VB: The Matrix [Exe+Source]

Hey! This screensaver is Amazing!!
Really, it's one of the best Matrix screensavers I've ever seen, even compared to "commercial" versions.
Congratulations. :D

Nonetheless: I've got the same problem as drjombei: the screensaver runs fine as an exe, but when launched as a screensaver, I got the error:

DirectX error: D3DERR_DRIVERINTERNALERROR

...any idea on this?
:wave:

Unfortunately I did not yet happen to see the problem on my computers... But people seem not to have any problems with my other screensavers (which use Yhoko's YDK), please try one of them and tell me if you get into the same problem:

http://res.yhoko.com/starfield.zip
http://res.yhoko.com/snow.zip

Ok, I downloaded both of them and tried.

Both gives me the following error when starting (either as a screen saver or renamed as .exe):

"d3derr_invalidcall"

and then the following one:

"Directx: video device not available! (S_OK) The application will now exit"

The matrix screensaver instead works as an exe (and works also in the preview window of Windows), but gives the error when starting as a screensaver (i.e. when the configured "timeout" expires).

Thanks for the reply.
:wave:

What GPU do you have, and what version of DX?

I have a Celeron processor, 1.4GHz
I downloaded the Dx version 9.0.

GPU, not CPU....graphics card...;)

Sorry... :bigyello:

My graphics card is this one:

Mobile Intel® 915GM/GMS, 910GML Express Chipset Family

I am not going to check out the code, since I am in Solaris right now, but make sure it doesn't try to use too low resolution like 640*480. Laptops seldom like that...

and other thing, try to download the latest drivers for your GPU:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...ProductID=1862

in theory you should be able to use DX9, not with all kinds of shaders though. So it depends if he is using any shaders.

Ohhh and congratulations on a GPU that can barely walk..:D

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Originally Posted by NoteMe

Ohhh and congratulations on a GPU that can barely walk..:D

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:( :mad:

Intel Cards with shared memory can be really annoying... I heard the latest YDK versions do support them (using software vertex processing and/or software renderer) but it's really weird that you can run it as .exe and not as .scr - basically there's no difference between them.

I shall announce it when I happen to stumble upon a solution.

Microsoft AntiSpyware seems to think the Matrix file is a trojan when you set it to the same extension as a screensaver (matrix.scr). Question is... why? :ehh:

Microsoft anti-virus thinks Symantec is a trojan also

I wouldn't over think it. It sounds like the anti-virus software has been having some problems.

It probably doesn't like the renaming from executable to screensaver.. as screensavers are often used in virus mails. *shrugs*

Is it possible in a future update to have user input text repeat as part of the screen saver??

The source is avaible, you can add a dumb Timer that creates the text in intervals...

Hi, its really amazing and wonderful, what else no words to define it...really simply superb....nice job...

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Originally Posted by drjombei

Error in cDevice.Initialize
Automation Error

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I get the same error when i try to run the EXE on a Dell machine with a built in "Intel 82815 Graphics Controller".

However it does run fine on other machines.

As mentioned before there are several problems with Intel controllers that use shared video memory... Think of the matrix needing a 'real' 3d-accelerated graphics card. I don't think this will be solved in the near future, sorry :(

:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

Great job Man BRAVO BRAVO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very nice excwllwnt work

lmao @ wossy

Finally!

Finally I had the time to take care about the screensaver problem (the Matrix didn't start when used as screensaver). The problem was mostly Windows, because it started the app minimized (only any only when it's automatically run as a screensaver - in preview mode or when starting the exe/scr manually everything worked fine). The solution was rather dirty but it works fine: A timer that waits a short period of time before initializing DirectX and stuff.

Download attached to this post or see first posting. Explanations and help in the first posting, too.

Fox

Verry good, its a shame its just images not real random text thaugh, it would be good to see this with no dependancies, not that one image is an issue, it would just be a nice touch to something already nice.

why dont u compile the project and make a package using the vb6 package and deployment wizard so it copies the refrences used automatically

zip it n attach it

thanx

awesome job, and idea.. i like it so much :)

Ive found a little improvement. Youve forgot to remove the meshes that behind the cam. So you can see only a few of them, but not all, because theses arent two sided meshes..

so.. just place a line at the sub Animate(), right after the If .Active line. Like this:

Code:

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            If .Active Then
                If .Y > Camera.GetY Then ResetGroup A

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So if the cam is fly thru a line, then its going to behind the cam, its just reset the line. So you get a 30-50% improvement on the gfx, because you can always see the lines.

Anyway. thanks for sharing this superb code, i love it!
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can u include the source code for the latest version plz

thanx

Great program.:)

Good job
This is awesome

Wow, this is really awesome. I'm using it as a screensaver on my server, lol

What would be even cooler tho, is that if you continued to develop it and add new things... just an idea

Amazing, verry good. Thanks

is there any chance of getting this source??
i would love to add horizontal lines with different (multi choice) texts.

Of course, I just fixed the download links.
See the first message in this thread.

Can someone translate to .Net ?

I've try but get 40 errors, jejej

Thanks

I think you can get it behind the icons using the SetParent API, I saw that once online. I can't find it though.

Hi all members,

First of all, thanks Fox for this amazing code. I have added a timer to do a little script fonction.
I will fix it in a .ini file in order to let each one make a scenario with the text.

It seems tha the 0.2.9 of the source don't have the rotation and the bounce fonctions.
Someone to reup the sources with these 2 fonctions ?

I try to learn the camera rotation but the cCamera class is empty for this subject.

The exe has the fonctionnality.

Thanks a lot.

LwRed