megapw

21st January 2003 22:15 UTC

over-screen vis.
Hi.
i was wondering if it could be possible to have the visualizations fullscreen, always on top, half transparent, but non clickable.

i got the idea when i was new to winamp3 and checked the visualizations, i stretched it to fullscreen and made it about 20% visible and it loocked really good, but ofcourse i couldent do anything else then watch since i couldnt click behind it.:weird:

i think this would be a very cool feature, if it is even possible...
Hoping for good response :D

anubis2003

21st January 2003 22:58 UTC

No, it's not possible. You can set AVS to set your desktop to the AVS screen though, for a similar effect. I don't know if it will have any transparency(I have Win ME), but you may like it.

dirkdeftly

21st January 2003 23:15 UTC

yeah...transparency like this will just slow AVS down further, and might only be available for Win2K and up (I'm not fully familiar with any of the Windows' past 98 SE, since everything after it has been crap)

Zevensoft

22nd January 2003 05:59 UTC

Not really atero, win2k is damn mighty stable. And these days there are lots of drivers for all sorts of devices. So it's not a bad option.

Tuggummi

22nd January 2003 11:35 UTC

But how is the gaming part in Win2K?

uNDefineD

27th January 2003 06:35 UTC

On the contrary Atero, my friend has one of the original builds of WinXP, has had it for a few years, and it hasn't crashed once.

dirkdeftly

27th January 2003 19:57 UTC

Ooh! ONE instance of XP never crashing! If only it would do that ALL the time.

For those of you who really like to cite single examples of how incredibly uber a given program is, remember this: It never works like that in the rest of the universe. When it does, it will be incredibly uber. But seeing as how it doesn't...it isn't.

Edit: Funny how umlauted u's don't work on this forum :weird:

Jaheckelsafar

28th January 2003 06:22 UTC

I've found XP to be a helluva lot more stable than Win 98. Less unexplained crashes, the ability to shut down program threads, reserved kernal space.

2003 Server is supposed to be nice. I have a friend beta testing it. If you want, the testing is supposed to open until the end of January

uNDefineD

28th January 2003 07:12 UTC

Point taken, but I think it was an early beta.

chriscooper61

7th February 2003 17:26 UTC

Originally posted by Atero
yeah...transparency like this will just slow AVS down further, and might only be available for Win2K and up (I'm not fully familiar with any of the Windows' past 98 SE, since everything after it has been crap)

anubis2003

7th February 2003 21:19 UTC

chriscooper61, you better watch what you say or you will be getting banned. You have already been warned by Rovastar and I can tell you that the moderators will not take lightly to you flaming like this. Personally, I agree with Atero that Windows 98 is a great OS although I like XP slightly more. Of your two posts that you have made so far you have said nothing of any value and have dissed Atero twice. Yes, Atero will get mad at people who don't follow the rules. I'm sure he will be getting mad at you. He is a good contributer to the forums and makes good comments where they are deserved.

UnConeD

7th February 2003 23:45 UTC

Win98 is NOT a great OS. It has crappy memory management (fixed amount of UI resources regardless of total memory size), crappy task management, no decent unicode support, etc...etc..

Win2K is by far the best OS microsoft has made so far :).

(flame on!)

dirkdeftly

7th February 2003 23:53 UTC

do you know nothing about computers mate, stuck with old skool systems like win9x PENIS!!! FEAR!!!

anubis2003

8th February 2003 00:09 UTC

I didn't think you would get mad because he called you a penis, but because he hasn't followed forum rules(flaming) and is saying pointless crap in his posts. That at least is why I am mad at him.

chriscooper61

8th February 2003 02:12 UTC

go uncodeD its your birthday

Nic01

8th February 2003 04:36 UTC

Good point : But in the end they all get a D- in grade, right?

Chriscooper, spell his name right :)

EDIT : He's not coded, is he?
Amazing how a simple typo (Well, from the distance between "n" and "d" in my keyboard...) can raise odd questions...

UnConeD

8th February 2003 12:42 UTC

My birthday is not due anytime soon :).

dirkdeftly

9th February 2003 08:46 UTC

i don't care about flaming. hell, i do it all the time. do you even read my posts, anubis? :p