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| DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: Organic Jerk on December 01, 2007, 08:54:11 pm --- --- Quote from: DaveMMR on December 01, 2007, 07:46:31 pm ---Screensavers are nothing more than decorations nowadays as monitors don't have the same burn-in problems they used to. --- End quote --- Well isn't an arcade cabinet itself nothing more than decoration seeing as its just a PC encased? Home consoles are smaller and can do more work...The controls aren't really ergonomic... etc...etc.. Personally, I think having MAME vids running in a screensaver (as an "attract mode" of sorts) is really cool and adds to the atmospere of the cabinet itself.. In this hobby I would say Decorations are generally a positive thing if done well... --- End quote --- You're comparing arcade cabinets to screensavers? Besides, based on the information given in the original post, I was guessing that he was talking about a desktop PC. Yeah, an arcade cabinet would be a different story I suppose if you wanted to leave it on for extended periods (though I just generally let a random game run in attact mode). More information is needed methinks. |
| SGT:
--- Quote from: DaveMMR on December 01, 2007, 07:46:31 pm ---Screensavers are nothing more than decorations nowadays as monitors don't have the same burn-in problems they used to. --- End quote --- I still see a ton of screen burn in industrial environments even with newer monitors. |
| loadman:
--- Quote from: SGT on December 01, 2007, 09:13:20 pm --- --- Quote from: efjayel on December 01, 2007, 07:27:29 pm ---I need a fix! :hissy: --- End quote --- If you still use Mala, you could whip up a tiny plugin that programatically turns off the screen saver when playing a game and turning it back on when you're through. Here is a link to some Dephi code to do that. See the second post from netmaestro: http://blitzmax.com/Community/posts.php?topic=48372 If you don't do plugins, you may have to request it from one of the Mala experts in this forum. --- End quote --- Well done James Bond. Plug-in is attached to this post. Unzip and place into your mala plugins directory. Enjoy. --- Code: ---library SSToggle; uses Windows; // Required for this Plug-in function ToggleSaverActive(z:double):double; cdecl; begin if z=1 then SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE, 1, nil, SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE) else SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE, 0, nil, SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE); Result := 0; end; {******************************************************************************* * *******************************************************************************} procedure MaLaGameStart(); cdecl; begin ToggleSaverActive(0); end; {******************************************************************************* * *******************************************************************************} procedure MaLaGameQuit(); cdecl; begin ToggleSaverActive(1); end; {******************************************************************************* * *******************************************************************************} function PluginName(): PChar; cdecl; begin result := PChar('Windows Screen Saver Toggle'); end; {******************************************************************************* * *******************************************************************************} function PluginCopyright(): PChar; cdecl; begin result := PChar('2007 by Loadman & SGT'); end; exports MaLaGameStart, MaLaGameQuit; {$R *.RES} begin end. --- End code --- |
| SGT:
Does loadman deliver or what? Issue with Windows screensaver reported....3 hours later.....loadman AKA the "Aussie Assassin" provides a Mala plugin that effectively resolves issue. :notworthy: And if that wasn't enough, gives me plugin copyright credit for my tremendous google searching skills. Thanks loadman. :cheers: |
| Organic Jerk:
Holy Christ. Wow, loadman.. And the Mala plugins list grows! :applaud: |
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