any damage arising in any way whatsoever from the use, reproduction, modification or distribution of this software.