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fjl:
The Screensaver never turns on when I'm pressing keyboard buttons and while using I-pac since both register as being active. But when I play a game using my PC game controller(Logitech Dual Action) the screen saver turns on and usually during a crucial moment!
 :banghead:

I know that I could simply turn off the screensaver but I need it to run all the time and switching it off and on is such an annoying hassle. So how can I make the screen saver not run while using a PC controller? I need this to work all the time. If I recall, MAME has a screensaver override option but my other emulators do not. I need a fix! :hissy:

DaveMMR:
Not really a solution, per se, but why do you need the screensaver?  Couldn't you:
a) Set the timer longer (like an hour or so)?
b) Turn off your monitor when you're leaving the computer on but not using it?
c) Lock your computer when you walk away from it (if the screensaver is a pseudo security tool and you have to "log-in" to resume working)?

Screensavers are nothing more than decorations nowadays as monitors don't have the same burn-in problems they used to. 

crummy:
You could probably use Joy2Key to have one of the buttons on your gamepad trigger a random (unused) key.

Organic Jerk:

--- 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...

SGT:

--- 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.



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