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Programming => Lightweight Java Gaming Library => Topic started by: sir_wojciech on March 01, 2006, 19:11:56

Title: ScreenSaver and LWJGL
Post by: sir_wojciech on March 01, 2006, 19:11:56
Hi, I'd like to create a ScreenSaver with LWJGL, but dunno where to begin... Should I write my own screensaver api or are there any existing ones (using lwjgl)?
Title: hmmmmmmmm...
Post by: Fool Running on March 03, 2006, 14:32:01
If by "screensaver api" you mean the api to allow the OS to think that the program is a real screensaver app that can be run after (x) amount of time, then highly unlikely. I would think you would need to write it yourself.
I wonder if its even possible. :? Probably not in pure Java.
Anyone else can chime in here.  :lol:
Title: ScreenSaver and LWJGL
Post by: oNyx on March 03, 2006, 14:58:16
A screensaver (scr) is just an exe which responds to specific command line switches.

There is such a project over at sf.net
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jssaver/

And I also wrote something like that many moons ago... with the same name... duh. Unfortunately it only seems to work correctly with win9x.
http://kaioa.com/k/JScreenSaver.zip
Title: hmmmmmm...
Post by: Fool Running on March 03, 2006, 18:09:36
Cool, I had no idea 8)