| Aquatica 3D has over 700 pre-made
selectable scenes that can be installed to Aquatica 3D.
All the available scenery is available from the Club Aquatica
web site. The full version of Aquatica 3D also includes
Aquatica Scenery Maker - This is easy to use with a click
and create interface to create unique custom scenery for
Aquatica 3D. Aquatica Scenery Maker currently has over
10,000 objects available for you to create custom scenery. |
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over 700 pre-made Backgrounds |
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| Selecting scenery |
Creating
Scenery with Aquatica Scenery Maker |
| Scale factor |
Installing new scenery |
| Water color enabled |
Customizing
backgrounds with logos and images |
| Selecting Water color |
Scenery Maker object
library |
| Light Cycling |
Animated scenery
textures |
| Sunlight intensity |
Video streaming |
| Moonlight intensity |
Selecting All |
| Scene perspective (Zoom) |
Selecting None |
| Selecting water reflections |
Deleting scenery |
| Importing Waterworlds
scenery |
Downloading more scenery |
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| Selecting scenery |
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You can select one or multiple
scenes to appear in Aquatica 3D.
If more than one scene is selected, Aquatica will randomly
choose one from the selected scenes the next time the
screen saver is activated. If you only want to display
one particular scene, only select that scene and deselect
the rest. |
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To
select a scene
- Press the Scenery
button
- Select the scene
you would like to display
- Press OK
to save your changes.
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| Scale factor |
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Each scene
has a scale parameter and a perspective parameter. The
scale parameter does not scale the scene itself, but
will zoom the 3D camera for that particular scene in
and out, making the fish appear larger or smaller.
In addition there is a perspective parameter, this
will make some fish appear closer than others giving
you the illusion of distance but will also have an effect
on the Scale parameter, so you will need to adjust the
scale and the perspective sliders until you have the
depth of field to your liking. All scale parameters
in Aquatica 3D are relative to each other. |
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To scale a scene
- Press the Scenery
button
- Select the scene
you would like to scale
- Press the Properties
button
- Select Scale
factor and adjust the slider
- Press OK
to save your changes.
Hint: Scaling scenery too much will make
the fish swim through scenery objects and not around
them |
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| Water color enabled |
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A water color can be set
to display a shaded water color tint in your scene.
This can be turned on or off.
To turn water color on/off
- Press the Scenery
button
- Select the scene
you would like to change
- Press the Properties
button
- Select Water
color and set
the value of the check box
on or off
- Press OK
to save your changes.
Note: Not all 3D graphics cards
support this feature. |
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| Selecting a Water color |
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| The color shading for the water
can be set |
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To set a water
color
- Press the Scenery
button
- Select the scene
you would like to change
- Press the Properties
button
- Select Water
color and adjust
the three sliders to the
desired color
- Press OK
to save your changes.
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| Light Cycling |
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| Light cycling will fade the
lights on from light to dark over a period of time. Depending
on the intensity of the sunlight and moonlight will determine
how light or dark the background will fade. |
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To set Light cycling
on/off
- Press the Scenery
button
- Select the scene
you would like to modify
- Press the Properties
button
- Select Light
cycling and set the check
box
- Press OK
to save your changes.
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| Sunlight intensity |
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| Sunlight intensity operates
in conjunction with light cycling. This is the maximum
amount of brightness that ican be displayed when the light
cycling is turned on. |
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To set the Sunlight
intensity
- Press the Scenery
button
- Select the scene
you would like to modify
- Press the Properties
button
- Select Sunlight
intensity and adjust
the slider
- Press OK
to save your changes.
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| Moonlight intensity |
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| Moonlight intensity operates
in conjunction with light cycling. This is the maximum
amount of darkness that is displayed when the light cycling
is turned on. |
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To set the Moonlight
intensity
- Press the Scenery
button
- Select the scene
you would like to change
- Press the Properties
button
- Select Moonlight
intensity and adjust the
slider
- Press OK
to save your changes.
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| Scene perspective
(Zoom) |
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| The perspective parameter will
make some fish appear closer or further away to each other
than others giving you the illusion of distance or closeness.
If the value slider on the perspective parameter is at
0, it will give the impression that the fish are swimming
close up (as though inside a small fish tank). If it is
set to 100, they will swim far into the distance (as if
they were swimming in the ocean). The perspective parameter
will have an effect on the scale parameter, so you will
need to keep adjusting the scale and the perspective sliders
until you have the desired depth of field. |
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To set the Scene
perspective (Zoom)
- Press the Scenery
button
- Select the scene
you would like to modify
- Press the Properties
button
- Select Scene
perspective and adjust
the slider
- Press OK
to save your changes.
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| Selecting water reflections |
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| The Water reflections can be
turned on or off. Water feflections are the ripples effect
that appear in 3D scenery. Water reflections will only
appear on 3D backgrounds. Water reflections will not appear
in scenery created with Scenery Maker |
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To change your
water reflections
First Download
and install the new water
reflections from the Aquatica download library. Then open
the Aquatica 3D settings box.
- Press the Scenery
button
- Select the scene
you would like to modify
- Press the Properties
button
- Select Water
reflections
- Press the file
finder button (...) to select new water reflections
- Look in the folder called "caustics"
located in your Program Files\Aquatica 3D\Caustics
open the folder containing the water reflection then
click on the file inside the folder and press Open
- Press OK
to save your changes.
Hint: Water reflection can decrease
the performance of Aquatica 3D if your 3D graphics card
is not able to run at the appropriate speed. If you
see that your fish are not swimming as smooth as you
would expect, try turning water reflections off from
the settings
button then properties
and turn water reflections
off. |
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| Importing Waterworlds scenery |
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You can import Aquatica
Waterworlds scenery or your own static images to be
used as scenery for Aquatica 3D.
Aquatica 3D automatically defaults to the Aquatica Waterworlds
scenery folder if you also have Aquatica Waterworlds
installed, this way you can import Aquatica Waterworlds
scenery directly without having to download it again.
If you do not have Aquatica Waterworlds installed,
you can still import Aquatica Waterworlds scenery. You
must first download your Aquatica Waterworlds scenes
from the Aquatica Waterworlds section of the Club Aquatica
download library.
To import Scenery from the Club Aquatica
member’s area
- login to the Aquatica
Waterworlds section of the Club Aquatica member’s
area
- Click Explore the scenery
button on the left navigation bar - this displays
the scenes available for download
- Once you have decided which scene you prefer
- Press the view details
link beneath the scene and it will open a pop-up window
- Press the Download
link and save the file
to your designated download folder
- Open the Aquatica
3D settings box
- Press the “Scenery
Tab.”
- Press the Import button
and locate the scene
that you have downloaded
- Press open and the
new scene will appear in the list of available scenes.
To import your own images
- Press the import button
and under the “File Type” drop down menu,
change it to “Image file”
- locate the image file
that you want to import
- Press open and the
new scene will appear in the list of available scenes.
Hint: You can import the following file
types: BMP, JPG, GIF, TGA |
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| Creating Scenery with Aquatica
Scenery Maker |
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| Aquatica Scenery Maker lets
you to create your own custom backgrounds for Aquatica
Waterworlds and Aquatica 3D. There are over 10,000 objects
currently available - you can import your own images too.
Aquatica Scenery Maker is free with the full version of
Aquatica 3D and is a stand alone application that also
allows you to create and set your desktop background.
More details click here |
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| Installing new scenery |
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You can install additional
3D scenes to Aquatica 3D. If you have an unregistered
version you can view
the available scenes 
from the Club Aquatica web site.
If you have the full version of aquatica
3D and would like to install additional scenery
- Login
to the download library and go to the Aquatica 3D
section
- Press 3D scenery button
on the left navigation bar
- Press view details
link beneath the icon of the scene - this will bring
up a pop-up window with a download link
- Press download link
- Save the file to
your designated download folder
- Once the file has downloaded, locate
it and double-click
on it to install it.
Hint: Be sure that the Aquatica
3D setting box is closed when you are installing the
scenery, otherwise it will install, but you will not
be able to see the scene until you close and then re-open
the settings box. |
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| Customizing backgrounds
with logos and images |
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| You can use Aquatica Scenery
Maker to import your own backgrounds and logos in conjunction
with scenery maker objects to display personalized scenery. |
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| Scenery Maker object library |
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There are over 10,000 objects
available to help you create new scenery with Aquatica
Scenery Maker. There are 24 categories to choose from.
If you would like to view the objects click
here
If you have the full version of Aquatica 3D and would
like to view and download objects LOGIN
to the Club Aquatica download library
To learn about using objects with Scenery maker open
the Scenery Maker help file. |
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| Animated scenery textures
(advanced feature) |
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| You can create animated features
like moving coral or any sequence of moving images and
install them to Aquatica 3D. A Tutorial is available from
the Club Aquatica
download library |
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| Video streaming
(advanced feature) |
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| Aquatica 3D allows Video background
layers to be included within a scene. For example a video
of some moving plants could be placed and viewed behind
some rocks. The video streams direct from disk lowering
the load on the processor. You can import AVI, MPG and
WMF files. A Tutorial is available from the Club
Aquatica download library |
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| Selecting All |
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The select all button will
select all of the scenes in the list.
Hint: If all of the scenes are selected,
Aquatica will randomly pick a scene every time the screen
saver activates. |
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| Selecting None |
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| The select none button will
deselect all of the scenes in the list. This button is
useful, if you only want one scene selected and do not
wish to deselect them one by one. |
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| Deleting scenery |
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| To delete a scene, select it
and press the delete button. |
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| Downloading more scenery |
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| If you have the full version
of Aquatica, you can download additional 3D scenery from
the Club Aquatica download library or you can download Aquatica
Waterworlds scenery and import it into Aquatica 3D. |
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