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 1.4:
- Fixed the "rainbow hills" problem that surfaced in OS X 10.8.
- Hills now runs at full resolution on Retina displays.
- Hills now has a thumbnail icon in System Preferences under OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and later.
- Dropped PowerPC support. This version is Intel-only.
Requirements
- OS X 10.6 or later
- Any Intel GMA, AMD Radeon, or nVidia GeForce card or later
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| Downloads:14,670 |
| Version Downloads:847 |
| Type:Utilities : Screen Savers |
| License:Free |
| Date:09 Sep 2013 |
| Platform:Intel 64 / Intel 32 / OS X |
| Price:Free |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Darth Brooks reviewed on 14 Aug 2006
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nicecaman reviewed on 12 Jun 2006
come winter, God forbid.
Nice, nice app.
Thanks Kent :-)
Summer on you too lad.
william31 reviewed on 09 Jun 2006
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.
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ð Born Yeterday ð reviewed on 30 Apr 2006
No problems, of any kind to report.
Very nicely done, and for free!! Amazing!
Keep up the great work!
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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)
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One problem: the pointer stays on-screen.
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It seems to tile the windows strangely and then just goes blank. It works in the preview pane though.