Dark Demo -- Program Information

Code by:  Epitaph
Graphics by:  Epitaph
Music by:  Magmalus (an old MOD I found)

General Information :

*** MAKE SURE TO VIEW THIS DEMO WITH SOUND! ***

This demo NEEDS the sound to play, otherwise the cool effects won't run!
It's synchronized to the music.  Without music, it'll still look cool, but
remember -- you're missing out!  Read the next section for info on getting
the sound to run.

Problems / Fixes / Answered Questions :

The main problem will be the .MOD not playing or not loading.  There are
(as always) several reasons for this:

Not enough free conventional memory available
You must have at least 600k free base RAM (it may work with
about 580k, but if you don't have too much free, that's your
problem.)

You're running Windows95 and it's done something silly
I won't be the first one when I say that Windows95 does some
really stupid things while trying to emmulate DOS.  If the MOD
doesn't play, quit your DOS window, open a new one and try
to run it again.  If that doesn't work, reboot in DOS.

Incompatible Memory Managers
Often called IMM's, these wonderful programs sit in memory and
try to move pieces of RAM around while the program is running.
Now, I have no idea how the .MOD player works -- there's no
source -- but I'm certain that EMM386 and possibly QEMM will
mess it up.  If it doesn't run, that might be your problem.

Fate has it in for you
The bhuddists believe in fate, or a pre-determined path in life.
If the universe has it in for you, there's no way you're going
to be able to run this demo.  Tough luck!

History :

Okay, well, the thing was coded badly -- I admit that.  It's not really the
code, but the compiler and the MOD player that make it horrible. It was done
using Turbo C++ and a really crappy MOD library, all for real mode.  I
wanted to rewrite it for Watcom C++, but there's so many things I'd have to
redo that it wouldn't be worth it.

This thing was finished in June, and wasn't released until September because
of a bunch of weird stuff.  It would've come out in the July pack, but that
wasn't released.  I held out in August because I wanted to re-code it in
Watcom C++ to make it faster, but didn't.  Now, here it is, finally.

ENJOY!

- Epitaph
(Dark / Twisted Fishies)