

                           . P s y G a z e r .

                        - The Voice Of Kassandra -

                      (c)  Xevius productions  1997



                            ____. Credits .____


                Code, Graphics, Modelling and Design by Blazer,
                  Soundtrack and additional Graphics by Hideo,
                     Un-realtime rendering by Painless,
              Additional help, ideas and support by Drake and Cape

                   Music system (midas) by Sahara Surfers
                  DOS Extender (pmode) by Tran & Daredevil




  About this demonstration
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  PsyGazer is the result of several hours of hard work since the release
  of our second demo: "Plan B".

  The demo was originally intended to be released at The Party 1996, but
  since we didn't feel that it was quite finished we decided to wait.

  We would like to thank the people who have seen the demo in its beta-
  state, and encouraged us to finish it.  Thanks.




  Requirements
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  Processor:  Pentium   (486 will also work).
  Memory   :   >=16MB   (no less, sorry)
  Soundcard:  GUS(1MB), SB, PAS or WSS   (nosound also supported)
  Graphics :  VBE 2.0   (standard VGA also supported)
  Op.System:      DOS   (will also run in a Windows 95 or OS/2 dos-box)
  Diskspace:    3.4MB



  Legal stuff
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  Two simple rules:

  1. We can and will not be held responsible for this demos behavior.
     If anything bad happens when you run this demo, it's not our fault.

  2. You can freely distribute this demo, as long as the included files
     aren't changed or tampered with in any way, and as long as no
     profit is made.




  Running the demo
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  This demo takes advantage of _linear_ truecolor modes (16 million colors),
  made possible by the VESA BIOS Extensions 2.0 and above.
  If your videocard dosn't support VBE 2.0, you can use SciTech's univbe.

  For best performance check that your videocard supports 320x200 in 32bit
  or 320x200 in 24bit.  The demo will also run on videocards that only
  support linear 640x400 in 32bit or 24bit by faking a lower resolution, but
  this is slower than using the real thing.

  If your graphics adapter isn't capable of using neither 24bit nor 32bit
  graphics, your can use the -hicolor switch, which will try to run the
  demo in a 15bit hicolor mode.

  I everything fails, you can run the demo in standard 320x200x256 in
  black & white using the -bw switch, or you can use the -fake switch,
  which will try to emulate 24bit using a tweaked VGA mode with 12bit color
  dithering. This is however both ugly and slow, so we really can't recommend
  it.

  By default the demo will try to use double or triple buffering for smooth
  animation, depending on the amount of RAM on your graphics adapter.
  If this (for some strange reason) won't work on your card, you can disable
  it by using the -novbuf switch.

  It is also possible to run the demo in a "scanline-smoothing-mode" using
  the -smooth switch, where the demo skips every other scanline, resulting in
  faster rendering. Some people like it...some don't.
  note: this option works best with higher resolutions.

  To run the demo in other resolutions, use the -video or -config switch.
  Note however that the demo originally was designed for 320x200.  This
  means that 3D effects will run in the selected resolution, while 2D
  effect only will be rescaled. Also note that a _fast_ computer is needed
  for high resolutions...duh?

  blah blah blah...look for more options below.




  Command-line options - overview
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    config        Configures video and soundcard settings.
    sound         Configures soundcard settings.
    video         Configures video settings.
    hicolor       Forces use of linear 15bit mode.
    fake          Forces use of faked 12bit mode in tweaked VGA.
    bw            Forces use of standard VGA in black & white.
    smooth        Enables scanline-smoothing.
    novbuf        Disables video buffering.
    nofades       Disable colorfades.
    retrace       Enables retrace check.
    lowmem        Minimize memory requirements.
    help          Displays the command-line options.




  Greetings to
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  Xtacy, fudGe, Polka Brothers, INF, Bong, mfx, Stasis, Prone, Purple,
  Ultrabeat, Blasphemy, Omicron, Mist, Diffusion, Sh0dan, Puzzle, n-Factor,
  Balance, TRiP, Cubic Team, Bomb, Oxygene, Analogue, Jamm, Complex, EMF,
  Plant, tdc, Orange, Imphobia, Halcyon, CNCD,  Dubius, WaterLogic, Coma,
  Xography, Sublogic
  



  Internet Connections
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  Xevius productions official homepage:
            http://www.gbar.dtu.dk/~c948212/Xevius.html
  
  Blazer:   Kasper Hoy Nielsen
            c948488@student.dtu.dk, http://www.gbar.dtu.dk/~c948488

  Hideo:    Emil Arffmann Hansen
            hideo@danbbs.dk, http://www.danbbs.dk/~hideo

  Painless: Jakob Keis Hansen
            c948212@student.dtu.dk, http://www.gbar.dtu.dk/~c948212


  ...also check out:


  Midas homepage: http://kalahari.ton.tut.fi/s2/midas.html

  Pmode homepage: http://www.di.net/pmw





  Xevius releases so far
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   . Dive           16th at The Party 1995.

   . Plan B          5th at Summer Encounter 1996.

   . PsyGazer        1st at Summer Encounter 1997.


   All releases are available for download on the Xevius homepage and
   on the dist.sites below.

  


  Xevius distribution sites
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  CyberNoise         +45 7474 5262   (DK)
  CountZero          +47 5512 2962   (N)
  GeniousPig         +47 6677 9464   (N)
  TNG BBS            +36 9641 4576   (HU)
  Digital Violence   038 42 14 996   (NL)
  


  Xevius signing off
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  It might be a while before you'll see another demo from Xevius.
  Blazer is tired of demo-coding at the moment, and will be working on
  some other projects.  Hideo is experimenting with "professional"
  music using midi. We are also working and studying, and our sparetime
  is therefore quite limited. However...we might return unexpectedly....;)

  Have a nice life.

  Signed
     Xevius/July 1997



