Screensaver doesn't work with 3D Display

Klunki · 06-21-2011, 02:56 PM

Hi there,

I've just bought a new notebook with a Full HD 3D Display.

Unfortunately, the MarineAquarium doesn't like it

It really looks, as if you would see a 3D cinema film in the movie theater- without shutter glasses. The graphic card is a NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M.
On the screen are two identical pictures - one behind the other, slightly shifted.

Once I press the space-bar two times, the screen changes to 2D - but next time, the Screensaver will start in 3D mode again.

I have checked the setup of the Aquarium, but I can't find a way to switch 3D off.

Does anyone has a clou, what I could do, to get MA working again. I love ist sooooo very much and would be very, very sad, if I couldn't get it working on my new Notebook

Thanks for your help

Juanita

Jim Sachs · 06-21-2011, 03:44 PM

3D output (stereoscopic) is created by the video card, from the polygons that MA3 provides. Since nothing changes within the code, there's no switch in the program to turn it on or off - that's handled entirely by the video card. On my computer, which has an nVidia 9800 card, there's a checkbox in the nVidia control panel to enable/disable 3D.

Or, get some shutter glasses and enjoy the Aquarium in 3D

feldon34 · 06-22-2011, 12:17 AM

Exactly. If you don't use the 3D features of your laptop, disable them.

Klunki · 06-22-2011, 10:04 AM

You'r great - thanks so much for you help. Unfortunately, it seems that I'm to blond to follow your instructions

I'd love to switch the 3D facility off (especially because of the annoying fan noise

) but I can't find the "checkbox"

f

Here is a screenshot of the NIVIDIA-Panel:

I know, it's in German - that may cause more difficulties - but if anyone had an Idea, I'd be very happy.

If you click the "Hinzufügen" button, I can't select the Screensaver, because it's an ".scr" file and this facility only allows ".exe"

Any Idea - apart from throwing that damed notebook through the window and buy another one

Kind regards from good old Germany

Juanita

feldon34 · 06-22-2011, 10:10 AM

Well, you could rename the Aquarium to MarineAquarium3.exe.

But then it wouldn't run as a screensaver without outside help.

Wizwad · 06-22-2011, 10:47 AM

Klunki,

There should be an nVidia applet in the Control Panel. Have you checked there? Or, alternatively, in Display Properties / Settings / Advanced, that should give you access to more settings for the adapter (i.e. graphics card), monitor, etc.

cjmaddy · 06-22-2011, 12:04 PM

Juanita,

I think you may be looking in the wrong place.

Instead of 'Manage 3D settings' .... Look in 'Set up stereoscopic 3D'

Then uncheck the box marked...'Enable stereoscopic 3D' .... I think that should do it!...

Klunki · 06-22-2011, 12:30 PM

oh noooo - that would mean, I can't have my loved Screensaver anymore????

(at least as long, as I'm going to use the new notebook?)

The thing I can't understand is, that other screensaver do not have the similar problem - something must be very special in MA, wich causes the system to work in 3D

EDIT - Problem has been resolved - yyyeeeaahhhhh

Klunki · 06-22-2011, 12:33 PM

Originally posted by cjmaddy:

Juanita,

I think you may be looking in the wrong place.

Instead of 'Manage 3D settings' .... Look in 'Set up stereoscopic 3D'

Then uncheck the box marked...'Enable stereoscopic 3D' .... I think that should do it!...

cjmaddy - I LOVE you

Yeahh - it works

Thank you so very much

Kind regards

Juanita

Jim Sachs · 06-22-2011, 12:40 PM

Cliff to the rescue

Wizwad · 06-22-2011, 05:02 PM

He da man!

Ralph · 06-22-2011, 08:28 PM

The true master

cjmaddy · 06-23-2011, 04:46 AM

Ok, We'll soon change all that.

- This should rustle a few feathers.....

Stereoscopic3D (for TV or the cinema), is a total waste of time, space, effort, and money.
3D = A passing phase..... That has passed this way before (many times!).... Then disappeared into oblivion, - until its next reincarnation!

Anyone buying a new 3D TV must have more money than sense.......... (In my personal opinion, of course!!! )....

HDTV ? - Yes, definitely! ...... 3DTV ? - Never! - I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot barge pole!

Jav400 · 06-23-2011, 05:18 AM

Imho, Cliff has the correct opinion, for this point in time.. Until they get tv's to the place where 3d works without glasses, cords, etc. it won't get really main stream. If I could press a button on the remote and get it to work it might be a different thing.

loub516 · 06-23-2011, 11:39 AM

Agreed, I've never even considered a 3D TV.

Nicki · 06-23-2011, 12:49 PM

Agreed too. Maybe 3D works better now, but I seem to remember spending more time fiddling with the controls on the tv than actually watching and the results were not impressive.

Jav400 · 06-23-2011, 01:14 PM

Cliff and I from passed experience on computers concerning MA have traveled through probably 75 iterations of drivers and installs working with 3D long ago.

In addition I played allot of games on the computer in 3D. I must say that when it worked properly, it was very awesome. Unfortunately getting to that part was exasperating at the best of times on occasion. At worst it was an exercise in futility.

pan1987 · 02-21-2012, 10:13 AM

Originally posted by cjmaddy:

Juanita,

I think you may be looking in the wrong place.

Instead of 'Manage 3D settings' .... Look in 'Set up stereoscopic 3D'

Then uncheck the box marked...'Enable stereoscopic 3D' .... I think that should do it!...

cjmaddy,

I have the exactly the same problem, and I follow your instruction, and I solved the problem, thank you a lot!!!

06-21-2011, 02:56 PM	#1
Klunki Registered Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Bavaria/Germany Posts: 5	Screensaver doesn't work with 3D Display Hi there, I've just bought a new notebook with a Full HD 3D Display. Unfortunately, the MarineAquarium doesn't like it It really looks, as if you would see a 3D cinema film in the movie theater- without shutter glasses. The graphic card is a NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M. On the screen are two identical pictures - one behind the other, slightly shifted. Once I press the space-bar two times, the screen changes to 2D - but next time, the Screensaver will start in 3D mode again. I have checked the setup of the Aquarium, but I can't find a way to switch 3D off. Does anyone has a clou, what I could do, to get MA working again. I love ist sooooo very much and would be very, very sad, if I couldn't get it working on my new Notebook Thanks for your help Juanita

06-21-2011, 03:44 PM	#2
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	3D output (stereoscopic) is created by the video card, from the polygons that MA3 provides. Since nothing changes within the code, there's no switch in the program to turn it on or off - that's handled entirely by the video card. On my computer, which has an nVidia 9800 card, there's a checkbox in the nVidia control panel to enable/disable 3D. Or, get some shutter glasses and enjoy the Aquarium in 3D Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

06-22-2011, 12:17 AM	#3
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	Exactly. If you don't use the 3D features of your laptop, disable them. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

06-22-2011, 10:10 AM	#5
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	Well, you could rename the Aquarium to MarineAquarium3.exe. But then it wouldn't run as a screensaver without outside help. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

06-22-2011, 10:47 AM	#6
Wizwad Only me... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 2,584	Klunki, There should be an nVidia applet in the Control Panel. Have you checked there? Or, alternatively, in Display Properties / Settings / Advanced, that should give you access to more settings for the adapter (i.e. graphics card), monitor, etc. Mark ----------- Intel i7 12700K \| Aorus Z690 Pro \| Corsair DDR5 5600 32GB \| Asus Dual RTX3060ti 6GB v2 Mini OC \| Corsair RM850 Gold PSU \| 1TB NVMe M.2 WD Black SN850 \| 4TB Seagate BarraCuda HDD \| Corsair Airflow 5000D Case \| HP 32QHD 4K Monitor \| Windows 11 x64 Professional

06-22-2011, 10:04 AM	#4
Klunki Registered Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Bavaria/Germany Posts: 5	You'r great - thanks so much for you help. Unfortunately, it seems that I'm to blond to follow your instructions I'd love to switch the 3D facility off (especially because of the annoying fan noise ) but I can't find the "checkbox" f Here is a screenshot of the NIVIDIA-Panel: I know, it's in German - that may cause more difficulties - but if anyone had an Idea, I'd be very happy. If you click the "Hinzufügen" button, I can't select the Screensaver, because it's an ".scr" file and this facility only allows ".exe" Any Idea - apart from throwing that damed notebook through the window and buy another one Kind regards from good old Germany Juanita

06-22-2011, 12:30 PM	#8
Klunki Registered Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Bavaria/Germany Posts: 5	oh noooo - that would mean, I can't have my loved Screensaver anymore???? (at least as long, as I'm going to use the new notebook?) The thing I can't understand is, that other screensaver do not have the similar problem - something must be very special in MA, wich causes the system to work in 3D EDIT - Problem has been resolved - yyyeeeaahhhhh

06-22-2011, 12:33 PM	#9
Klunki Registered Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Bavaria/Germany Posts: 5	Originally posted by cjmaddy: Juanita, I think you may be looking in the wrong place. Instead of 'Manage 3D settings' .... Look in 'Set up stereoscopic 3D' Then uncheck the box marked...'Enable stereoscopic 3D' .... I think that should do it!... cjmaddy - I LOVE you Yeahh - it works Thank you so very much Kind regards Juanita

06-22-2011, 12:40 PM	#10
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	Cliff to the rescue Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

06-22-2011, 05:02 PM	#11
Wizwad Only me... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 2,584	He da man! Mark ----------- Intel i7 12700K \| Aorus Z690 Pro \| Corsair DDR5 5600 32GB \| Asus Dual RTX3060ti 6GB v2 Mini OC \| Corsair RM850 Gold PSU \| 1TB NVMe M.2 WD Black SN850 \| 4TB Seagate BarraCuda HDD \| Corsair Airflow 5000D Case \| HP 32QHD 4K Monitor \| Windows 11 x64 Professional

06-22-2011, 08:28 PM	#12
Ralph Retired Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Edmonton Alberta Ca Posts: 2,443	The true master

06-23-2011, 04:46 AM	#13
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	Ok, We'll soon change all that. - This should rustle a few feathers..... Stereoscopic3D (for TV or the cinema), is a total waste of time, space, effort, and money. 3D = A passing phase..... That has passed this way before (many times!).... Then disappeared into oblivion, - until its next reincarnation! Anyone buying a new 3D TV must have more money than sense.......... (In my personal opinion, of course!!! ).... HDTV ? - Yes, definitely! ...... 3DTV ? - Never! - I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot barge pole!

06-23-2011, 05:18 AM	#14
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	Imho, Cliff has the correct opinion, for this point in time.. Until they get tv's to the place where 3d works without glasses, cords, etc. it won't get really main stream. If I could press a button on the remote and get it to work it might be a different thing. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

06-23-2011, 11:39 AM	#15
loub516 Registered Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Savannah, Ga. Posts: 421	Agreed, I've never even considered a 3D TV. LB

06-23-2011, 12:49 PM	#16
Nicki Sugar Plum Fairy Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,267	Agreed too. Maybe 3D works better now, but I seem to remember spending more time fiddling with the controls on the tv than actually watching and the results were not impressive. Run you clever boy. And remember...

06-23-2011, 01:14 PM	#17
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	Cliff and I from passed experience on computers concerning MA have traveled through probably 75 iterations of drivers and installs working with 3D long ago. In addition I played allot of games on the computer in 3D. I must say that when it worked properly, it was very awesome. Unfortunately getting to that part was exasperating at the best of times on occasion. At worst it was an exercise in futility. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

02-21-2012, 10:13 AM	#18
pan1987 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1	Originally posted by cjmaddy: Juanita, I think you may be looking in the wrong place. Instead of 'Manage 3D settings' .... Look in 'Set up stereoscopic 3D' Then uncheck the box marked...'Enable stereoscopic 3D' .... I think that should do it!... cjmaddy, I have the exactly the same problem, and I follow your instruction, and I solved the problem, thank you a lot!!!