This program is designed as a replacement for the ScreamerNet controller
panel built into LightWave (4.0 and greater).

It is compatible with OS 2.04 and greater.

There are many advantages to using ScreamerII over LighWave's built-in
ScreamerNet controller. Among them are:

* Allows one to work in LightWave while a scene renders in the background on
  a single CPU

* ScreamerNet CPUs can be added and removed dynamically during the rendering
  without problems

* Does not wait for that annoying 'Screamer Init' time found on LighWave's
  ScreamerNet panel

* The estimated time of completion is computed and displayed

* Can automatically skip frames that have previously been rendered

* Optionally starts all rendering CPUs simultaneously instead of
  sequentially

* Intelligently deactivates slower CPUs early to speed up overall rendering
  time

* Adjustable rate at which the command directory is scanned

* Rendering CPUs can be given names instead of just numbers

* The rendering job can be RESTARTed seamlessly after rebooting the
  controller


Other features include:

* Useable from the WorkBench or the CLI

* All options are available as CLI arguments or WorkBench Tool Types

* Supports the AmigaOS catalog system. All text can be changed - even the
  command line arguments and Tool Types!

* When run from the WorkBench, the content directory is determined
  intelligently

* Comsumes very little CPU time

* Pressing ? a second time at the CLI prompt gives a verbose description of
  each CLI argument

* Compatible with LightWave 4.0 and 5.0 using ScreamerNet 2 protocol

* Likely compatibility with such as Alpha (provided they can share network
  drives with your Amiga)


Some known limitations are:

* You cannot set the first frame and last frame to be rendered in a scene.

* All scenes to be rendered must use the same content directory

* The default for the content directory cannot (yet) be read from the
  Toaster:Programs/LightWave_Support/LW-Config file

* Scenes cannot (yet) be dynamically added or removed from the scene list

* There is no AREXX port (yet)

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
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[generic]                 1009    2371  42.6% -lh5- b46d Aug 22  2001 ScreamerII.info
[generic]                 1003    2371  42.3% -lh5- afd2 Aug 22  2001 ScreamerII/Icon.info
[generic]                  963    2330  41.3% -lh5- acbd Feb 23  1997 ScreamerII/Icon/MWB.info
[generic]                 1736   10524  16.5% -lh5- 9df9 Feb 23  1997 ScreamerII/Icon/MWB/Defaults.info
[generic]                 1541   10282  15.0% -lh5- f441 Feb 23  1997 ScreamerII/Icon/MWB/Scene.info
[generic]                 1491   10509  14.2% -lh5- 5c6f Feb 23  1997 ScreamerII/Icon/MWB/ScreamerII.info
[generic]                  967    2330  41.5% -lh5- a152 Feb 23  1997 ScreamerII/Icon/NewIcons.info
[generic]                 2138    5671  37.7% -lh5- 8868 Feb 23  1997 ScreamerII/Icon/NewIcons/Defaults.info
[generic]                 1907    5425  35.2% -lh5- b5ad Feb 23  1997 ScreamerII/Icon/NewIcons/Scene.info
[generic]                 1888    5665  33.3% -lh5- 0254 Feb 23  1997 ScreamerII/Icon/NewIcons/ScreamerII.info
[generic]                  965    2330  41.4% -lh5- edf1 Feb 23  1997 ScreamerII/Icon/Standard.info
[generic]                 1003    2964  33.8% -lh5- f2b6 Feb 23  1997 ScreamerII/Icon/Standard/Defaults.info
[generic]                  792    2722  29.1% -lh5- c2a1 Feb 23  1997 ScreamerII/Icon/Standard/Scene.info
[generic]                  921    2954  31.2% -lh5- 7c40 Feb 23  1997 ScreamerII/Icon/Standard/ScreamerII.info
[generic]                17136   30568  56.1% -lh5- 0b9b Aug 22  2001 ScreamerII/ScreamerII
[generic]                12261   38014  32.3% -lh5- 2987 Aug 28  2001 ScreamerII/ScreamerII.guide
[generic]                 1515    7038  21.5% -lh5- 87e8 Aug 22  2001 ScreamerII/ScreamerII.guide.info
[generic]                  986    2949  33.4% -lh5- b9bb Aug 22  2001 ScreamerII/ScreamerII.info
[generic]                 1111    2296  48.4% -lh5- 3396 Aug 22  2001 ScreamerII/ScreamerII.readme
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 Total        19 files   51333  149313  34.4%            Aug 29  2001