
	
		Ballad of a Cluster Bomb Director's Cut
		Version 1.01
		
		Released at Stream SIX 20.9.2009		
			* Some minor fixes 21.9.2009
		
		
		
		
		Credits:
			Visuals: 	Virne (Jani Lainesalo)
			Music: 		David Rovics (http://www.davidrovics.com/)
			
	
			Thanks to McGurk and Caveman for helping with video converting. (I didn't use that video though.)
			Also thanks to Jugi for trying painter.
			Special thanks to Enni, my wife, for lending her hand and fighting for this demo with prayer.
			
		
		Notes:
			Might need latest DirectX. (August 2009 release maybe?)
			Should work on XP and Vista.
			Some decent graphics card and cpu highly recommended.
			
			You change some settings like screen resolution by altering na_config.xml.
			
		
		Uses:
			Fmod by Firelight Technologies
			OpenCV (http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/)

		Issues:
			For some unknown reason, executable failed to run on Stream 2009 compo machine.
			I have no idea what's wrong with it. Suggestions are welcome. 
			It might have something to do with OpenCV libraries. 
			
			I made new version with some different compiler settings and I did remove OpenMP support.
			I don't know if it helps or will it cause even more issues.
			
					
			Oh. And if it encounters some error at startup you might have
			difficulties retrieving Windows desktop. Initilization code is 
			really really bad. (It should exit when error occurs.)
			 
				
		License:
			Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
			http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
		
			Apply's to demo and music. Those interested about music can contact David Rovics from www.davidrovics.com.
		
		
		Contact:
			jani.lainesalo[at]gmail.com
			www.davidrovics.com
		
		
		
		I released early version of this demo  at Breakpoint 2009. Demo looked decent on my laptop, but on the 
		compomachine everything went wrong. Timings were buggy. Shaders and blends didn't work as they should.
		Most of the stuff that was ment to be there didn't show up. I actually cried when I saw the demo on the compo.
		
		So I decided to "fix" it. I have been busy with other projects, but somehow I managed to cut some time
		to finish this. This rendetion is far from perhect, but it's enough to get this demo out of my head.
		This was never meant to be "big" demo, but just a tiny slow paced story. I could spend eternity to "finalize"
		demo, so I am willing to release this kind of "rough" version. It manages to follow my original vision to
		some extent, but is not fancy shiow in any way. And definetly this is no music video!

		There are "hidden" tool keys in this demo. You might also try to "paint" to  some scenes by 
		your self. At some point I might try to make actually working user interface to 3d painter code. 
		I might release it as a free tool to play around. That however requires time, which I don't have.
		
		I don't have to go into cluster bombs. You can read about them from elsewhere. But I hope this demo
		may raise awareness about cluster bombs. There is a Convention on Cluster Munitions already signed, 
		but they are still out there! It should be noted, that Finland hasn't signed CCM treaty.
		
		This demo was very hard to do. I already tried my painting stuff at Alternative Party 2008. My demo
		didn't work (propably because firewall blocked access to internet). Then there was that turbulence
		at Breakpoint. Here at Stream I was ready t give up, but somehow I managed to pull it through so that
		I don't have to be a shamed (too much). This may sound odd, but I think God himself has helped me
		with this demo. My wifes prayers have given me strength to finish this. I don't know if there is
		any use for this demo or some derivate of this demo in Kingdom of God. Time will tell. It seems
		that Jesus, my Saviour, is greatest coder of them all! Some inner details of implementation quite
		literally came from Heaven. I was under great pressure when making this demo, but when I was ready 
		to give up, I got peace. Perhaps this puny demo has no greater meaning, but for reason unknown
		to me, I just had to release this! I have to be content with this version, even though there are glitches
		and stuff doesn't actually work as they should. 
		
		Enough. Time for last beer. Then it's time to sleep.
			
		- virne 21.9.2009 4:30am
		
		
		

