------------------------------------- c h r i s t m a s c h i p s by n o i s e l e s s christmas update v1.1 ------------------------------------- here you are fixed "Christmas Chips" from Noiseless (release 1.1). to make it working just replace old installation files with new "nsl-xmas.exe" and "nslintro.dll" from this archieve. enjoy! what new in this version 1.1? 1) some bugfixes and patches added here and there 2) a bit better directx error handling 3) you can use "/nointro" switch in application commandline to skip intro (it may sometimes help running the program, due to *very strange* ddraw mode switching) 4) "better pixel-ratio"(640x480) mode for menu selector; (ati mach users should be happy:) if you will still have troubles or get strange error messages while running this, please give a shout to email below (please include your hardware confinguration(cpu,gfxcard,soundcard,win version) and *exactly* describe what happens); _DON'T_ send me any bug reports if one of following happens: 1) you use OVERCLOCKED cpu (especially slot1 celerons family) (note: sometimes it's better to switch L2 cache off and try to run the program; effect not guaranted, but it may help.) 2) your gfx card is TWEAKED or OVERCLOCKED (hi riva-tnt/2's fans!) if you use above tricks to gain better overall system performance, do it at own risk and be prepared for strange problems during using such a configuration. thing we have forgotten in first "readme.txt" is a list of active keys in the chipmodule selector; here they are: leftmouse,rightmouse,enter,space - menu select mouse up/down, up/down arrow - menu move left/right arrow - alter scroll speed l - "longplay" mode on/off esc,e,x - quit and some "hidden" ones for debug/hidden features (happy looking for:)) no-more-tears Subagazi/Talent ---------------------------------------------------- Original "readme.txt" from v1.0 begins here: ------------------------------------- c h r i s t m a s c h i p s by n o i s e l e s s merry chipmas! ------------------------------------- about: a chiptune compilation for windows 9x released on the ... 18th of december 1999 let sid live 4ever! ------------------------------------- credits: concept idea ... boo code ........... subagazi artwork/design . boo & optic 3d scenes ...... boo & orome music .......... jogeir liljedahl radix lluvia rez jukebox virgill chromag smash optic loonie boo ------------------------------------- requirements: celeron333, 16mb FREE(or more :) ram after loading windows, gfx card with 320x200/640x480 hi-color or true-color modes, 16bit audio card, directx 6+, mouse, keyboard, good sense of humour and (at least) one healthy ear, one non-spoilt eye and one good hand in the case you have very _little_ ram it's recommended to shut down other applications while running this program (have you ever heard that before?), otherwise strange things may appear! (...) DLL libraries utilized: "bass" by Ian Luck "ptc" by Glenn "Gaffer" Fiedler "hermes" by Christian Nentwich, Mikko Tiihonen, Glenn Fiedler and others. ------------------------------------- contact us: ulf@dahl-design.com (boo) jogeirl@online.no (jogeir liljedahl)