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Darth Solidus
from Texas | United States
July 28, 2022, 2:28am (Eastern Time Zone)

Post # 45

4 monitor update Update

I realized after your response that Nvidia setting might be the culprit in my setup. Since Im using 3 of my monitor in Surround mode, they acts as one monitor and System 47 maxes out using the vertical resolution, so it looks line only my center monitor its been use and my side monitors are black. So the screen saver is playing center of my and on my 4th monitor. I decided to disabled Surround and try again and it does work on all 4 screen. You C++ code is fine lol [url=https://1drv.ms/u/s!AkvxIf0a6YmribV6YwHL47EQk5PZnw?e=aKfGoW]4 Screens[/url]

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Ah, that sounds very logical! Thanks for solving one of the mysteries and sharing your finding

Cool photo of System47 running on 4 of your monitors!! Very jealous

Have you try running STARFIELD 47 on your rig? The animation probably would be more sluggish on multi monitors unless you have a powerful CPU/GPU. STARFIELD 47 is more CPU intensive, and all browsers aren't created equally

Friend of Data
July 25, 2022, 3:25am (Eastern Time Zone)

Post # 44

Hello,
I too have been using the screensaver in version 2.2 for many years. I like the new version 2.5.01 very much and I am enthusiastic. However, I'm having the same problem as some others here. The displays remain black after the end of the screen saver. I have already tried everything that was offered in many forums. Nothing has helped so far. Too bad. What can I do. I use Windows 10.
Thanks for an answer.

Comment:

Hi Friend of Data, sorry that you too are encountering this bug. I am still looking into it. I have a hard time of replicating this bug. And this makes it more difficult to locate & squash the bug

I will continue to work on this and post updates here. Cheers

JJS LCARS
from West Seneca | NY
July 18, 2022, 5:06pm (Eastern Time Zone)

Post # 43

Starfield47 webapp is awesome. I must learn more about Babylon.js so I can make some of my own stuff.
Great Job.

Comment:

Thanks!!! Yeah, I've only started using Babylon.js this March. I didn't know about it before. It was a challenge at the beginning to learn about its structures, but after a while, I got super impressed by this framework's capabilities. If you're comfortable with JavaScript, Babylon.js can be fun to learn ;-)

Cheers

Luke
from Calgary | Canada
June 29, 2022, 1:14am (Eastern Time Zone)

Post # 42

Amazing!

Screensaver is amazing - and the starfield webapp is so cool! Thanks for the hard work and obvious dedication to Star Trek aesthetics

Comment:

You're very welcome :-) Updating System47 brought lots of fund memories. I tried to put in as much details as possible.

And creating STARFIELD 47 was fun too, because I could finally utilize the features found in modern browsers without worrying about incompatibilities! :-)

Lord Vegan
June 23, 2022, 5:30am (Eastern Time Zone)

Post # 41

Great new screensaver and awesome webapp. Seems like maybe a chunk of a game, wink wink. Well I loaded it and had no labels on my controls and had a heck of a time figuring what was what. Turned out my text reversal made them blank. I like a dark screen and white text. So I swapped them. AFTER I learned how to fly the thing, I realized and swapping them back made life a bit easier. Fun times. Have used your original SS, since late 90's. Always loved it.

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Lol, thanks for your email too. Yup, STARFIELD 47 webapp doesn't work too well if one has turned on the "Inverse color" option within the browser's settings or via a browser extension. STARFIELD 47 site is pretty dark, really no need to set a manual dark mode via browser extension. Perhaps you can temporarily disable it when viewing SF47, or white-list it in your extension's settings.

Yeah, I made STARFIELD 47 to be a mindless viewing experience. Just relax & watch it doing some random and unique trek-related animations :-) Glad you enjoy it

four-of-seven
June 11, 2022, 2:27pm (Eastern Time Zone)

Post # 40

Stupendous

System47 is stupendous - and fab on a 3 monitor set-up. My inner nerd is nearly satisfied. There's just one thing, it won't come out of the screensaver without a reboot. All the monitors revert to black with an ineffective mouse pointer. Sometimes one monitor comes out (the second) but the other two remain black. A ctrl-alt-shift then manual kill doesn't work either. Any ideas?

Comment:

Ah, so it does run on 3 monitors. I was only able to test on 2 monitors at most.

Yup, I am trying to replicate this black screen bug when exiting out the screensaver :-( Since I have trouble replicating it, this makes it more difficult to squash it

Nevertheless, I will do my best and keep trying...

On Windows 10 or 11, press Control+Shift+Escape to bring up the Task Manager. Then change to the "Users" tab. Expand the current-running processes under your user name. And look for "System47" processes and right-click on them to "End Task"

Darth Solidus
from Texas | USA
May 13, 2022, 8:15pm (Eastern Time Zone)

Post # 39

Greatest Screensaver Ever

Happy that the site got updated, thanks for the hard work. Starfield is really cool also. Are there any plans in the future for the screensaver to support more than two monitors? I would love to see S47 running on all 4 screens on my rig. Small suggestion, adding the option to turn off the ambient sound on secondary monitor feed would be great. Two ambient sound playing at the same time is a little off.
thanks for a great screensaver.

Comment:

Glad that you like STARFIELD 47. I have made more updates recently. Check it out....

4 Monitors!!!?? Lol, there's no way for me to test for that. ha ha. Though I did program it to run on multiple monitors, not just up to two. Perhaps another bug? Hmmm... I will go through my C++ code to look for it. (I don't code in C++ much)

Oh yeah, that's a very good suggestion on the sound while running on multiple monitors. Basically, in multi-monitor mode, I simply launch multiple copies of System47 projector file, one for each monitor. I will try and find a way to mute the sound on secondary System47's. Thanks!

Murilo Silva
from Alpha Quadrant | Brazil
May 5, 2022, 3:09pm (Eastern Time Zone)

Post # 38

Incredible

After all this years, System47 continues incredible and awesome!
Thanks a lot!

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Thanks so much. I had fun making this update. Glad that you enjoy it

Idmah
April 28, 2022, 8:48am (Eastern Time Zone)

Post # 37

old System47 won't uninstall dated 2020

I have an 'old' System47 Screen Saver dated 2020-05-10 uninstall pops up but entry doesn't go away.

Comment:

Hmm, my most recent update was release in November 2021. And the old version prior to this would be in 2005.

The old version possible could still run on an old system, such as Windows 7. On modern OS, that old version wouldn't work. To remove the old version, try do a search on your computer with this term "system47", and delete the files found.

Admiral Kirk
from Navarre | United States
April 26, 2022, 12:05pm (Eastern Time Zone)

Post # 36

Working just fine and It Looks Great!

Admiral Kirk posted on 21.12.2021 | 13:52:

I am SO glad you are back at it!!!

Like many other users here, I have been running this for about 15 years. It was my only screensaver on all my computers until Flash went away! I'm an IT professional, and before I worked from home, I used to love it when people asked me if I was really monitoring something! I had a lot of fun with that, as I am sure you can imagine.

I can't wait until the release of the new screensaver. However, there are a couple of questions/requests if they don't delay the initial release. If so, maybe you will consider them in future releases.

1. On my personal computer, my Mute setting was persistent. My company forces the screensaver with Group Policy, and my System47 would not stay muted. It may have been due to Flash and/or the change from Shockwave to Adobe, but I hope the new release will resolve this.
2. I doubt the "clickable areas" would work with the screensaver, but please retain the clock if you can. That is a fantastic addition.
3. Windows weather would be another fantastic addition and would add to the realism of the monitoring theme.
4. You could also include other PC stats (CPU, Memory, Temp, etc.) if that is possible.

Sorry for all the suggestions. I am not a programmer and have no idea if any of that is doable. I just wanted to chime in and tell you how glad I am to see this refreshed!

Do you have an ETA for the screensaver release?

Thanks so much!

Robert

Comment:

Lol, so glad to hear your excitement. I have just uploaded the new version of the screen saver. Hopefully it will work on your machine. The underlying animation tech is still based on Flash. However, it doesn't rely on the Flash plugin anymore. To answer your questions:

1. The not-persistent-mute might have been a bug from the old saver. I did find some audio-control related bugs in my code. Though I cannot guarantee if I've eliminated them all. Fingers crossed

2. Yep, for the new version of the screensaver, I've disabled the "clickable area". It might come back in the future. I still like the idea of a screensaver that could be interactive :-) Yup, the clock is still there. It won't go away.

3 & 4. Weather? Hmm.. perhaps a Mars weather forecast. Lol. I was thinking about showing random images pulled from NASA's website, or some James Webb telescope data... Too many ideas but too little time. We need Q !

Let me know if you're able to run the new screensaver

Cheers!

Hello,

The new screensaver is working beautifully. One thing I have noticed that you could take a look at, if you have time, I have a fully automated Starship (Smart Home). I power off my monitors when I say "Goodnight" by an iDevices smart receptacle. When they are powered on at sunrise every morning, my secondary monitor is just a blue screen. Standard Windows Screensavers don't behave this way but I did notice this on the old version as well. It recovers after I move my mouse (I believe), but definitely after I log back on. If there is something that can be done, it would be awesome. If not, just having this back is still incredible.

Thanks for taking my ideas into consideration.

On the weather idea, perhaps you could query the Windows Weather on the user's PC? You could even call it "Current Planetary Conditions" on the LCARS screen like it was monitoring the planet you are orbiting.

Sorry to hear about your MAC issues, like many others here, I intensely await your MAC version. I have a 38" monitor that I have a Windows PC and MAC sharing most of the time... That would really look cool! Maybe someone here has a mac they can donate to the project. I have one now running macOS 11 (Big Sur) that I would be willing to donate if I am able to get a newer one from work. Maybe another of your faithful followers already has something in a drawer somewhere that they will send you instead of a cup of Ko Fi.

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