Screensaver (On going project)

nfreader · Postby **nfreader** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:06 am

http://www.studio-14.net/Darwinia/Darwi ... %20RSS.qtz

This is a screen-saver (badly) imitating the falling souls boot-loader.
You must have a Mac running OS 10.4 Tiger. Other people are working on porting it to the windows platform, but this is a relatively recent animation codec, so the chances are low. However, if you can run it, here's how to make it work:

1. Download (Link above)
1a. (Optional) You can preview it in QuickTime if you want to
2. Drag it to user/Library/Screensavers
3. Open System Preferences
4. Go to screen-saver/desktop picture
5. Select the file (it'll be below the separator)

However, there are some issues. The Darwinians fall too fast, and it's choppy when the RSS article changes. This will be fixed at a later date.

Please feel free to leave comments and questions. And if you have quartz composer installed on your computer (HD/Developer/Applications/Graphics) you can edit it to your hearts content.

xander · Postby **xander** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:52 am

Groovy. The DG rain is rather nifty. So, when will you have a rising soul screensaver done for the Mac? :P

xander

nfreader · Postby **nfreader** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:00 am

As soon as I find a good graphic of the souls (The colors are finicky). Anyone want to submit?

xander · Postby **xander** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:26 am

Does this do it?
http://wendryn.com/darwinia/souls.bmp

Or you could create two similar squares, one inside the other, then rotate them 45 degrees. The inner square should be #83ff83 and the outside should be #336733 . Put it on a black background, and life should be good.

xander

nfreader · Postby **nfreader** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:58 pm

Thanks. I can use this. And news on the windows port: Nada. I've been informed that the method used to create this animation is a proprietary closed source, so no go on that one. Someone might be able to recreate the effect (maybe even better than me), but there is no feasible way to port it at this time.

The GoldFish · Postby **The GoldFish** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:53 am

I got bored and made myself a horribly bloated CPU intensive version for windows, yay for 2048x1536, hehe.

Miah · Postby **Miah** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:59 am

The GoldFish wrote:[...]horribly bloated[...]windows[...]

Enough said.

The GoldFish · Postby **The GoldFish** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:46 am

it's like 300k and whores my 2.9Ghz CPU out.

ie, it's more bloated than Darwinia!

Lord_Doskias · Postby **Lord_Doskias** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:12 pm

oooo gimme gimme

Dr4goN · Postby **Dr4goN** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:33 am

Lord_Doskias wrote:oooo gimme gimme

Whoa! You want to download it via dialup connection? Very big LOL.

Lord_Doskias · Postby **Lord_Doskias** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:58 pm

? he said it was like 300k

xander · Postby **xander** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:00 pm

Lord_Doskias wrote:? he said it was like 300k

I think by the rather large LOL at the end, we were supposed to assume that he was joking, or something. However, one can never be too certain.

xander

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