Version 1.0.2 for MAC OS X 10.3 or higher - 15/04/2006
UNIVERSAL BINARY VERSION
By
Robert Bennett

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Ever since I started making screensavers for Windows, I've had requests for Mac versions. So I decided to go and buy a Mac so I could make Mac OS X screensavers for you guys. Problem is, the Mac cost me a fair amount of cash. So I've made this screensaver shareware. It's only US$5 to register and get rid of all the nags that pop-up, and all the intro banners at the start. But more importantly, you'll help support Useless Creations, which means I'll be able to port more of my Windows screensavers to work under OS X, including my other shareware and some of the very cool FREE ones.

So register now to get the full version, help me pay for my Mac, and look forward to more cool 3D screensavers in the future!

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To get to the screen saver settings go to System Preferences, then Desktop and Screen Saver, select this screensaver and slick on Options.

The following configuration options are available. (It is recommended that you play with the options to find what runs best on your Mac and what you think looks best):

Fire Resolution: Here you can select the resolution of the fire (duh). Lower will be faster but looks less nifty. Higher means you'll need a beedier CPU for it to run nicely. I like medium.
Fire Colour: For all you freaks you don't like standard flame colours, you can select blue, green or pink flames instead. I have no idea why, but you might like it!
Burn Style: Here you can select the effect the fire will have on the screen. Background Melt will leave a "melted" effect on the background which I think looks best, but the flames are lighter. Simple Burn simply burns the screen black in the wake of the flames. Layered Burn will burn the screen darker each time the flames pass over it, and then it'll get light again. Burn On, Burn Off will burn the screen black on the first pass, and then back to normal on the second which can leave some weird patterns. And Random means each time it runs it'll select a different one.
Delay Between New Flames: Do you want lots of flames, or just a few? If you set it closer to the pyromaniac end of the scale new flames will start every few seconds, and the other end they'll take a minute or so for a new one. See what you like.
Burn Speed: This sets how fast the flames creep up or down the screen. Fiddle with it and see what you like!

Well, I was stunned at just how popular the Desktop Puddle screensaver became. People seem to really love seeing their desktop effected by that weird watery effect. So I thought I'd stick with a similar theme, but move on to another of the elements: fire!

This one was a bit trickier. I've been spending all my time reading old fire demo tutorials from the VGA DOS days! Great stuff!

And this is what I came up with. The screen burns away with the niftiest flame I've seen since granny turned 203 and the candles on her cake caused a firestorm. This is definately one for all you pyromaniacs out there. Watching the flames dance around is truly hypnotic.

I've put in a few different burn styles, but the one that's set as default is probably my favourite. The background melt. Leave it for a while and come back and the effect is really cool, in my opinion anyway!

So this is another fairly simple, yet very effective lookin' screensaver. If it's popular, I'll see what I can do with the other elements too!

Enjoy!

v1.0.2 - 15th April, 2006 - Update
Added an option to let you choose the resolution of the screen grab. This will help people who are having problems with a lack of video memory.
Converted to a Universal Binary to work on both PowerPC and Intel Mac's.

v1.0.1 - 16th August, 2005 - Bugifx
Just a small bugfix version to fix something I did wrong!

v1.0 - 20th July, 2005 - Original Release
Your desktop catches fire and burns away in a variety of different burn styles!