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FFE -> Screen Saver - Issue (12/11/2006 6:22:54 PM)

I am unable to continue playing after the screen saver turns on. The game becomes a small portion of the screen, and the cursor does not respond to any clicks within the miniaturized game screen. I can tab out of the game. I am using a standard XP Pro screen saver.



ericbabe -> RE: Screen Saver - Issue (12/12/2006 12:16:34 AM)

Can you return to the game with the task manager?  I'm not familiar with the screen saver you mention -- what is its name in the list of standard XP screen savers?



Sonny -> RE: Screen Saver - Issue (12/12/2006 3:40:54 AM)

When I come back from screen saver the map is in black and white with a little rectangle in the lower left of the screen. I click on the little rectangle and it turns blue then I right click and the game is back to normal.


EDIT: Correction - I don't right click - I double click the little blue rectangle and the game comes back.



FFE -> RE: Screen Saver - Issue (12/12/2006 5:23:07 PM)

I can alt-tab back to the game. The screen is miniaturized, and does not accept commands. The screen is so small I can see 50% of the desktop, too. I have been unable to restore the miniature game back to full size.

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ericbabe -> RE: Screen Saver - Issue (12/12/2006 10:09:06 PM)

Do you know what the name of the standard XP screen saver is that you are using?  I'd like to try to duplicate this on my machine, but can't if I don't have the screen saver.  It sounds as though the screen saver is changing the resolution of the screen in a way that is not recognized by DirectX.



FFE -> RE: Screen Saver - Issue (12/12/2006 10:16:43 PM)

Using 3-D Pipes with a native resolution of 1920 x 1200. Thanks



ericbabe -> RE: Screen Saver - Issue (12/13/2006 7:55:59 PM)

I have duplicated the problem with "3-D Pipes".  Unfortunately it seems that Pipes is doing something that causes the DirectX routines to fail to re-initialize the screen resolution when FOF is restored.  I don't know of any other routines to call to try to set the resolution off-hand.  Unless I can find something else, I'm going to have to recommend simply disabling that screen saver.  I will experiment to see whether or not other standard XP screen savers cause this problem.



FFE -> RE: Screen Saver - Issue (12/15/2006 6:07:18 AM)

Great, glad you were able to reproduce it!



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