Screensavers
by Dave · in Torque Game Builder · 06/22/2005 (6:29 am) · 4 replies
Hi Everybody,
I've been reading about T2D for days now, and from what I've read, I'm extremely impressed. I do have one question that I hope someone here can help me out with. I'm curious about whether you can make screensavers for Linux, Mac, and Windows using T2D. I know that using xscreensaver on Linux, you can make a screensaver out of any file that can write to the root window. I'm guessing that means it would work on Linux as long as you call it through xscreensaver. (And probably on OS X, through the same method.) Does anybody know if it would be possible to use T2D to make a screensaver for Windows? I know that T2D is capable of so much more than just a screensaver, and I'm almost certainly gonna buy it for games, I'd just like to know about what else it can do.
Thanks in advance!
-Dave
I've been reading about T2D for days now, and from what I've read, I'm extremely impressed. I do have one question that I hope someone here can help me out with. I'm curious about whether you can make screensavers for Linux, Mac, and Windows using T2D. I know that using xscreensaver on Linux, you can make a screensaver out of any file that can write to the root window. I'm guessing that means it would work on Linux as long as you call it through xscreensaver. (And probably on OS X, through the same method.) Does anybody know if it would be possible to use T2D to make a screensaver for Windows? I know that T2D is capable of so much more than just a screensaver, and I'm almost certainly gonna buy it for games, I'd just like to know about what else it can do.
Thanks in advance!
-Dave
#2
Not sure if its possible tough...
07/08/2005 (5:23 am)
I was thinking the exact same thing when I saw some t2D particle effects : "now this would make a nice screensaver!"Not sure if its possible tough...
#3
07/08/2005 (6:56 am)
There actually has been someone in the T2D Private Forums who has been making a screensaver with it, so it's possible somehow. I'm just not sure how he does it.
#4
However, I suspect you will need a seperate codebases for each of the OS's.
07/08/2005 (7:50 am)
Well, I think so far it's just a normal T2D app at the moment. There are various hooks you need to use when compiling the .exe in order to generate a screensaver under Windows. I did write one in VB a long, long time ago, so if you can find out what hooks you need, it should be possible.However, I suspect you will need a seperate codebases for each of the OS's.
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