Mars 3D ScreensaverComments on: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/ free licensed software daily Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:31:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: geosp http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/comment-page-2/#comment-74986 geosp Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:37:09 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/#comment-74986 Thanks, looks great! Thanks, looks great!

]]> By: Rixane Interactive TEAM http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/comment-page-2/#comment-74775 Rixane Interactive TEAM Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:49:58 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/#comment-74775 Problem with texture loading was fixed. Problem with texture loading was fixed.

]]> By: Dainel http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/comment-page-2/#comment-74749 Dainel Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:19:58 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/#comment-74749 It doesnt work on my computer :-( It doesnt work on my computer :-(

]]> By: Fubar http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/comment-page-2/#comment-74699 Fubar Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:11:59 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/#comment-74699 To those asking about video cards with Pixel Shader 2.0 support (you should really get 3.0 or higher), this article gives a partial list of which types of cards support which Pixel Shader version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_Shader You can then go to a site like http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=48&name=Video-Cards and look for video cards by interface type and chipset type. To those asking about video cards with Pixel Shader 2.0 support (you should really get 3.0 or higher), this article gives a partial list of which types of cards support which Pixel Shader version:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_Shader

You can then go to a site like
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=48&name=Video-Cards
and look for video cards by interface type and chipset type.

]]> By: Fubar http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/comment-page-2/#comment-74695 Fubar Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:41:00 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/#comment-74695 The screensaver-haters and the self-proclaimed "experts" always put me in a bad mood. #19, #59, joe, this clearly uses actual NASA photographs and elevation data in its displacement-mapped textures, it's a true 3D rendering, with mountains and valleys, and anyone who bothered to look at the screenshots could tell that. As for planets looking like balls covered with textures, well, duh. So, you think that Mars is flat and looks like what, a cube? Here are some actual NASA images of Mars: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/mars/marsglobe1.jpg http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/mars/marsglobe2.jpg http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/mars/marsglobe3.jpg For a computer "expert", your explanation about #37's problem is ludicrous. #37, Heringer, an inability to load textures generally means that your video card doesn't have sufficient texture memory. If the textures are compressed, it may be that your video drivers don't support texture compression, or that they aren't configured to support texture compression. You can check for settings using the UI for your video drivers. #39, hamstergirl, since yours only works sometimes, that sounds like a bug in your video drivers; you might check to see if a newer driver is available. The screensaver-haters and the self-proclaimed “experts” always put me in a bad mood.

#19, #59, joe, this clearly uses actual NASA photographs and elevation data in its displacement-mapped textures, it’s a true 3D rendering, with mountains and valleys, and anyone who bothered to look at the screenshots could tell that. As for planets looking like balls covered with textures, well, duh. So, you think that Mars is flat and looks like what, a cube? Here are some actual NASA images of Mars:
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/mars/marsglobe1.jpg
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/mars/marsglobe2.jpg
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/mars/marsglobe3.jpg
For a computer “expert”, your explanation about #37’s problem is ludicrous.

#37, Heringer, an inability to load textures generally means that your video card doesn’t have sufficient texture memory. If the textures are compressed, it may be that your video drivers don’t support texture compression, or that they aren’t configured to support texture compression. You can check for settings using the UI for your video drivers.

#39, hamstergirl, since yours only works sometimes, that sounds like a bug in your video drivers; you might check to see if a newer driver is available.

]]> By: Ceejay http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/comment-page-2/#comment-74690 Ceejay Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:50:41 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/#comment-74690 I haven't a clue why ANYONE would complain when a site like this arranges nice things to be GIVEN to us. I, too, am disabled and without this site I wouldn't have screensavers, games, programs, ect. I am VERY GRATEFUL to everyone that works on this site!!! (Try LIVING on $653.00 a month,(With $300. rent, ect a month), unable to work, and you too would be grateful to any kindness or freebie that your given...like my older son that pays for me to be able to have a computer and use the internet and all the wonderful things posted here for my enjoyment!) If you don't LIKE what you are given, then perhaps nothing will ever make you happy...so why post to gripe and whine. JUST DON"T DOWNLOAD IT! Simple, huh? I LOVE THIS...THANK YOU ALL very much! ~From A VERY HAPPY AND GRATEFUL Member I haven’t a clue why ANYONE would complain when a site like this arranges nice things to be GIVEN to us.
I, too, am disabled and without this site I wouldn’t have screensavers, games, programs, ect. I am VERY GRATEFUL to everyone that works on this site!!! (Try LIVING on $653.00 a month,(With $300. rent, ect a month), unable to work, and you too would be grateful to any kindness or freebie that your given…like my older son that pays for me to be able to have a computer and use the internet and all the wonderful things posted here for my enjoyment!)
If you don’t LIKE what you are given, then perhaps nothing will ever make you happy…so why post to gripe and whine. JUST DON”T DOWNLOAD IT! Simple, huh?

I LOVE THIS…THANK YOU ALL very much!
~From A VERY HAPPY AND GRATEFUL Member

]]> By: KDF http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/comment-page-2/#comment-74689 KDF Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:49:42 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/#comment-74689 <strong>36# Lori Lear. You clearly have an ego problem.</strong> What i realy meant to say was that the developer should also try to develop screensavers that work on other graphics cards. This would increase the number of people who would be able to buy and use this software. 36# Lori Lear.
You clearly have an ego problem.
What i realy meant to say was that the developer should also try to develop screensavers that work on other graphics cards.
This would increase the number of people who would be able to buy and use this software.

]]> By: Alf http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/comment-page-2/#comment-74686 Alf Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:10:48 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/#comment-74686 Working with yesterdays GAOTD, If installing this and the screensaver turns on whilst either ripping or burning then expect problems with your back-up. Thankfully, I'm over 5 years old and know screen savers are of no use what-so-ever and just there to use up any spare PC memory. I'll pass as always with any screen saver program...Sorry! Working with yesterdays GAOTD, If installing this and the screensaver turns on whilst either ripping or burning then expect problems with your back-up.
Thankfully, I’m over 5 years old and know screen savers are of no use what-so-ever and just there to use up any spare PC memory.

I’ll pass as always with any screen saver program…Sorry!

]]> By: BuBBy http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/comment-page-2/#comment-74685 BuBBy Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:10:27 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/#comment-74685 <strong>HOWTO: Determine your video card - DirectX & Shader Model Version capabilities.</strong> Download and run the latest version of GPU-INFO from http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/ This screen saver requires DirectX 9 & Pixel Shader (Shader Model) 2. GPU-Info will determine and display your video cards ability as "DirectX Support" HOWTO: Determine your video card – DirectX & Shader Model Version capabilities.

Download and run the latest version of GPU-INFO from http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/

This screen saver requires DirectX 9 & Pixel Shader (Shader Model) 2.
GPU-Info will determine and display your video cards ability as “DirectX Support”

]]> By: Hologram King http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/comment-page-2/#comment-74684 Hologram King Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:53:17 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/mars-3d-screensaver/#comment-74684 Relaxing slow screen saver. Decent PC required to appreciate fully. Not much to the scripting or special effects as say Mars Flight (Amiga 500) or a Tobias Richter, but they are masterworks. Relaxing slow screen saver. Decent PC required to appreciate fully.

Not much to the scripting or special effects as say Mars Flight (Amiga 500) or a Tobias Richter, but they are masterworks.

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