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Machinarium => General Machinarium topics => Topic started by: nmi576 on October 02, 2009, 08:42:01 pm



Title: fan made screensaver
Post by: nmi576 on October 02, 2009, 08:42:01 pm
Finally took some time to create a Machinarium demo screensaver.

It's basically the animated main menu with those three little robots flying around. I removed the game selection menu but the "machinarium demo" text is still visible. Robot sounds have been muted so the music can be heard without interference.

The screensaver automatically supports any resolution but more options can be accessed from the options menu like resizing the animation or disabling the background music. Total duration is 2 minutes and 5 seconds, the screensaver will fade out for a second before looping. Sorry.

File size is 17.5MB. The installation process will place the file in C:\Windows where all other screensavers are stored. Uninstallation is possible from the Add/Remove Programs menu as usual. If you want to install it manually, there is a second link that points directly to the .scr file.

Machinarium demo screensaver v0.1 with un/installer (recommended)
http://www.file-upload.net/download-1922535/Machinarium-screensaver-v01.rar.html (http://www.file-upload.net/download-1922535/Machinarium-screensaver-v01.rar.html)


Machinarium demo screensaver v0.1 without un/installer (advanced users only)
http://www.file-upload.net/download-1922542/Machinarium-screensaver-v01scr.rar.html (http://www.file-upload.net/download-1922542/Machinarium-screensaver-v01scr.rar.html)

snapshot of the screensaver
(http://www3.pic-upload.de/02.10.09/9rxxu6cn366d.jpg)

preview of the Windows Screen Saver Settings window
(http://www3.pic-upload.de/02.10.09/q8kcrdz7xu2m.jpg)

settings menu for the Machinarium screensaver
(http://www3.pic-upload.de/02.10.09/fvjpsnko6rnq.jpg)


Title: Re: fan made screensaver
Post by: TANTRICTRICK on October 09, 2009, 11:32:11 pm
hi
i get sound but no graphics when scrnsaver is previewed??


Title: Re: fan made screensaver
Post by: nmi576 on October 10, 2009, 02:20:41 am
Hello,
The screensaver needs quite a lot of resources to be able to run (of course this shouldn't matter, as it only switches on when you're not using your PC anyway) because it's actually a full-size video. So one of the reasons might be your system specs. On slower machines, the screensaver will run choppy.
Can you tell me what graphics card, processor and desktop resolution you're using?


Title: Re: fan made screensaver
Post by: TANTRICTRICK on October 10, 2009, 11:08:23 am
hey - yeah, pretty good actually - radeon 4850, 2.4  core 2 quad, 1650x1080........


Title: Re: fan made screensaver
Post by: nmi576 on October 10, 2009, 02:22:22 pm
Hmm... try to install the latest Xvid codec for the video.


Title: Re: fan made screensaver
Post by: TANTRICTRICK on October 10, 2009, 04:07:39 pm
Thats It!!!!! Many Thanks - great work!!!!!!!!


Title: Re: fan made screensaver
Post by: Ulyasha Karp on October 10, 2009, 05:21:23 pm
potboiler-forgery-100%fake   :(


Title: Re: fan made screensaver
Post by: nmi576 on October 10, 2009, 05:54:18 pm
Thats It!!!!! Many Thanks - great work!!!!!!!!
Phew. Glad it worked :) Enjoy!


Title: Re: fan made screensaver
Post by: Tottel on April 06, 2010, 02:10:15 pm
Sorry for the post revival, but this is absolutely amazing.
The only downside that I can think of is that a screensaver is used to protect your monitor from burned-in images. And since the background is very static, it's not that effective..


Title: Re: fan made screensaver
Post by: jst65 on April 06, 2010, 03:35:38 pm
Sorry for the post revival, but this is absolutely amazing.
The only downside that I can think of is that a screensaver is used to protect your monitor from burned-in images. And since the background is very static, it's not that effective..
Well, pixel burn is no more an issue actually... at least not when it comes to modern PC monitors, which usually go on standby after a certain amount of time.
Anyway, thankyou mate, I missed this one! :)


Title: Re: fan made screensaver
Post by: cargobull on August 02, 2010, 11:27:52 pm
Who knows or who has any idea: How convert this screensaver to flesh animation(SWF) or extract original flash? thx