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SnowSaver

SnowSaver - 1.1b2

OpenGL falling snowflakes screensaver

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All Time: (4.1)
This Version: (4.1)
Current Version: 1.1b2
Release Date: 2002-12-06
License: Beta
Downloads (this version): 24,046
Downloads (all versions): 24,046

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Product Description:

This is a Cocoa OpenGL screensaver written in Objective C. It's modeled on the pretty falling snowflakes animation that Apple have been running on the iMac in the window of the local Apple store.
Tweakable parameters include snowflake size, depth fog, number of snowflakes, depth of scene, and background color. Defaults should make it look similar to the Apple display.

What's new in this version:

  • Fixed the "textures disappearing after leaving full screen preview" bug; it turns out startAnimation may get called multiple times during the life of a screensaver process.
  • Added support for multiple snowflake textures. Texture code changes may also help with the "multiple monitors" bug, but I don't have a setup to test with.
  • Added support for snowflake resizing.
  • Added nice snowflake textures and custom icon provided by Scott Melchionda.
  • Switched to properly-ordered snowflake rasterization. (Wow, it does look better.)

Operating System Requirements:

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

  • Mac OS X 10.2
  • Mac OS X 10.1

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.1 or higher.
  • OpenGL-capable video card.

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This Version:
Overall Rating: (4.1) Features: (3.4) Support: (3.5)
Ease of Use: (4.6) Quality / Stability: (3.6) Price: (4.2)
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SnowSaver Troubleshooting ReportSame problem here - Version: 1.1b2, 12/20/2006 06:51AM PST

Cowicide
Doesn't support multiple monitors... my 2nd monitor shows the cool flakes, but my main monitor shows unrendered squares like the previous reviewer mentioned. If this was fixed, I'd be using this right now. On the plus side, I like how you can change background colors, fog, etc. but... until the multipile monitor issue is taken care of, this unfortunately goes in the trash...
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SnowSaver ReviewNot bad looking except... - Version: 1.1b2, 12/1/2005 04:43PM PST

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mitruxx
If you use multiple monitors, it looks like ass on the secondary display. It looks like white boxes falling from the sky. Argh. I wish people programmed screen savers for multiple displays more often.
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SnowSaver ReviewNot bad looking except... - Version: 1.1b2, 12/1/2005 04:43PM PST

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mitruxx
If you use multiple monitors, it looks like ass on the secondary display. It looks like white boxes falling from the sky. Argh. I wish people programmed screen savers for multiple displays more often.
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