aberflasm Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Doesnt do full screen at 1280x1024 It does for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMore Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Really good! Found the easter egg too =P. Anyway, what's the internet connection for? GShapiro: How do you run it with AA? Thanks ^^. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gshapiro Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Really good! Found the easter egg too =P. Anyway, what's the internet connection for? GShapiro: How do you run it with AA? Thanks ^^. I set it in my video drivers via my ATI Control Panel. It's system wide. There doesn't seem to be aa/af support in the screensaver itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoko Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 It's very nice but I'm also curious about why it's connecting to the internet. What is it doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gshapiro Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 It's very nice but I'm also curious about why it's connecting to the internet. What is it doing? Maybe it's the automatic updater that it has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted December 21, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 21, 2005 Great screensaver, runs perfectly on my 900Mhz, GeForce 2 MX 400 in OpenGL mode, in fullscreen mode with the default amount of fish, if i mash the keyboard (1,2 and 3 keys) it slows down a tad and post a picture of your Oscar! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david622 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 wow, nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonkwell Bogtrotter Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I like this. (Y) I got no idea where or what or how to get the Easter egg :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquaredCircle Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 (edited) Wonderful screensaver. Any chance on hinting as to what the Easter Egg is? :blush: Nevermind. Found it. :D Edited December 21, 2005 by Hp329 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmmay Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 thanks for the tip spiralmonkey, but you're right...this card is a bit too old it still doesn't run at all. looks like it's time to upgrade hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Well, the tank / reflections look absolutely great and the movement of the fish is very well done but the fish themselves look awful and the bubbles are incredibly fake. I look forward to seeing this develop and it definitely has potential but it's not very good at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoko Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I don't think the fish look awful; they are nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiralmonkey Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 (edited) Filed this one under G really quick. Sorry I refuse to use a screensaver that REQUIRES internet access to use. Denying access crashed it. this came up in another forum (two actually), and somebody looked into it for me. First, I agree it's a big no-no for software to access the internet without permission. In this case (as far as i understand it), on some machines a windows .dll (that DA uses) does the inet access. Here's what someone who looked into it wrote back: The application tries to connect to 131.07.115.28 aka clr.microsoft.com so it is harmless... if someone else has insights i'd love to know more about this. It doesn't happen on my end (i also use zone alarm) Be aware however that every 2 weeks DA beta will ask you to update your version, although you have the option to 'ask me later'. This is for your benefit as well as mine since, as we have seen, there are still some issues to work out and i don't feel comfortable with buggy versions out there. It's in our mutual interest for you to be running the latest, most stable version. i'm still receiving error reports for bugs i fixed a long time ago, because those beta testers aren't updating. but I uninstalled it because it has that dreamaquarium.com text in the bottom. It totally ruins it. In 2 days you won't even notice it's there. You'll be happy to know the release version will not have this. About the "BAD MATRIX" error report and the "message from NULL sender" errors. Thanks to people's error reports i'm narrowing in on these issues. Once again, it shows up on a minority of people's machines, which is why beta testers are so important. Other reports are highlighting other issues that i'm still unsure about. Keep those reports and emails coming and hopefully i can fix those problems too. thanks for your interest, support and feedback! alan P.S. it wouldn't be an easter egg if you didn't have to hunt for it! ;P Edited December 21, 2005 by spiralmonkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detroit Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Very cooool :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasjoe Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 It works perfectly on my end and looks mighty pretty! love the colors but may I suggest you add anti-aliasing to your fish, I think it's needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iomega Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 nice work.. works fine here... thnx!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon2611 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 What ive seen in some screensavers and would be quite usefull in this one is that you can make them so they dont close unless a certian key is pressed (usally esc) i think that would be a great option esp as its rather annoying if you hit the wrong key and close it rather than add a fish or whatever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soypowered Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 (edited) Somehow I made the fish ghost, or leave a trail, when I used the L button to switch display modes (widescreen to fullscreen was where the issue started I THINK) I didn't get a screenshot, sorry. My video card is a 6600GT. Neat screensave otherwise! The deep blue background is a little plain, I like the idea of having a background with no ground but some neat lighting would look cool. EDIT: I realized it now happens all the time, but only when its "full screen." Got a screenshot for you. Edited December 22, 2005 by soypowered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoko Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 (edited) It uses an msi installer, that must be what is checking for updates. That's annoying but it's Microsoft's doing not the authors. I really hate the Windows Installer thing. Not just for going online but for freaking out every time I delete a useless file or shortcut and trying to reinstall the entire program. Sometimes it starts trying to reinstall a program for seemingly no reason. Back to the screensaver, I love the fact that you can feed them. I haven't seen that option since way back with HP Mopy Fish. Edited December 22, 2005 by TRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amr_01 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 When using this screensaver, my monitor will not go into standby mode. I have it set to turn off the monitor after 10 minutes, but it won't do it. It works fine with other screensavers. My roommate has the same problem. Anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeekBoy2000 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Outstanding work! IMO, it's as nice or nicer than SereneScreen's offering, and uses far less resources. Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellc Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 oh my, this is one amazing screensaver. you have done an amazing job. good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobey Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 any mirrors? both link r definitely dead for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMore Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 GShapiro: Oh ok, thanks ^_^. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopyaedoff Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Looks great! :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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