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Hills 1.3

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Screensaver generates a landscape of rolling grassy hills. Free

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Nick Zitzmann

Hills is an OpenGL 3D screensaver that generates a landscape of rolling grassy hills. This is a Mac OS X port of software developed by Nicolas P. Rougier and the source code is included under the GNU GPL.

What's New

Version 1.3:

This version is based on Chris Kent's version 1.1.2, which is the newest version of the code still available.
Hills is now compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard") and later.
Fixed some memory leaks in the 32-bit version.
Fixed a bug where pressing a key didn't always stop the screen saver.
The full screen button in the Hills application now works correctly on newer Macs.

Requirements

PPC / Intel
Required: Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Required: Any Intel GMA, AMD Radeon, or nVidia GeForce card or later

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+294

alas! commented on 17 May 2011

Quite soothing to gaze at especially when one's consciousness is suitably enhanced through the use of an appropriate medium.
It's kinda fun to experiment with different colors of fog.
Would be cool if the developer would populate the scene with some additional elements of interest: trees, bushes, and animals/wildlife.
Anyway, a really sweet little freebie.

[Version 1.3]

+544

Negritude tipped on 14 Jul 2010

The developer and his web site have disappeared. You can still find a link to the screensaver here:

http://www.cultofmac.com/the-hills-screensaver-loves-your-mac

Note that, the MIME type on the file is set incorrectly on the CultOfMac web site. If you merely click on the link, you'll get binary trash. You need to Ctrl-Click, then Save As for it to work.

[Version 1.2]

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+544

Negritude commented on 01 Aug 2010

Addendum: Firefox doesn't seem to be able to download the file without corrupting it. You must use Safari in order for the DMG to be saved properly.

+12

Darth Brooks reviewed on 14 Aug 2006

Let me add another 5 stars! Thank you, Chris Kent.

[Version 1.2]

-4

nicecaman reviewed on 12 Jun 2006

This will be an even more pleasent app to have
come winter, God forbid.
Nice, nice app.
Thanks Kent :-)
Summer on you too lad.

[Version 1.12]

william31 reviewed on 09 Jun 2006

While I'm still in the System Preferences, I can alter the screensaver preferences, and I can see the result when I press the Test button. If, however, I move the cursor to my screensaver hot corner, the previous/default options are used. All is then well when I close System Preferences and try again. [G4 PowerBook, 10.4.6]

Still says "Look Ahead Disatnace" in the screensaver options panel.

Otherwise, wonderful app and screensaver. Love the fog, even evil-coloured ones.

Wishes for the future: lakes, forests, even just occasionally a person waving their arms!

Thanks for sharing your work on this.

[Version 1.12]

ð Born Yeterday ð reviewed on 30 Apr 2006

The screensaver works flawlessly for me on an eMac G4 with 384 MB's running under 10.4.6 Tiger.

No problems, of any kind to report.

Very nicely done, and for free!! Amazing!

Keep up the great work!

[Version 1.1]

chambone commented on 30 Apr 2006

This looks very cool and it runs fast on my MBP - the problem is that the fly-by speed doen't seem to be constant. It's as if there are two speeds between which it alternates.

[Version 1.1]

+28

Swordfish commented on 29 Apr 2006

There is a typo in the prefs of the screen saver. it should read "Look Ahead Distance".

Also, when "Use Main Monitor" is checked the screen saver is black and blue, as in this screenshot

Changing the "Grid size" setting seems to randomly trigger that same black and blue screen.

Although my video card (ATI 7500) supports up to 4x FSAA, enabling FSAA 2X gives the screen saver a yellowish and garbeled image (click here to view)

[Version 1.1]