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      The Lord of the Rings 3D Screen Saver v1.5 for Win95/98/NT4/2K
                            by ROBERT BENNETT
                     EMAIL: Rob@UselessCreations.com
                              ICQ# 14073622
                      RELEASED: 19th November, 2001
                  http://www.UselessCreations.com/lotr
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* ARCHIVE CONTENTS

  LordOfTheRings3D.zip
    - LordOfTheRings3D.scr
    - readme.txt


* INSTALLATION

  To install, simply copy the "LordOfTheRings3D.scr" file to the windows 
  folder (normaly C:\WINDOWS). Then go the Display options in 
  Control Panel and in the Screen Saver section select LordOfTheRings3D!

  To remove simply delete the "LordOfTheRings3D.scr" file from the windows
  folder, but why you want to do this is beyond my comprehension.


* SETTINGS:

  To get to the settings screen go to Display options in Control Panel and
  in the Screen Saver section click on Settings.

  Here you'll find all sorts of nifty options that let you turn the
  count down timer on and off, set the date it counts to, and select
  the amount of rings floatin' round at a time.


* RELEASE NOTES:

  I saw the preview to the upcoming movie "The Fellowship of the Ring"
  not long ago, which is part 1 of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
  I was impressed but I figured that this things been a classic novel
  for decades so I should probably read it before seeing the movie.
  So I went out n got myself a copy of the the book of the same and its
  probably better than I expected.

  Anyway, I then downloaded the official screen saver, which looks good
  but its so repetitive that it wasn't long til I was thoroughly bored.
  So I looked for a fan made one and only found afew slide show types
  that had some great pics and looked good but they were also endless
  cycles put together with some screen saver building program (wheres
  the fun in that?!) so I decided I'd throw together a quick one of
  my own. And here it is!

  This screen saver uses OpenGL 3D acceleration so if you get DLL errors
  you probably need to download and install the following
  (altho almost all versions of Windows come with it these days):

  ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/opengl95.exe

  If you use/like/hate/sniff/spot bugs in/thoroughly enjoy this screen
  saver drop me an email!

  Enjoy!


* VERSION HISTORY

  1.5  19/11/2001  Minor bug fix and Additional pictures
                   - Fixed bug where only the first 4 characters of the
                     countdown message were being saved under NT/2K/XP.
                   - Amount of pictures doubled.

  1.1  13/05/2001  Big bug fix for some video cards
                   - The rings were simply disappearing instead of fading
                     on some video card. This should now be fixed.
                     (if anyone knows why glDrawElements is messing up
                     the fog effect I'd love an explanation!)
                   - Speed increase!

  1.0A 30/04/2001  Minor bug fixes
                   - Arwen's name was spelt wrong.
                   - The countdown restarted once you passed the target.

  1.0  29/04/2001  Original Release
                   - Nice shiny rings floatin' round displaying images.

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The screen saver itself is Copyright  Robert Bennett 2001.
This screen saver is meant as a tribute to the Lord of the Rings,
no copyright infringement is intended.
This software is FREE and may not be used for profit.
If you like and use it, send me an email!
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This screen saver is provided as is. The author takes no responsibility
for any damage that is done to your system thru it's use.
It works fine for me! If it doesn't for you, it aint my fault!
This product is not guaranteed to save your screen from burn in or any
other form of damage. (eg. feeding it to a hobbit..)
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