User's Manual

Description

The work consists, up to the moment of its publication, of 375 files organized in 6 directories. Each one of these directories corresponds to a " module ". Each module of Lux Perpetua is composed by numerous images, texts and coupled sounds arranged in frames that work as an abstract puzzle. As an example, the module Lux 1 consists of 40 frames, many of them associated with an image linked to another image. Others are simply black spaces.
The modules fit with other modules interrelated thanks to the use of wormholes, suprasyntactical bonds that allow jumping from a hyperspace to another (from a module to another). Although the wormholes are identified by signs that indicate so, there are very few of them and they are not easy to locate, being this part of the game and the search that is intended to be pursued. In many cases the black spaces present hypertext links, other times it is necessary to wait -in general seconds or a few minutes - so that an action occurs and gives place to the appearance of a link or an image.
As an infinite labyrinth, or a circular ruin, the trip doesn't have neither a return, nor an end. Only a beginning, which is arbitrary, as all beginnings.

Technical requirements

Processor: Pentium 90 or faster.

Operating system: Windows 95, 98, NT. The work has not been tested in Macintosh or Unix systems.

Navigator: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5. Netscape can not manage .avi files.

Sound system: it should possess the capacity to execute several sound files simultaneously. The Microsoft Network Audio (MSN) version 4.0 should be installed, included in Windows Media Player 6 or later.

Video: 16 bits of colors or more (high color), 800x600 pixels. The Microsoft Video 1 (MS-CRAM) codec should be installed in order to see the . avi animations. The Microsoft Video 1 codec is included in Windows 95.

Be a Coauthor

The reader has the possibility to add his own luminous scriptures, transforming the work into an immense exquisite corps to and/or realize. The specifications to include your own graphs are:

Static images: maximum size 191x48 pixels, 50 KB, interleaved .gif or .jpg formats.

Animations: .avi (uncompressed or with MS-CRAM compression) or animated .gif.

Sounds: maximum size 35 KB, 22KHz .wav format , uncompressed, or with MSN Audio compression.

Send your work by email as an attachment (no deadline) to f.doctor@columbia.digiweb.com. The works will be added to the online version of Lux Perpetua, in the site Postypographika (http://www.postypographika.com). Lux Perpetua will be accesible starting the year 2000.