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Electric Sheep

Electric Sheep - 2.7b15a

Screensaver of morphing abstract animations, shared over the Internet.

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Current Version: 2.7b15a
Release Date: 2009-04-30
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 1,604
Downloads (all versions): 7,761

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Product Description:

Electric Sheep is a free, open source screen saver run by thousands of people all over the world. It can be installed on any ordinary PC or Mac. When these computers "sleep", the screen saver comes on and the computers communicate with each other by the internet to share the work of creating morphing abstract animations known as "sheep". The result is a collective "android dream", an homage to Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.

Anyone watching one of these computers may vote for their favorite animations using the keyboard. The more popular sheep live longer and reproduce according to a genetic algorithm with mutation and cross-over. Hence the flock evolves to please its global audience. You can also design your own sheep and submit them to the gene pool.

What's new in this version:

Compared to 2.6, this version has a more expressive visual language, higher resolution (double the pixels per sheep), no periodic stuttering, a better codec (x264), and a dynamic filter to smooth out the dust. And we have a new server with much more capacity (thanks dvlabs).

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.3

Additional Requirements:

  • Broadband Internet connection

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Electric Sheep Troubleshooting ReportSelecting Sheep causes freeze - Version: 2.7b15a, 5/1/2009 10:16AM PST

ajmc7
My Systems Preferences freeze and crash when selecting this newest version. I'm eager to have the issue fixed as this is a fine screensaver - if it's as good as earlier versions
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Electric Sheep Troubleshooting ReportInstall Failed - Version: 2.7b14a, 4/20/2009 06:51AM PST

gordon58--2008
I have been running Electric Sheep for over a month. When I ran the installer for this version, the installer ran for a few seconds and then put up an alert that said:
!Install Failed
The Installer could not install some files in “/./Library/Screen Savers”. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.

OS X 10.5.6, 2008 iMac 24”
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Electric Sheep ReviewSame Version - Version: 2.6.9, 1/11/2009 08:13PM PST

Felinda
This seems to be the same version as I've been using for at least a year. Electric Sheep was my favorite screensaver when I had a PPC Mac and was running 10.4 Now that I have an Intel running 10.5, it won't work. It will start running fine, but at some point it will quit and the computer name screensaver takes over. Since I am sleeping while this happens, not sure why. I've done web searches to see what was going on, and found out that this has happened to other people also, but no one was able to offer any workable solution that lasted. Sadly, I had to stop using Electric Sheep. I was hoping a new version would correct whatever is going on, but this seems to be the same version that has been out for over a year at least. I recommend it for anyone still using a PPC though - it's awesome. I still use it on my old iMac that isn't hooked up to the Internet. I've collected almost 1500 sheep so it plays wonderfully!
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