Fight simulator

Pascal · Advanced Newbie Joined: 24 May 2003 Posts: 76

yes, fight simulator, not flight. I was thinking about making a computer program (or a calculator) program that has two charaters that fight eachother. It wouldnt relaly be a game. If it was for the comp, it would be quite an entertaining screensaver. What do you think?

NETWizz · Posted: 02 Jun 2003 01:33:53 am Post subject:

Go for it

How do you compile a screensaver?

Arcane Wizard · Posted: 02 Jun 2003 11:49:14 am Post subject:

Just rename a ".exe" file to ".scr" and rightclick on it, then click on install.

I made a Win32 program that would prompt with an error message saying "I can't find you" and then you get 3 options, abort, retry or cancel. The only way I got it to pop-up every 2 minutes was by setting it as a screensaver simply by renaming it to ".scr", worked great.

NETWizz · Posted: 02 Jun 2003 05:07:49 pm Post subject:

That is great.

At work today, I swaped the right and left mouse buttons on a few peoples mouse.

They are now calling me saying that they have some virus that effects the mouse. Neutral

I can then fix their problems in less than 10 seconds. Very Happy

As for the screensaver idea, I like it. I think there should be a screensaver that shows all of the various windows error messages.

I guess the only problem is that if there realy is an error, one might think the screensaver is working correctly.

Spyderbyte · Advanced Member Joined: 29 May 2003 Posts: 372

62 52 53 53 · Posted: 02 Jun 2003 07:24:44 pm Post subject:

no, go into start, settings, controll pannel, mouse, button tab, and under button configuration select "left handed"

SniperOfTheNight · Advanced Member Joined: 24 May 2003 Posts: 260

Arcane Wizard · Posted: 03 Jun 2003 01:45:55 am Post subject:

A friend told me when I was trying to find a way to make screensavers, I was like 'that's too easy it'll never work', but behold it works fine.

NETWizz · Posted: 03 Jun 2003 02:51:29 pm Post subject:

I knew screen savers have a .scr extention and executables have a .exe extention, but I never knew that you could just rename an executable, right click and select install.

Spyderbyte · Advanced Member Joined: 29 May 2003 Posts: 372

I tried that, and I recognized it as a screen saver, but when I clicked on Install it brought up the display properties for the screensaver box, and my screen saver wasn't in the dropdown menu. Sad

Are there certain rules you have to follow in the .exe?

Spyderbyte

Arcane Wizard · Posted: 04 Jun 2003 04:59:30 am Post subject:

Grrr, stupid cookies.

Adm.Wiggin · Posted: 04 Jun 2003 02:39:28 pm Post subject:

lol, would the scr rename thing work with a dos program i made with Turbo Pascal v.7? just wondering, cause that would be kinda cool to make my own scrsvr that says :
haking file windows.dll...
deleting requried library dks.dll

and it could just do random things... my dad would scream! it would be hilarious!

NETWizz · Posted: 04 Jun 2003 03:38:22 pm Post subject:

How about the bluse screen of death.

It would make a good screensaver especially when installed on XP.
Neutral

Pascal · Advanced Newbie Joined: 24 May 2003 Posts: 76

If you had a web cam, a good screen saver would be caller "mirror" Your computer scrren would act as a mirror.

Adm.Wiggin · Posted: 10 Jun 2003 12:35:54 pm Post subject:

just an fyi, it doesn't work for dos files Neutral

maybe i should learn some more c++...

NETWizz · Posted: 10 Jun 2003 04:57:20 pm Post subject:

I hace one that randomly displays an entire directory of picures.

It does not bet boring because it has many pictures.

62 52 53 53 · Posted: 10 Jun 2003 05:58:47 pm Post subject:

My favorites are windows 98, pipes, and the maze with the designs that change colors.

Adm.Wiggin · Posted: 10 Jun 2003 07:14:01 pm Post subject:

wow Jbirk! what a cool program! were the pictures in a subdirectory/(not sub)directory of the program?

NETWizz · Posted: 11 Jun 2003 02:22:28 am Post subject:

The program reads all of the files in a directory you choose.

In other words, they can be any pictures you wish.

I think this may be getting off topic, and I may be part of the cause Razz

Arcane Wizard · Posted: 11 Jun 2003 05:08:47 am Post subject:

Hehe, right after the first post :)

Anyway people can still ask or talk about the original subject of the thread so no harm done, right?

btw, doesn't work with dos programs ? I made a standard console app in c++ which just kept doing cout << "hello"; and it worked fine.

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