3D Calendar Clock v1.0 
Copyright (C)2001 By Bodine Blodgett
www.brightbug.com

***3D Calendar Clock options***
Color:
	Choose color lets you select directly what color the calendar is to be. 
	To use this option check "choose color" and then use the scroll bars to 
        select the color you want the calendar to be. There is a preview color box 
	that will show you exactly what color you have selected at the moment.

	Color schemes allow you to select predefined colors for the calendar.
	
	Color cycling will cause the colors of the calendar to cycle which is a 
	very nice effect. If you select keep like colors the calendar as a whole 
	will keep its colors in order instead of each little piece of the calendar 
	going off on its own color direction.

Shapes:
	Cubes cause cubes to be at the hour positions on the calendar. 
	
	Spheres cause spheres to be at the hour positions on the calendar. 

	Donuts cause donuts to be set at hour positions on the calendar.

	Cones cause cones to be set at the hour positions on the calendar.

	Mesh cause a mesh shape to be set at the hour positions on the calendar.

	Emitters cause emitters to be placed at the hour positions on the calendar.
        How the emitters look is determined by the emitter controls.
	
	If you select two or more shapes then a random sample of the shapes will be 
        placed on the calendar at the corner positions.

Emitter:
	The emitter controls effect the output of the emitter shape. Lifetime causes
	the emitters to emit for longer periods of time before the smoke like output
	fades away. Other controls effect the size of the emitter output, how detailed
	the output is, and how fast the emitters output.

Shininess:
	Shininess causes the shapes and the calendar to have a shiny look. You may
	adjust how focused the shine is on the calendar by using the horizontal scroll
	bar named "Shine". The higher the shine the more focused the shine is on the calendar 
	shapes. The lower the shine number the less focused the shine is on the calendar shapes.

Observed days:
	To enable Observed days, click the enable check box. Observed days are the blue and 
	pink rotating polygons that appear on certain days of each month on the calendar 
	face. These days include special holidays such as New Years and also other 
	interesting days. When the current day reaches the observed day, the observed day 
	will be displayed at the top of the calendar. For instance, if the current day was 
	December 25th, the day output would be "Christmas".

	Show day text will turn on or off the observed day output word. For example, if the
	current day was December 25th, you would not see the word "Christmas" if the
	"Show day text" box was not checked. Otherwise you would see the word "Christmas" at
	the top of the calendar.		

Picture:
	BMP and JPG pictures can be loaded into the picture cover of the calendar. When the 
	calendar starts, a random picture will be selected from the list of loaded pictures.
	Currently, the 3D Calendar Clock can hold up to 10000 different cover pictures. 	

Rotation:
	By selecting Enable in the rotations group, the shapes at the corner positions 
	will rotate. If Enable is not selected the shapes at the corner positions 
	will not rotate.

Movement styles:
	Movement in any screen saver is required. 3D Calendar Clock allows you to select one 
	of many different types of movement for the calendar. Each type of movement 
	will cause the calendar to move, rotate, swing, or bounce a different way. 
	Some suggested types of	movement are: Bounce, XYZ rotate, 3D bounce, or Roll.
	If you would like the program to choose a movement type for you, simply select 
	Random Movement.

Speed:
	Speed controls how many frames per second the calendar will run at. If you want the
	calendar to run at a faster frame rate, move the scroll bar thumb towards the "Fast"
	position. If you want the calendar to run at a slower frame rate, move the scroll bar
	thumb towards the "Slow" position. Note that the calendar can only run as fast as your
	computer can execute the program instructions. On a slow computer there may not be
	any change in speed by moving the thumb to the fast position because a slow computer
	may already have trouble producing its current frame rate.

Option pages:
	The various buttons listed under the options pages box contain more controls for the
	3D Calendar Clock. Click on one of the buttons to open the new control window. Below
	is descriptions for the controls that appear by clicking the various buttons.


***Rendering***
Rendering:
	Rendering allow you to select if the calendar is to be drawn as wireframe, 
	solid/smooth, or as flat shaded.

Polygon detail:
	The higher the polygon detail the smoother the shapes will look on the calendar. This
	is because more polygons make up the shape. The increase in polygons also cause the
	screen saver to move at a slower speed unless you have a high performance computer. 
	If you want to increase the speed of the screen saver when the display looks jerky, 
	select low polygon detail.

***Background***
Star field:
	This is a nice effect that causes a star field to be displayed in 
	the background. You may select exactly how the stars will move in the
	background by either choosing horizontal scroll, vertical scroll,
	warp, or no scroll. You may also select how many stars will be in the 
	star field and how fast the star field will move.

	Star rotation causes the star field to twirl only when in warp mode. The
	star speed determines how fast the stars will rotate.

	Star color schemes allow you to select what colors the stars are to be. This
	will allow you to select a star color depending on your personal preference.

Pictures:
	BMP and JPG pictures can be loaded into the calendar and displayed in the background
	as the calendar moves. Currently, the 3D Calendar Clock can hold up to 10000 different 
	pictures. These pictures will change depending on the specified cycle rate. If the 
	cycle rate is set to 0 minutes, the pictures will not cycle. If the pictures are small 
	in resolution or too large for the screen, the 3D Calendar Clock will fit the pictures 
	to the size of the screen or bounce the pictures around the screen depending on your 
	selection.


***Sound***
CD Player:
	If you check the "Enable" button, the CD that is currently in your CD drive will be 
	played when the screen saver starts running. The calendar will start the CD from the 
	first track and play through the CD until the end. Once at the end of the CD, the 
	calendar will reset the CD player and start over. You may select that the calendar 
	shutoff the CD player after a period of time by checking the "Auto shutoff" box and 
	selecting how long before the calendar is to shut the CD player off. This option is 
	great if you want to hear some music before you go to sleep and want have the screen 
	saver automatically turn the CD player off when you think you will be in dream land.

Hourly Chime:
	Hourly chime causes the calendar to chime at each hour. This chime can be a beep or a wav 
	file which can be set by clicking the "set wav" button. If you do not want the calendar
	to chime each hour, click on the "none" radio button.

Alarm:
	An alarm time can be set for the 3D Calendar Clock which will cause the calendar to beep 
	or run a wav file in a loop when the alarm time has been reached. The alarm can only be 
	turned off by either moving the mouse or pressing a key which will end the screen saver. 
	Please note that the alarm will only be active if you check the "Enable alarm" box and 
	if the screen saver is running when the alarm time is reached.


If you have any further questions about the 3D Calendar Clock please contact BrightBug Software
Tech-Support at www.brightbug.com.