Tentacle Screensaver        
 Remco de Korte - 2001-2002

version 2.0

Short Info
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Tentacle displays 3D rendered tentacles creeping 
in from the sides of your screen.

To run Tentacle you'll need Win95, Win98, WinNT 
or Win2000.

Tentacle.exe will install the screensaver to a 
directory of your choice. Run this program again 
to uninstall the saver.


Options
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Blank Screen
  blanks the screen instead of showing your
  desktop

DropShadow
  draws a shadow behind the tentacles.

Dirt Stains 
  makes the tentacles leave dirty stains on 
  your desktop.

Wear & Tear
  same as the Dirt Stains but here it seems the
  desktop is being worn away.

Number of Tentacles
  set the maximum number of tentacles that 
  appear simultaneously. The screensaver starts
  with one single tentacle and will show more
  up to the the set maximum.

Speed
  mainly to slow down the movement on fast
  systems. 

Most of these options can cause the saver to
run slower.


Versions
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v1.2 
  - is the first release of the completed 
  saver.

v1.2b 
  - has a bug fixed - the saver didn't look
  right in 16-bit mode.
  - Some internal changes made the filesize
  slightly smaller.

v1.3
  - option to blank screen added.

v1.4
  - a bug fixed that caused the saver to crash
  on some systems
  - blank screen changed
  - Weat & Tear option added
  - option to set the number of tentacles added

v2.0
  - new graphics
  - one tentacle can reach to the middle of the 
  screen (up to resolutions of 1280x1024)
  - password protection
  - improved graphics routines
  - speed option

Acknowledgements
----------------

The graphics for Tentacle were made with the 
free raytracer POV-Ray (http://www.povray.org).

Dropshadow-feature was added after a 
suggestion by Peter Warren.

The installer was made by Brian Anderson.

This program was compressed with UPX, 
The Ultimate Packer for eXecutables
1996-2000 Markus Oberhumer & Laszlo Molnar, 
http://upx.tsx.org.


Distribution & contact
----------------------

This program is freeware. You are free to 
distribute it on the internet, as long as
you don't alter the package. For questions
about distribution on cd's or otherwise
please contact me at the adress below.

Questions & comments are welcome at: 
remco@onwijs.com

You can find more free screensavers at:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~remcodek/ or
http://www.onwijs.com/

