| The settings panel contains
the global settings for Aquatica 3D |
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| Enable screen
saver |
Volume |
| Screen saver Wait time |
Number of fish on screen |
| Show Calendar |
Water reflections |
| Show messages |
Showing performance
information |
| Message duration time |
Display warning messages |
| Play Sounds |
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| Enable screen saver |
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| The enable screen saver check
box will set Aquatica 3D as your default screen saver |
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To
enable or disable screen saver:
- Press Settings
button and check the
box to enable, or uncheck
to disable Aquatica 3D as your default screen saver
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| Screen saver wait time |
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| The wait time parameter is
the time in minutes before the screen saver is activated
after no mouse movement or any key is pressed on the keyboard |
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To
increase or decrease the wait time:
- Press settings
button
- Adjust the arrow
up or down to set the screen saver activation time
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| Show Calendar |
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| Aquatica 3D can display an
on-screen calendar and current time |
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To
set the calendar on or off:
- Press Settings
button
- Check the box
to display the calendar or uncheck to disable it
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| Show messages |
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| You can disable the on-screen
messages at any time without having to delete your messages |
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To
set messages on or off:
- Press Settings
button
- Check the box
to display messages or uncheck to disable them
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| Message Duration time |
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| The number of seconds between
messages appearing on screen can be set |
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To
set the message duration time:
- Press Select
button
- Adjust the arrow
up or down to set the duration time
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| Play Sounds |
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| Audio output to your sound
card can be enabled or disabled |
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To
enable or disable the sound:
- Press Settings
button
- Check the box
to enable sound or uncheck to disable
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| Volume |
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| The Overall volume of sound
sent to your sound card can be set |
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To
increase or decrease the sound level:
- Press Settings
button
- Adjust the volume
slider up or down
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| Number of fish on screen |
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| The maximum number of fish
that appear on screen can be set |
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To set the number
of fish on screen:
- Press Settings
button
- Press Performance
settings button
- Select Number of fish
and adjust the slider
up or down
- Press OK
to save your changes.
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| Water reflections |
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| The global water reflections
display can be enabled or disabled. Water feflections
are the ripples effect that appear in 3D scenery. Water
reflections will be ignored on scenery created with Scenery
Maker. |
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To enable or disable
the water reflections:
- Press the Settings
button
- Press the Performance
settings button,
- Select Water
reflections check the box
to display or uncheck to disable
- Press OK
to save your changes.
Hint: Water reflection can decrease
the performance of Aquatica 3D if your 3D graphics card
is not able to run at the appropriate speed. |
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| Showing performance information |
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| Aquatica 3D can display the
performance of Aquatica using your graphics card. If you
have selected too many fish and a fast moving background
and are using a slow graphics card the performance of
Aquatica 3D will be compromised. Turning on the performance
information will display the frames per second that Aquatica
3D is running for your current theme. The optimum performance
should be at least 24 frames per second. |
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To enable or disable
performance information:
- Press Settings
button
- Press Performance
settings button
- Select Performance
information
- Check the box
to enable performance display or uncheck to disable
the display
- Press OK
to save your changes.
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| Display warning messages |
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| Aquatica 3D monitors the maximum
frames per second that it can display for your current
theme. If the frame rate drops too low a caution message
will appear when the screen saver is active. You may disable
the Warning messages. |
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To enable or disable
Warning messages:
- Press Settings
button
- Press Performance
settings button
- Select Warning
messages
- Check the box
to enable Warning message display or uncheck to disable
the display
- Press OK
to save your changes.
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