This may be one of he coolest screensavers out there.
http://www.serenescreen.com/
It is available for both OS 9 and X.
http://www.serenescreen.com/
It is available for both OS 9 and X.
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Marine Aquarium
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I had it, but once I installed Jaguar, it stopped functioning 
. Have they added a new Jaguar compatible version?
. Have they added a new Jaguar compatible version?
I just tried the version of Serene Scene's site and one I found on VersionTracker, both didn't work for me in Jaguar. I double click the application to open it and nothing happens. When I try to select the screen saver, nothing happens. Oh well, maybe it'll be fixed in a later version.
works fine here too....
do you have a legal serial number?
::also::
make sure you are getting a "complete" download.
AND one more thing... has anyone read this months mac(addict) ... theres a little hack in there to make the screen saver into your desktop background WITHOUT taking up too much of the CPU(s). im pretty sure its macaddict but it may be macworld. looks pretty neat with the aquarium. its amusing to watch people try to "exit" the screensaver when its actually just the background!!
do you have a legal serial number?
::also::
make sure you are getting a "complete" download.
AND one more thing... has anyone read this months mac(addict) ... theres a little hack in there to make the screen saver into your desktop background WITHOUT taking up too much of the CPU(s). im pretty sure its macaddict but it may be macworld. looks pretty neat with the aquarium. its amusing to watch people try to "exit" the screensaver when its actually just the background!!
Instead of running the application, try copying the file "Marine Aquarium.saver" to /Library/Screen Savers/ and running it from the "Screen Effects" panel of the System Preferences. If it still crashes, then there is a conflict on your machine, but what is most likely is that the application itself is less stable than the screen saver.
Originally posted by teabgs
would you mind posting that for those of us who dont have subscriptions?
There are several applications/Preference Panes which can do it at VersionTracker, though I don't know how well they work. The easiest way to do it is to use the command line:
/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background -module n
where 'n' is the Screen Saver module you'd like to use, in this case, Marine Aquarium. If you leave off the module altogether, it will automatically choose the one you have selected in Screen Effects. Kinda neat if you have chosen Random.
If you add '&' to the end of the command, it will put the process in the background. Otherwise, you'll be forced to keep the terminal window open while it runs. If you don't mind keeping the terminal window open, press Control-C to quit the screen saver as your desktop. Otherwise, you'll have to kill it using the ps and kill commands or using Process Viewer.
Jared
Tried it, and it crashed. I'd agree that there is some sort of conflict with the app and my system. Maybe the next release will be more compatible.
Originally posted by teabgs
would you mind posting that for those of us who dont have subscriptions?
heres the trick (from macworld):
Open terminal and type nice +20 /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background &.
Hit enter to make it your background. Then terminal will give you a number, following [1]. Thats the number of this new process. To turn off the new effect you can just type in "kill #" where the # is the # of the process just given to you. The nice +20 in the command tells you to give attention to other processes when necessary thereby not bogging down your computer.
as for thinking its expensive... how often does everyone REALLY buy legit software. paying $22 for something you will actually use often and is quite enjoyable to watch, i think its worth it. now over $400 for office, thats another story
Ok, thats really cool!
Can I quit the terminal? or does that screw it up? I have it hidden now...man, unix is cool....I really gotta learn that stuff
Just for the record, it works fine for me under OS 10.2.1 on a DP G4/450, with some serial number that fell from the sky.
I already deleted it though. That damn starfish drove me nuts! lol
Flurry is better.
Actually.. I'm back to OS 9 only for audio work anyway. *sobs* Damn Reaktor for being so cool.
Also, I wouldn't advice running the fishies on the desktop. It was horribly slow on my computer. I did it via an app though, not the terminal with low priority assigned to it.
- Springs
I already deleted it though. That damn starfish drove me nuts! lol
Flurry is better.
Actually.. I'm back to OS 9 only for audio work anyway. *sobs* Damn Reaktor for being so cool.
Also, I wouldn't advice running the fishies on the desktop. It was horribly slow on my computer. I did it via an app though, not the terminal with low priority assigned to it.
- Springs
Dont know why. but when I had it working my computer would not read dvd's. I killed it and they work fine...as long as the DVD is in before satrting the screensaver as the desktop the DVD works.....weird
Screen saver w/ two monitors
I love this little trick, but does anyone out there know how to get a Screen Effect screen saver to work on both of your monitors if you've got an extra one hooked up?
Heck, I'd settle for just getting the screen savers to be on my main 19" instead of the Powerbook display that it always uses.
I love this little trick, but does anyone out there know how to get a Screen Effect screen saver to work on both of your monitors if you've got an extra one hooked up?
Heck, I'd settle for just getting the screen savers to be on my main 19" instead of the Powerbook display that it always uses.
Does anyone know if it runs over dual screens? (not on a TiBook like globalwidget, on a GF4MX in DP1Ghz)
This is the most realistic screen saver out there. I run it on my 9600 w/Radeon PCI.
I use it with the Desk Effects app, which acts as a GUI front-end to the terminal commands.
It'll let you run the selected screen saver at startup, renice the priority, and select fore/background.
>Just so you know, there is an option to disable the starfish.
Looking at the screensaver, the option is just to disable it climbing on the glass. Or am I missing something?
I use it with the Desk Effects app, which acts as a GUI front-end to the terminal commands.
It'll let you run the selected screen saver at startup, renice the priority, and select fore/background.
>Just so you know, there is an option to disable the starfish.
Looking at the screensaver, the option is just to disable it climbing on the glass. Or am I missing something?
Well, on the plus side, as an ex C64 pro, its just great to see Sachs back in the saddle; go Jim!
On the minus side, this is very buggy for something with a price tag.......
I would take the shoulder shrug argument about iMac DV's, if it were freeware, but for $21.95, I expect more.
Quake 3 runs just fine on my imac dv in 24 bit colour. What excuse as half a dozen fish flapping about got to offer?
On the minus side, this is very buggy for something with a price tag.......
I would take the shoulder shrug argument about iMac DV's, if it were freeware, but for $21.95, I expect more.
Quake 3 runs just fine on my imac dv in 24 bit colour. What excuse as half a dozen fish flapping about got to offer?