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Heiner
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Can it? And if yes, how difficult is it?
Then, if it can do it, since I am not a coder, is anybody willing to help me with it?
I am a very experienxed artist, animator and modeller and I think I have a good idea how to do something new in this field.

Best regards
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freak
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Posted: 15th Jul 2003 15:29 Edited at: 15th Jul 2003 15:29
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I don't know exactly how to do it, but I think it might work by just renaming the exe file to a scr file... ofcourse you have to code that the program exits when the mouse has been moved or a key has been pressed

so you're a good artist/modeler/animator... can you show us some of your work? do you have a website?

[href]www.bernardfrancois.com[/href]
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Robin
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yes you can...i can't remember exactly - i don't think you can just rename the .exe.
the way i've done it before, you build a .exe, put it, say, in c:\. Then go to the command prompt, and type something like
'copy c:\screensaver.exe : c:\screensaver.scr'
I'm not too sure actually, i'll look it up in a sec ok

Robin


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Heiner
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Of course i can show you some work I did:
First look at these links

http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Yes&Artist=Heiner

If it is not working propperly, look under artist gallerys and search for Heiner. Also look at my renderosity store. I dont want to sell you something it is just because I did some texture packs, which can be seen there, and textures are essential to 3D ...

http://market.renderosity.com/softgood.ez?Who=Heiner

Then look at

http://www.epilogue.net/cgi/database/art/list.pl?gallery=2970

If this does not work, search for Hink, Heiner under Artists.

then look at
www.fundragoon.com
and klick on the Play with fundragoon link. Do a doubleclick on the large picture to go to a online game for which i did the graphics.

Currently I am working on the modells for a resident evil kind of action-adventure game.

cheers
Heiner

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Robin
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Sorry i can't seem to find it at the moment - I've got it at home, so i'll get it then and post again


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Mattman
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what i do is 'build final', save as 'screensaver.scr' and copy to my windows folder!

---Mattman
DID YOU KNOW THAT ???
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Robin
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here is a way to do it if the above doesn't work:
-build your .exe, give it a name without spaces. Make sure you have included something like "if mousemovex()>0 or mousemovey()>0 or scancode()>0 or mouseclick()>0 then end" so that you will be able to quit the program. (I haven't tested that code, but i think that should work )
-copy it to c:\
-go to the command prompt
-type: copy c:\myscreensaver.exe c:\myscreensaver.scr
(where myscreensaver is the name of your .exe)
-go to the c drive
-right click on the newly created screensaver and go to install - done
-where you go to display properties>screensaver, the screensaver opens automatically, but don't worry about this.


Hope this helps,
Robin


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Pricey
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that command line thingy that you had is just the same as renaming

My programs don't crash... your computer does

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