Screensavers?

Hey, is it possible to create screensavers with construct?

Not yet. Todo-listed.

Cant you just change the .exe to .scr and put it in the windows directory?

Cant you just change the .exe to .scr and put it in the windows directory?

Yeah, you can even put sprites in a .cap, export it as an .exe, and change it's extension to .png, so it will be an image

He wasn't kidding; change an exported .exe to .scr and try it.

Edit, tested this a bit more

The following would need to be done:

• Make any key/mouse movement close it (manually doable)
• Ability to change strings like name/author
• Configuration dialog

But essentially they are just renamed .exe files.

*.scr = *.exe

Microsoft... you son of a bill.

He wasn't kidding; change an exported .exe to .scr and try it.

Edit, tested this a bit more

The following would need to be done:

- Make any key/mouse movement close it (manually doable)

- Ability to change strings like name/author

- Configuration dialog

But essentially they are just renamed .exe files.

Seriously? 0_0

Yep. I made some screen savers back when I first started using Construct.

There isn't any real proper screen-saver support though, so the name will show up funny in your screen saver list, and you won't be able to make options. But it does work.

Well, if you change .exe to .scr, it will work. But there's the problem, if you select it from list it just turns it on!

You could probably use events to make it turn off when the mouse moves.

Someone should just make a basic screensaver template, or better yet have a file->new->screensaver that would auto load the screensaver template.

When i think of it.. it's not that big of a deal, since very few people use screensavers, and they don't really have a purpose anymore. I don't think create>new>screensaver should be added, since it's such a small part of construct.

The steps to turn a normal .exe into a screensaver .exe are trivial; stuff like specifying a different window class and closing on user input. It'd be good to expand the range of things Construct can make. Maybe presentations and websites next?