[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] ________ / \ / / \ / / \ / / \ / / \/ / / \ / / \ / / \ /________ / \ R&D [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] SkinThing Version 101b ]ZXR&D[ EPD The Most Awesome Useful Quake/Quakeworld Skin Browser in the Universe! Save your hands and eyes for fighting! Let Skin Thing get you dressed to kill! Programming by : Khanage ]ZX[ boabyte@ozemail.com.au Original Concept by: forager ]ZX[ forager@ozemail.com.au ZX Clan Headquarters ________ http://www.ozemail.com.au/~forager/zx/________________________ Greetings from OZ...... ZX Clan forager ]ZX[ Khanage ]ZX[, and ZX R&D, our Experimental Programming Division, are very happy to present to you, the first version of our new program/utility....... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Skin Thing V 1.01b !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [][][][][][][][][] Requirements WIN 95 / WIN 3.X [][][][][][][][[][] Installation The Sthing1.zip Archive, should contain Three files. Sthing.txt stv101.EXE file_ID.DIZ Skin Thing is a WIN95 / WIN 3.X program, it's a breeze to install. Unzip the archive into a temporary dir, then double click on stv101b.EXE. It installs everything automatically. You should now find Skin Thing registered on your program files drop up list from the WIN95 start bar icon/button. The actual program itself, creates it's own Sthing DIR. Now, you are ready to really look good! [][][][][][][][][][][] Skin Thing Features Win95 Install Routine Multi Speed Skin browser The bottom half of the main screen is the Skin Browser the bottom image shows the current browser image, the top is your currently set skin. (unless you need to change your Config file - the ZX skin will be there instead:) The browser is controlled by the Video Player style buttons. To change the skin browser directory, just make the appropriate changes to the Dir box provided. The browse interval sets the delay once the browser begins. Configuration File update facility The user has the abilty to use the browsed skin or a random skin from the browse directory in any .cfg file. Once either of the buttons are pressed the .cfg file is updated, instantly!!! To change locations / name of your config file click the 'change config' button, this will open a new form. This consists of two Dir/file boxes. Any changes made are shown in the current settings box. Click Keep Changes when your happy with the settings shown. Intelligent handling of corrupt skin files, i.e, nothing can stop Skin Thing! Also has the built in ability to view/run F12 screenshots Actually Skin Thing allows animated DIR browsing of any old bunch of PCX's, (yer, I wanted this prog for a long time...) The primary feature of Skin Thing v101, is to allow you to browse 'hands free' through the copious numbers of great looking Quake/Quakeworld player skins, that have been made by all of us, and decide which one to wear out..... Skin Thing has Animation Control. In the form of a standard VCR like transport control bar. You can adjust the rate of playback of the skins to suit your own purpose. At the moment, Maximum playback speed is limited to Ten frames per seconds approx. A text input box allows you additional ability to define the rate of playback more specifically. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Known Bugs The major bug in version 101, has been eliminated. Skin Thing now saves your updated directory information, after you close, regardless of where/which drive, your Quake dir is located on [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Feedback We would like to hear from you regarding how you find the Skin Thing. Any complaints Suggestions etc, would be entirely welcome. Please email your feedback to either Khanage ]ZX[ boabyte@ozemail.com.au or forager ]ZX[ forager@ozemail.com.au Feel free to drop by to ZX Clan's Headquarters on the net at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~forager/zx/ Visit our ZX / R&D / Skin Thing Site regularly for Skin Thing updates etc. Who knows what we'll do next! [][][][][][][][][][][][] Future Versions Other ideas are coming into focus... What original features would you like to see in future versions of Skin Thing? [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Copyright Skin Thing was Programmed by Khanage ]ZX[ Idea was by forager ]ZX[ Skin thing was hosted by ZX R&D a division of ZX Clan. Skin Thing is freeware (for non commercial use only) at this moment. You may use a copy of Skin Thing, give it to your friends, or use it personally in other ways, ie, offer it from your web site (from your own ftp), if you do share this program around, please tranfer the entire Zip archive, not just the executable. Naturally we would prefer you link to our ZX Clan's Skin Thing Home Page. A small Skin Thing Link/graphic is available should you wish us to give you it. This program is not to be sold for profit, or be a part of a CDrom, for example, that is sold for profit or part of a magazine/cd package, that is sold for profit, without our ZX R&D Division's expressed specific approval. "Skin Thing" is a ZX R&D Property "Quake", "Quakeworld", are Trademarks of id Software. All Rights reserved. ZX Clan, ZX R&D, Khanage, and forager, will admit to no liability, for any bad thing at all, that may or may not occur, as a result of anyone installing Skin Thing on their computer. This software is provided to you for personal use strictly on an "as is" basis. If you commit suicide as a result of seeing too many skins at once, or your trusty cpu starts bleeping wrongly, don't blame us, or flame us. Please. [][][][][][][][][][][][] Special Thanx to the Quake Skin Authors/artists, who have had their art locked in the closet/skins dir too long. Also Thanx to Stephen at Boabyte computers for letting me rave to Khanage whilst he was at work. Special thanx to Simo, Scarab and Stephen Connor and Andrew Booth. It's been a lot of fun doing Skin Thing, hope you like it enough to use it. Khanage forager [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] ________ / \ / / \ / / \ / / \ / / \/ / / \ / / \ / / \ /________ / \ R&D [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] SkinThing ]ZXR&D[ EPD The Most Awesome Useful Quake/Quakeworld Skin Browser in the Universe! Save your hands and eyes for fighting! Let Skin Thing get you dressed to kill! Programming Code by : Khanage ]ZX[ boabyte@ozemail.com.au Original Concept by: forager ]ZX[ forager@ozemail.com.au ZX Clan Headquarters ________ http://www.ozemail.com.au/~forager/zx/_______________________