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The 3D Fish Tank is still under development and we have been working hard to add in all of the requested features that you have asked for.

If you have any ideas, comments or suggestions on the 3D Fish Tank product please email us and we will listen and accept any advice..
 		 3D Fish Tank Screen Saver / Simulator Evaluation
Updated: Saturday, 13-Jan-2007 09:00:47 PST


Combine the power of the latest 3d video cards with the desire to create a fully immersive and interactive 3d fish tank.

This is not only a screen saver it is a fully interactive fish tank simulator (e.g add fish, plants, rocks and airstones etc. Feed them flakes, worms or pellets and watch them grow).

System Requirements:

  • 300 Mhz Intel or AMD processor or greater
  • 128 MB of System Memory (The Fish Tank uses +22MB)
  • 16+ Megabyte 3D Video Card (e.g ATI or Nvidia Chipset)
  • Microsoft Direct X 8.1 (for Win98 & Me , 2000 or XP (XP ships with DirectX 8.1)

Key Features:

  • Windowed,  Full Screen or Screen Saver Mode.
  • Positional 5 Speaker Direct3D Surround Sound.
  • 100% customisable, evolving, interactive fish and environment.
  • Microsoft DirectX 8.1 API support.
  • Supports any software/hardware video resolution (e.g 1600x1200-32bit).
  • Hardware Multi-texturing (blending).

Screenshot:


    The final version will be released soon. Beat the price rise and become a gold member today.
    If you make a donation over $15 US Today you will become a gold member and you will receive all future BETA and Final versions of the 3DFishTank for FREE (including to soon to be released version 2). 


    Offer Expires when the product is released.

      Download the 3dFishTank (v1.1.0086 BETA) Setup

        This product is still in development and is not 100% finished yet (about 82.9%), you can still download the PRE RELEASE BETA version (v1.1.0086) below and tweak some settings in the .Fishtank or .Fish files, textures or display options.

        Step 1:

         Download the 3DFishtank setup file below (released 10th December 2002):

        HTTP:  N/A (Offline)

              or from here

        FTP:  N/A (Offline)



        All beta downloads of the 3DFishTank are not available until the product is released soon.

        Step 2:

        Double click on the saved file and follow the instructions to extract the files to 'C:\Program Files\3DFishTank\v1.1.0086' (or any folder you choose).

        Step 3:

         When prompted at the end of the installation run the 3DFishTank program to configure the pre release preview version of the 3D FishTank

        Step 4:

         Enjoy the 3DFishTank and don't forget to view the help file to learn the shortcut keys.

        Step 5:

        (Only if you need the runtime files.)


        If you receive a 'cannot find file msvbvm60.dll' you may need to download and extract the required system files below

        HTTP:  3DFishTank-PreReleaseDemo-RunTimesFiles.exe (1.7 MB)

              or from here

        FTP:  3DFishTank-PreReleaseDemo-RunTimesFiles.exe (1.7 MB)

         

      Keyboard Configuration

        Key Action
           
          3D Adapter Controls
        [F2] Show the Change Resolution Form
        [ALT]+[ENTER] Enter/Leave Full Screen Mode
           
          Customizing the Fish Tank
        [CTRL]+[G] Bring up the Edit Fish Tank Forms
        [S] Turn On/Off Shadows (if video card support multi textureing)
        [W] Turn On/Off Wireframe Mode
        [T] Turn On/Off Trippy Mode (does not clear each frame)
        [L] Turn On/Off Fluro Light
        [P] Turn On/Off Pussy Cat Mode (watches a fish)
        [D] Turn On/Off Debug Mode (watch the fish make decisions)
           
          Camera Controls (Fish Cam)
        [TAB] Change the fishcam to another random fish
           
          Camera Controls (External)
        [NumPad1] Camera move to Bottom Left
        [NumPad2] Camera move to Bottom Middle
        [NumPad3] Camera move to Bottom Right
        [NumPad4] Camera move to Middle Left
        [NumPad5] Camera move to Middle
        [NumPad6] Camera move to Middle Right
        [NumPad7] Camera move to Top Left
        [NumPad8] Camera move to Top Middle
        [NumPad9] Camera move to Top Right
        [Up Arrow] Camera to look Up
        [Down Arrow] Camera to look Down
        [Left Arrow] Camera to look Left
        [Right Arrow] Camera to look Right
           
          Debug Controls (while under development)
        [1] All fish will look for somewhere to sleep
        [2] All fish will think they are eating
        [3] All fish will look for somewhere to rest
        [4] All fish will look for food
        [5] All fish will swimming (anywhere)
        [6] All fish will think they are being attacked
           
        [IntelliWheel UP] Zoom in on the 3d FishTank (telescope mode)
        [IntelliWheel DN] Zoom out on the 3d FishTank (telescope mode)
        IntelliWheel UP + Shift Walk towards the FishTank
        IntelliWheel DN + Shift Walk away from  the FishTank (upto 5 meters)
           
           
           
           
        Version 2 will be released soon. Beat the price rise and become a gold member today.
        If you make a donation over $15 US Today you will become a gold member and you will receive all future BETA and Final versions of the 3DFishTank for FREE (including to soon to be released version 2). 


        Offer Expires when the product is released.

          Other Information

            Read the complete 3d FishTank Development Log to see what has been added to the product.

            This test version has artificial intelligence like code added to the fish to allow them to decide where to move around the 3d fish tank. The fish have 7 states (Sleeping, Eating, Resting, Searching, Swimming, Urgent Movement and Deciding).

            I am working very hard to finish this ASAP, This sub version release adds the most amount of enhancements over previous versions

          Finally

            Thank you for your patience, Enjoy



            

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