History

Nov 20, 2000 v1.52

• Fixed a bug that caused the start animation to never be randomized
• Removed a NT specific function

Nov 17, 2000 v1.5

• Planestate is now FREEWARE!
• Log file will now always go to the installation dir and not to where the exe file is placed
• Z clip error (Fixes the strange look in the wonder animation)

Sept 20, 2000 v1.2

Added

• Bitmapped plane textures
• Load on demand when going to the animations panel
• Support for selecting the animations to randomise between when starting the screensaver
• Billboard support for the planes
• 8 new animations

Fixed

• Serious blending (& motion blur) error on at least G400 cards
• Crash if you pressed cancel on the Render setup
• Forced wise to remove the .scr file when uninstalling
• Incorrect aspect in both the Direct3d and the OpenGL renderer
• Blinking panel when using motion blur and pressing space in the configuration panel
• Lack of motion blur on slider section 2
• Crash when replacing a frame in a single frame animation
• Updated the gui graphics

March 23, 2000 v1.1

Added

• Direct 3d renderer
• Display Properties/Screen Saver mini-monitor preview
• Sky box background
• Visualization of the next frame timer
• Much smoother frame to frame transition
• Textures on the animation buttons
• Z buffer gets activated when the blending is turned off
• More resolutions
• The 3DFX logo wont show up at startup (for all 3DFX users)

Fixed

• Sliders that represent rotations now rotate without pause in Loop Up/Down mode
• Multiple animation entries when clicking the Anim button multiple times
• Misspelled "Previous"
• Better fallback when corrupt/old animation files are loaded
• Randomisation code wasn't correct
• Much more stable

December 23, 1999 v1.0

Added

• Configuration screen
• Plane trip background
• Strange planes background
• Multimonitor support (Will only work in software mode so its really slow)
• Psedo motion blur
• Section shortcut keys
• Slider for adjusting the speed of the stars in the star field background
• Vertical boarder slider (For that true movie feeling)
• Usage statistics
• Help screen
• Associated the .psa extension to the screensaver so if you click on a .psa file it will automatically be copied to the animation directory
• Priority selection
• Quit confirmation when you have changed the background options
• Animation renaming

Fixed

• The screenshots dir can now be created correctly
• The screensaver doesn't auto quit after a short while
• The mouse shouldn't stick on controls anymore
• Strange mouse cursor on Fire Gl 1000 pro
• Takes all cpu time when not viewing the configuration window

September 14, 1999 v0.96

First public version under the new name and the new look.

March 4, 1998 v0.9

First public release to the operation 3dfx screensaver competition under the name "Beyond the stars".