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loadman:

--- Quote from: SGT on December 01, 2007, 10:57:58 pm ---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: 

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Twas easy. Hence me showing what little code was required.

Mate (Aussie talk) 

It's like beach volleyball, You set em up and I will spike it over the net.  :-)

Ehh Bad image.  Me at the beach. Sorry about that.  ;)

fjl:
Thanks but I still need a fix cause I need it for my normal computer that I use for both work and games. I think mame has a screen saver over ride, but my other emulators do not have that option. And I really don't want to be running MALA to play a quick game of super mario bros.

I tried the Joy2key thing. There's something wrong with it cause I couldn't get the directional controls to work. Finally I figured it so the directional work but now the regular buttons no longer work.
 :dunno :badmood:

loadman:

--- Quote from: efjayel on December 02, 2007, 01:33:21 am ---Thanks but I still need a fix cause I need it for my normal computer that I use for both work and games. I think mame has a screen saver over ride, but my other emulators do not have that option. And I really don't want to be running MALA to play a quick game of super mario bros.

I tried the Joy2key thing. There's something wrong with it cause I couldn't get the directional controls to work. Finally I figured it so the directional work but now the regular buttons no longer work.
 :dunno :badmood:

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Well I could compile the code to stand alone app, And then you could use a batch file to launch it, then the game ,then it again after . But as I type this it seems much more troublesome than just running Mala.   ???

Could you not just run a simple scalled down version of mala lists on your normal PC as I do (for testing stuff) ?

crummy:

--- Quote from: efjayel on December 02, 2007, 01:33:21 am ---I tried the Joy2key thing. There's something wrong with it cause I couldn't get the directional controls to work. Finally I figured it so the directional work but now the regular buttons no longer work.
 :dunno :badmood:

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I was thinking you could use joy2key to just send button1 to "u", or some random key. That way, every time you hit it in game, windows will think you hit a key on the keyboard (the "u" key) and so the screensaver won't be activated. However, the game will still accept the button1, etc keys.

DaveMMR:

--- Quote from: SGT on December 01, 2007, 09:50:55 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. 

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I still see a ton of screen burn in industrial environments even with newer monitors.

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Still not much of an issue in the home environment unless you're the type of person that leaves your monitor on along with your computer 24/7.


--- Quote from: efjayel on December 02, 2007, 01:33:21 am ---Thanks but I still need a fix cause I need it for my normal computer that I use for both work and games.

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Which brings my original reply back into play.  I know there are talented people on this forum, as evidenced by the quick turn around time for a plug-in (and may I add, brilliant - definately useful for the cab), but I'm just confused as to why the screensaver is definately needed.  Not trying to be a pain or smarmy, just honest-to-God curiosity.  Because if it comes to a point (and it has) that the screensaver is coming in univited and disrupting my work or play, I just disable the annoying thing and turn the monitor off when stepping away from the computer.

I apologize if you do have a very strong reason for leaving it active.  I'm not trying to tell you how to run your computer.  But if you want the screensaver, then, in my opinion, the easiest solution is either to extend the wait time (like an hour - and maybe hit the spacebar every once in a while) or disable the screensaver during game time (it doesn't take terribly long - and if you forget to reactive it, your monitor will live).  You will honestly spend more time downloading and configuring software than it will take to right-click the desktop and change an option. 

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