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Updated: 12/24/96

Floater is a "simplest" Direct3D Retained-Mode Full Screen App.  Any questions/comments should go to me at my email address below.

Controls for Floater:

- Mouse rotates view.
- Left mouse button moves backwards, Right mouse button moves forward
- "R" key resets the view to the starting position
- "F" key toggles texture filtering between nearest/linear(linear only works in RGB I believe)
- F1 key switches to the next lowest video mode
- F2 key switches to the next highest video mode
- F3 key switches to the lowest video mode
- F4 key switches to the highest video mode available on your system
- F5 key toggles between RGB/Ramp driver models

If you like this example check out XViewer, a windowed D3DRM app.  That can be found on
my "code doodles" web page:

htpp://webacs.hartford.edu/gr/D3D/d3d.html

A nice benchmark is to enter 640x480x16 video mode(usually one tap of F2 will put you in this mode) and use the "R" key to reset to starting.  Take down the FPS.  I think most people have 640x480x16bit mode, and most accelerators support this mode.  So it will be interesting to see some stats, send them here!  I would love to create a web page.  Try to do this test after a fresh reboot, to ensure that Windows isn't all clogged up(although it isn't absolutely necessary).

Remember that results are also dependant upon refresh rates, so if you have a blazing PPro200 with a 3dfx card and you get only 60 fps, your refresh rate is probably set to 60.  Turn it up to 100 and watch Floater get 100 fps! :)

Here are some stats to benchmark your own system:

P200/48MB RAM/Matrox Millenium 2MB:		73 fps - refresh rate
AMD 5x86 133Mhz/16MB RAM/Tseng Labs ET4000/W32:	10 fps - low end just for kicks

See my D3D web page above for more sites that use Floater for things like in-depth tutorials or Japanese translations.

Jason Zisk
zisk@uhavax.hartford.edu

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You can do whatever you want with this program, as long as you don't call it your own 
or sell it.  Put it on shareware CDs or use it in a book if you want, just tell me about it.  If you use some of the code in a commercial product tell me about it so I can brag.  Even better, send me a copy.  Donations are gladly accepted.  Does this make me look greedy?  Who reads this junk anyway?

I am not liable for any damage this program causes you, your family, your computer or 
your cat's urinary tract.