substrate man page

substrate [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background color] [-wireframe] [-max-cycles cyclecount] [-growth-delay delayms] [-initial-cracks numinitial] [-max-cracks nummax] [-sand-grains numgrains] [-circle-percent circlepercent] [-fps]

Lines like crystals grow on a computational substrate.  A simple  perpendicular growth rule creates intricate city-like structures.  Optionally, cracks may also be circular, producing a cityscape more familiar to places for which city planning is a distant, theoretical concern.

Ported from the code by j.tarbell at http://complexification.net

substrate accepts the following options:

-wireframe (Default: False)

Don't draw sand-painting colored effects, only make a wireframe.

-max-cycles cyclecount (Default: 10000)

Maximum number of growth cycles before restarting.  The higher this is, the more complex the art.

-growth-delay delayms (Default: 18000)

Delay in ms between growth cycles.  More delay, slower (but smoother and less CPU intensive) art.

-initial-cracks numinitial (Default: 3)

Initial number of cracks in the substrate

-max-cracks nummax (Default: 100)

Maximum number of cracks in the substrate at a single time

-sand-grains numgrains (Default: 64)

Number of sand grains dropped during coloring.  More grains cause  a denser colour but use more cpu power.

-circle-percent circlepercent (Default: 0)

The percentage of the cracks will be circular.

-fps

Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

DISPLAY

to get the default host and display number.

XENVIRONMENT

to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

Copyright © 2003 by J. Tarbell (complex@complexification.net, http://www.complexification.net).

Ported to XScreensaver 2004 by Mike Kershaw (dragorn@kismetwireless.net)

J. Tarbell <complex@complexification.net>, Jun-03

Mike Kershaw <dragorn@kismetwireless.net>, Oct-04