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DarkBASIC Discussion / How do you make screensavers?

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ADGamer
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Posted: 8th Feb 2005 10:57 Edited at: 1st Jul 2009 09:12
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hyrichter
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I haven't actually tried it myself, but I believe you just build your cool screensaver effects in DB, and then rename your exe to a .scr file. The put it in your windows directory and it should show up in the list of screen savers.


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Quote: "I haven't actually tried it myself, but I believe you just build your cool screensaver effects in DB, and then rename your exe to a .scr file. The put it in your windows directory and it should show up in the list of screen savers."


Bingo!

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Posted: 8th Feb 2005 15:10 Edited at: 8th Feb 2005 15:12
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Yes, it'll work, but if you want a real screensaver (with a neat configuration screen), it's not so easy...

For a start, you could take a look at this entry in the codebase:
http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=codebase_view&i=f77a47ddb2281f7c30b2145cfc95730b
It's quite old (sept. 2003), but it can help.

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Posted: 9th Feb 2005 00:06 Edited at: 1st Jul 2009 09:13
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blanky
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Damn, I should've looked down the forum listing before I posted a new thread... The mods are gonna kill me..

Still, read my thread at the top - 'tis almost complete, goode and proper screensavery thingy...

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