Crashin' Zap ============ (C)Copyright 2004, Rich „Weeds„ Nagel - All rights reserved 1/64 Scale Micro Remote Control Car Crashing at it's Best! ---------------------------------------------------------- The file contained in this archive is a short self-playing Bink format movie of several drive-by and crash scenes of my Radio Shack 60-7021 Red Nissan 350Z ZipZaps car. The movie includes CD quality stereo sound effects from a real car engine, as well as several skid and high-impact crash sound effects. Viewing the Movie ----------------- To view the movie, simply unzip CRASHZAP.ZIP to any directory on your hard drive and then run "Crashin' Zap.exe". The movie will run on any PC under Windows 9.x or higher. Sit back and enjoy the fun of Radio Shack ZipZaps car crashing! FYI, the cameraman was fatally injured during the filming of this movie... may he rest in peace ! Command Line Parameters ----------------------- The following is a list of command line parameters that can be passed to the Bink video player runtime when viewing the movie: Syntax: "Crashin' Zap.exe [/Switches]" /P - Preload the entire Bink video into memory. /L## - Loop the animation (just /L for infinite). /F#.# - Use this frame rate (just /F for fast). /T## - Play the specified sound track. /Z - Use waveOut instead of DirectSound for audio output. /S - Show the playback summary when finished. /X## - Specifies the X coordinate of the playback. /Y## - Specifies the Y coordinate of the playback. /W#.# - Stretch to this width in pixels (can be slow). Use negative numbers for scaling (i.e. for 2x, use '/w-2'). For full screen, use -1 ('/w-1'). /H#.# - Stretch to this height in pixels (can be slow). /R - Fill the screen with a black background. /C - Hide the cursor when in the Bink window. /M## - Simulate this read speed (in bytes/second). /E## - Specified the amount of memory for read buffering. /G - Don't load the read buffer when opening the Bink (faster opening). /K - Do not use multi-threaded device reading. /U## - Disable controls: 1=pause, 2=skip, 4=quit. /N - Never skip frames when falling behind. /Q - Show run-time playback statistics. /J - Don't pause the video when the focus is lost. /I# - Window style: 0=normal, 1=no caption, 2=nothing. Add 100 for always-on-top. /A## - Display options: 1=2x height doubled, 2=2x height interlaced, 3=2x width doubled, 4=2x width and height interlaced, 5=2x width and height doubled, 6=1x height interlaced, 7=force none. Add 100 for grayscale. /D## - Display resolution: 1=320x200, 2=320x240, 3=320x400, 4=400x300, 5=480x360, 6=512x384, 7=640x400, 8=640x480, 9=800x600, 10=960x720, 11=1024x768, 12=1152x864, 13=1280x1024. To set the color depth, add: 0 for 16-bit, 100 for 24-bit, 200 for 32-bit, 300 for 8-bit, 400 for at least high-color (16, 32, then 24), 500 to try true-color (32, 24, then 16), and 600 for true-color only (32, then 24). /B## - Blitting style: 0=Automatic, 1=DirectDraw primary display (best quality, very fast), 2=DIBSection (best quality, most compatible), 3=YV12 overlay, 4=YUY2 overlay, 5=UYVY overlay, 6=YV12 off-screen, 7=YUY2 off-screen, 8=UYVY off-screen, 9=DirectDraw RGB video memory off-screen, 10=DirectDraw RGB system memory off-screen. Programs and Utilities ---------------------- The original WAV format sound effects came from various sources on the Internet, with extensive digital editing and mixing using GoldWave v4.26 and Cool Edit Professional v1.20. The Bink format animation was created using a Logitech webcam, with extensive image and video editing using Paint Shop Pro v6.02, Jasc Animation Shop v2.02, DDClip Pro v3.03, and Rad Game Tools v1.6b. ENJOY! ------ Rich „Weeds„ Nagel [CIS: 112615,1575] - #95 A/C Racing Of Homestead RichNagel@compuserve.com 112615.1575@compuserve.com RFNagel@racesimcentral.com RFNagel@juno.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/RichNagel http://www.geocities.com/RFNagel http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Metro/7256 http://snor.cmoo.com/weeds http://www.cmoo.com/~snor/weeds http://snor.cmoo.com/weeds/zapstuff.htm http://www.cmoo.com/~snor/weeds/zapstuff.htm In Memory of #3 - "The Heart of NASCAR" - Dale Earnhardt [1951-2001]