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What's new to "Beam
v1.73":
- Windows "Password Protection"
to prevent people from seeing what's on
your desktop
- "Backgroung Lighting" for
increased scene visibility and more pleasing
look
- Streamlined Music playback features
- Some speed optimizations and bug-fixes
What's new to "Beam
v1.72":
- Improved OS compatibility
- Boosted screensaver launch speed (especialy
noted on 2000/XP systems)
- Added "Random Theme on load" feature
- Slightly enhanced Configuration window
- Fixed black-screen bug on exit (noted
on some systems)
- Number of minor bugs removed
What's new to "Beam
v1.71":
- Additional OS compatibility improvements
- Fixed bug related to Beam resizing windows
of currently opened appications.
- Addressed an issue regarding running
Beam Screensaver under Windows 9x (95/98/98SE/ME).
Once this error occured, no 3D applications
could be run until Windows is restarted.
Tried to fix but still unsure if it is
totally fixed
- "Beam is incorrectly displayed in Display
properties -> Screen Saver tab" bug under
Windows NT/2000/XP should be fixed now
- Lots of checks and small fixes in different
areas of the underlying code
What's new to "Beam
v1.70":
- OS compatibility improvements
- Significant stability improvements
- Improved Camera behavior
- New Theme format (unfortunatly, making
ould Themes incompatible)
- Configuration Window is more Friendly
now
- Changed how Gamma correction works
- Numerous small improvements and corrections
What's new to "Beam
v1.63":
- reworked Camera behavior (should be
less buggy)
- preliminaty HW T&L support (when
"OpenGL lighting" is
ON)
- reworked Configuration Window look
- reworked Beam pack weapon visuals
- fixed MP3 selection dialog bug (sometimes
did not work)
- fixed early-exit bug that was caused
by mouse
- fixed numerous small bugs
- added some bugs :)
What's new to "Beam
v1.62":
- Added Window mode - watch screensaver
in a window while doing your work. (does
not work on Voodoo1 and Voodoo2 cards)
- Added Gamma Correction for Window mode
(does not work on some video cards due
to missing Blending modes)
- Added option to change number of Stars
- Added option to view hostile targets
for current ship (experimental)
- Added Dynamic Lights for Explosions
- Extended variety of Backgrounds for
REGISTERED USERS
- Tuned up some camera modes to make them
a bit smoother (Camera is always experimental
due to constant changes and additions)
- FIXED very Hard-To-Find bugs in Beam.DLL
and Beam.scr !!!!!!
What's new to "Beam
v1.60a":
- Fixed jerky camera animation (movement)
in one camera mode
- Fixed bug that can cause crash in Beam.scr
(especially notable under NT)
What's new to "Beam
v1.60":
- Reworked configuration window
- Adjustable number of objects on the
scene
- New 3D objects (satellites)
- Retouched existing 3D objects
- New and reworked visual effects - explosions,
projectiles etc
- Support for additional packs (themes)
has been added
- Added CD and MP3 playback options
- Added Gamma correction feature
- Tweaked camera modes
- Numerous Engine updates and bug fixes
What's new to "Beam
v1.52":
- Reduced memory requirements by 35%
- Fixed problems when using Beam under
Windows NT as not administrator
- Fixed blinking bug when using Beam with
TNT, TNT2, GeForce-based cards
- Added option to hide Bravo Interactive
spinning logo (REGISTERED USERS ONLY)
- Added Debris option (kind of experimental)
- Added more camera modes
- Added option to Disable Power management
functions when running Beam Screensaver
- Fixed problem with window resizing when
using screen resolutions smaller than
Desktop resolution
- Fixed crash issues under Windows 95
- Various small optimizations
What's new to "Beam
v1.51"
- Added Windows NT/2000 support
- Fixed bug prevented Voodoo3 to run Beam
- Removed 3DFX logo at startup (for all
3DFX users)
- Added support for S3 Savage4 and ATI
Rage128 based cards
- Changed mouse-move-detection delay value
- Faster restart
- Updated screen-resolution list
What's new to "Beam
v1.50":
- overall speed boost
- totally reworked models and textures
of ships and asteroids
- replaced one ship model with better
one (as we think)
- reworked space backgrounds
- dynamic local lights (when ship makes
a shot)
- added new and tweaked old camera modes
- added ship grouping feature
- added "motion-blur"-like feature
- added LOD (level of detail) feature
- totally reworked configuration dialog(s),
so it's more clean
- added tips for menu items in configuration
dialog
- lots of bug fixes and enhancemen
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