Sabrina Kilian wrote:
> Make it shut down when it receives any mouse movement or keyboard input,
> and make it full screen instead of windowed. Screensavers are just .exe,
> renamed.

Hmm, it shouldn't be much trouble to make such a version.

> I tried using it as a screensaver, as is. The windowed mode kept it from
> starting full screen, which was a bigger down side then having to hit
> escape to turn it off.

Once again, that shouldn't be too hard. I might as well have it display 
colors and refresh the screen once in awhile, too. 1024x768 is pretty 
much standard these days, right?

Sam

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Steve Shelby wrote:

> Thanks, Sabrina, for the info.
> I copied the files into windows/system32 and renamed snowflake1.exe to 
> snowflake1.scr, then it was on the dropdown list for selecting screensaver 
> in the desktop properties setup. I selected it for the screensaver, and it 
> works!
> Steve Shelby 

Wow, I didn't know it would be so easy! I might wait till I get Windows 
XP to release the next version (should be a day or two).

Sam

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John wrote:
> I really like this program and just in time for Christmas.  I do have
> one problem though.  On my PC it runs too quickly, ( I never thought
> that I would say that about any program) 
> 
> I do not have access to any program that I can use to try amd modify
> the source code and certainly nothing to compile it with. 
> 
> Is it possible for you or someone who knows what they are doing to
> make it run much more slowly.  Perhaps a key board shortcut to step
> through one iteration at a time ?

My brother *was* right! I does run too quickly. He also suggested I make 
a way for it to step through each frame. I figured using the left mouse 
button to pause it would be sufficient, but I guess not. What's your 
processor speed?

I hope to release another version soon. Glad you liked this one!

Sam

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On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:43:27 -0800, Samuel Benge
<stb### [at] THIShotmailcom> wrote:

>John wrote:
>> I really like this program and just in time for Christmas.  I do have
>> one problem though.  On my PC it runs too quickly, ( I never thought
>> that I would say that about any program) 
>> 
>> I do not have access to any program that I can use to try amd modify
>> the source code and certainly nothing to compile it with. 
>> 
>> Is it possible for you or someone who knows what they are doing to
>> make it run much more slowly.  Perhaps a key board shortcut to step
>> through one iteration at a time ?
>
>My brother *was* right! I does run too quickly. He also suggested I make 
>a way for it to step through each frame. I figured using the left mouse 
>button to pause it would be sufficient, but I guess not. What's your 
>processor speed?
>
>I hope to release another version soon. Glad you liked this one!
>
>Sam

3000Mhz Athlon.

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"Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] THIShotmailcom> wrote in message 
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>
> I hope to release another version soon. Glad you liked this one!
>
> Sam

If you're open to suggestions, I have one. After it has been running for a 
while, it fills in so much space that it just becomes a big circle and 
doesn't look like a snowflake any more. How about limiting the number of 
changes it can make, so that when it reaches the point where it is starting 
to look like something other than a snowflake, it goes back to zero and 
starts over with a new one.
Steve Shelby

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Steve Shelby schrieb:
> "Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] THIShotmailcom> wrote in message 
> news:47337502$1@news.povray.org...
>> I hope to release another version soon. Glad you liked this one!
>>
>> Sam
> 
> If you're open to suggestions, I have one. After it has been running for a 
> while, it fills in so much space that it just becomes a big circle and 
> doesn't look like a snowflake any more. How about limiting the number of 
> changes it can make, so that when it reaches the point where it is starting 
> to look like something other than a snowflake, it goes back to zero and 
> starts over with a new one.
> Steve Shelby 
> 
> 

IMHO it would be enough to simulate a "space"-push every once in a while 
  , could be randomized between 5 and 20 seconds.

This would be looking great and really make a nice screensaver.

Arne

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Steve Shelby wrote:

> If you're open to suggestions, I have one. After it has been running for a 
> while, it fills in so much space that it just becomes a big circle and 
> doesn't look like a snowflake any more. How about limiting the number of 
> changes it can make, so that when it reaches the point where it is starting 
> to look like something other than a snowflake, it goes back to zero and 
> starts over with a new one.
> Steve Shelby 

Too late. I'm already developing a version which uses fractal recursion 
to form the branches of the flake. It's a near-complete rewrite, but 
it's almost finished now.

Sam

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John wrote:
> Samuel Benge wrote:
>> What's your 
>> processor speed?
> 
> 3000Mhz Athlon.  
> 

No wonder! I've got a measly 1.6ghz pentium over here.... but will soon 
have a new system with a quad core. That will be a happy day :)

Sam

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Arne Kleinophorst wrote:
> IMHO it would be enough to simulate a "space"-push every once in a while 
>  , could be randomized between 5 and 20 seconds.
> 
> This would be looking great and really make a nice screensaver.

The new version might not look too great as a screensaver, since it 
draws the flake all at once. I'll see what I can do.

Sam

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Are there any prerequisites that need to be installed?  Tried running it 
under WINE and it just hung, and in W2K under VMware it seems to crash 
out with no error message.  I actually get further under WINE (I get the 
initial splash screen).

I figure I must be missing a required dependency.

Jim

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