rocks - animation of flying through an asteroid field
rocks [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground
color] [--background color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id
number][--mono] [--ncolors n] [--install] [--visual
visual] [--count integer] [--delay usecs] [--speed
integer] [--norotate] [--nomove] [-3d] [--fps]
The rocks program draws an animation of an asteroid field
moving past the observer (or vice versa). Sometimes the observer picks up
spin on Z axis.
rocks accepts the following options:
- --window
- Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
- --root
- Draw on the root window.
- --window-id number
- Draw on the specified window.
- --mono
- Make all the rocks the same color.
- --ncolors
colors
- How many different colors to use. Default 5. Colors are chosen
randomly.
- --install
- Install a private colormap for the window.
- --visual
visual
- Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class,
or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
- --count
integer
- Maximum number of rocks to draw on the screen at once. Default 100.
- --speed
integer
- A measure of the speed with which the observer and the rocks pass each
other, from 1 to 100. Default 100, meaning ``very fast.'' If you're on a
slow display connection (the animation looks jerky) then try making this
number smaller, and/or decreasing the number of rocks.
- --delay
microseconds
- Number of microseconds to delay between each frame. Default 50000, meaning
about 1/20th second. Compare and contrast with --speed, above.
- --norotate
- Don't rotate the observer; just fly through the field on the level.
- --nomove
- Don't turn the observer; just fly straight ahead through the field.
- -3d
- Do red/blue 3d separations: if you look at the screen with 3d glasses, the
rocks will be jumping right out at you. Oooooh,
scaaary!
- --fps
- Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
- DISPLAY
- to get the default host and display number.
- XENVIRONMENT
- to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
- XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
- The window ID to use with --root.
There should be an option to display doppler shift (a gravity
rainbow.)
Speed of rotation should be settable.
Default speed of rotation should be relative to forward
velocity.
Copyright © 1992 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use,
copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for
any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this
permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are
made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided
"as is" without express or implied warranty.
Based on Lisp Machine code copyright 1988 John Nguyen
<johnn@hx.lcs.mit.edu>.
Ported to C and X by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>,
13-aug-92.
Steering code by Jeremie Petit; 3D code by
theiling@coli.uni-sb.de.