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Solar v4.2

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Image unavailable (removed by its host) Condorstrike, a member of the Tortuga Cove forum, has just updated his application Solar "screensaver" which moves to version 4.2. External content (video or audio) hidden: it sets its own cookies.
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Version 4.2
Rebuilt the 3D engine.
Added more items to UI interface.
Added memory counter.
Added FPS (frames per second).
Added better light engine.
Added a 2 hours counter for system turn off.
Added ICON1.PAM (animated icon).
Added an intro loading screen.
Added Solar system trivia.
Added some minor MP3 player tweaks.
Created 2 version (stand-alone/multiMAN & Rogero Manager built in "automatic launching").
And a lot more stuff, I should write them down as I go...lol

Version 4.1
Added .TTF fonts, themable "font1.ttf & font2.ttf" in theme folder.
Added more camera freedom, WIP.
Added a new UI with moving buttons, gauge and speakers.
Moved all info to a centralized location thanks to new UI.
Freed up some more memory.
Added faster MP3 selection, just hold down.
Added Higher resolution Images, now more loaded from HDD.
Fixed MP3 long names... thanks DeanK.
Added PARAM.HIP... thanks Opium2K.
Removed some bugs.

Version 4.0
Added user imput "now planets can be moved/rotated/zoomed" ***Check Help screen for pads usage***
Rotation in any axis 360 degrees, all screens. Zoom and X/Y movement on screen# 1 only.
Added Volume Slider.
Minor Volume adjustment.
Minor Seek adjustment.
Replaced and created a new User Interface.
Added dual time & date Clocks.
Added fade effects.
Added new Help screen "press X".
Replace & Improved Exit Dialog.
Added atmosphere to some planets. "WIP"
Added Higher resolution textures.
Increased Particles count.
Added comet tails, "grow with speed"
Added new Sound Effects and event triggered vibration.
Background Music (bgm.mp3) and Images are located in " /dev_hdd0/game/CNDR00001/USRDIR/theme "
Improved Graphics engine.
Improved MP3 read time.

Version 3.1
Fixed bug while removing USB drives "hot-pluging now works".
Added more USB devices compatibility.
Added more UI for mp3 player.
Added Exit Dialog interface. "very fast and user friendly".
Faster Loading to multiMAN and Browser.
Fixed a memory bug.
Fixed hang/crash if MP3s were not found.
Added Message for Hot-plugging and End of Playlist.
Increased Solar's boot time.
Fixed Keytones, now single beeps, and removed for some keys.
More code cleanup, and other things I can't remember.

Version 3.0
Background music is now customizable "replace /dev_hdd0/game/CNDR00001/USRDIR/theme/bgm.mp3" with your own music
Alphabetized mp3 directory.
Added UI for mp3 player.
Fixed music counters, now shows in seconds: "00:01" format and Total Playtime format: "4.5 minutes".
Removed mp3 path from displayed name, looks cleaner.
Fixed Volume controls, now up and down is seamless.
Added current player status messages: playing, paused, error...etc.
Added keynotes.
Increased mp3 load times and stability.
Improved fast forward and reverse functions.
Increased 3D display frame-rates while playing music, needs some work in BGM mode.
Lots of code cleanup, and other things I can't remember.

Version 2.5
Improvements and additions to MP3 player.
Added MP3's names.
Added Volume control.
Added fast forward and reverse.
Added continuous titles playback.
Added Dynamic MP3 names effects for each of the 3 current scenes.
Added Dynamic background Effects.
Added Atmospheric lighting effect, gives dimension effect specially in scene#1.
Increased particles effects and trajectories.
Added a spaceship :P
Added controller vibration.
Added other minor graphics changes, and many thing I can't remember now...lol

I'll try to come up with faster updates in the future...Improve the MP3 player GUI, cleanup the code some more,
will add a feature that is present but turned off, which is to be able to move the planets and ships manually
and maybe add newsfeeds or something and also plug some memory leaks.

Version 2.2
Fixed soft reset when exiting to xmb with PS button
Packages are now half the size, Thanks DeanK.
Ftp is a little better, can be used as many times as wanted now.
Changed animations around.
Some more code clean-up.

***be aware***
when using FTP, you have to connect & re-connect twice to return Solar's animation, till I fix that.
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Re: Solar v4.2

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Update Solar 2.5

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A little TUTORIAL would be welcome for beginn... ;)
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A tutorial for what?

You install the pkg, you launch the app and afterwards if you want you go into the options.
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By pressing what for example?
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Update Solar 3.0

:bravo:
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Update Solar 3.1

:bravo:
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Update Solar 4.0

:bravo:
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Update Solar 4.1

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