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#warp drive stars?

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#295From: John PendergrassSep 14, 1990 12:12 AM

Does anyone know of a utility that will draw STARS on the screen, that look like they are zooming by you (or you by them…. motion is relative I guess) Basically like you get with the fancy sci-fi shows when you go into warp or something. Preferably that loops smoothly so it is continous. (there is a STARS in AmigaArts that makes stars that go across the screen from left to right, but I want to go into them) thanks in advance… –jp–

#313From: Thomas HoladaySep 14, 1990 9:05 AM

The "Nemesis" demo of a couple-years back had a steer-through-space option, but I can't recall whether the stars are coming toward you or not. It's spooky enough as it is, what with the big black hole gradually swallowing the solar system.

#352From: John PendergrassSep 15, 1990 12:11 AM

I remember Nemesis. Thanks Thomas; I'll check it out again. –jp–

#653From: David HammSep 22, 1990 11:23 PM

John, I haven't yet seen the 'STARS' in the libraries here, but I have a friend that subscribes to a different online service that has a hack that will make it appear that you are traveling INTO the star field…. No warp simulation, tho. The movement is smooth, but I believe it may slow down your workbench a little. So, let me check the file(s) on Compuserve, and if that's not it, I'll see if I can upload it for ya. – Dave

#657From: John PendergrassSep 23, 1990 12:04 AM

Dave, thanks a lot for the offer. I finally found what I was looking for on a FF disk. Called 'stars', so it might be the same one. Worked like a CHARM. Thanks to all who gave me suggestions here! –jp–

#342From: Jim SteeleSep 14, 1990 9:40 PM

John, There are a couple of those floating around in the PD. I assume they're here, but with the recent reorganization, they might be hard to find. One is called "STARTLE". It does a 3-d stars effect like you want, with text scrolling up the screen. There's another program called "Starblanker" that is a screen blanking utility. It randomly picks either a "zoom into" or "flyby" starfield. -Jim

#353From: John PendergrassSep 15, 1990 12:11 AM

Thanks Jim…. I guess I'll have to WHAP those libraries again…. –jp–

#357From: John PendergrassSep 15, 1990 12:25 AM

Jim, I just got back from scrolling BROWSING through a BUNCH of libraries for either STARTLE or STARBLANKER. No luck anywhere. I checked in AmigaArts (gr utils, etc), AmigaTech (thinking it might be in as a screen hack re blanking) and AmigaUser. HELP! As we have no filefinder yet, does anyone know where these might be? Do they exist on CS? (I dread recataloging all forums just to find these files…) Thanks in advance. –jp– (or are they on FISH? I'll check there too) –jp–

#380From: Jim SteeleSep 15, 1990 7:54 PM

I see Starblanker listed on Fish disk 308. Startle (listed as Stars) is on Fish # 118. I thought sure they were on CIS somewhere.

#407From: John PendergrassSep 16, 1990 12:41 PM

Thanks. –jp–

#385From: Betty Clay/SYSOPSep 15, 1990 10:32 PM

John, I don't know where EVERYthing is, either – but my first place to look for starblanker would be Library 15 of User. I don't have a copy of the libs on my hard disk so I'll have to look for it and get back. Betty

#408From: John PendergrassSep 16, 1990 12:41 PM

Thanks Betty, I'll just have to check the g****m library. 🙂 –jp–

#566From: Vicky AdairSep 21, 1990 1:42 AM

I just saw that on a friend of mines 3000. It was his screen blaner, and it just keeps going until you hit the mouse. He said he did it himself and it only works on the 3000.