** Marine Aquarium Time 2 ** - Page 4

feldon34 · 06-20-2004, 08:41 AM

MAT2 and MAT2-MD use different installation folders but the same Registry branch.

If you install MAT2-MD and then MAT2, your logos must go in
C:\Program Files\SereneScreen\Marine Aquarium Time 2\

If you install MAT2 and then MAT2-MD, your logos must go in
C:\Program Files\SereneScreen\Marine Aquarium Time 2 MD\

It's whichever program wrote to the registry last. Also to add frustration, each installer wipes the relevant Registry branch including keycode and other settings.

So even though they set these 2 versions up to use 2 different folders, it is not obvious how to make them coexist peacefully.

I guess I need to update my instructions and Logo Packs to deal with this situation. Basically, I will say that you cannot use both versions on the same machine at the same time.

Since the Freshwater Aquarium might some day also have a crystal, I think that a pre-emptive step would have been to use

C:\Program Files\SereneScreen\Shared Logos\

across the board.

PaulsPics · 06-20-2004, 10:24 AM

Message for you Morgan .
refer my rather lengthy posts last 2 days regarding MAT vs 2 .
I found I had in fact saved every version of these fish programs updates onto a CD Rom and included a notepad with the missing key that I thought I had misplaced.
So MAT vs 2 is up and running properly now . many Thanks to you all . The screen saver lookes better than ever.

I am working on the Logo and looking at your feedbacks re problems others have found. I am halfway there and will post a query in that thread. Where could I find your original instructions?
I use Paint Shop Pro.
Thanks again
Paul Paul's Pics, Sydney, Downunder

feldon34 · 06-20-2004, 11:21 AM

My logos and logo creation guide are available from here:
https://www.feldoncentral.com/Sachs/malogo/

Alas I have no instructions for Paint Shop Pro at this time. I don't use it, so someone else will have to write it.

PaulsPics · 06-20-2004, 11:34 AM

Morgan, after sending last message just now , this one came in on top.
Many Thanks , will look at it after some sleep. 3.30am here now
regards
Paul

Jeremy · 06-22-2004, 03:12 AM

I wish a setting would be added to be able to choose one favorite clock to cycle with the logo, as opposed to all of them without choice; maybe have separate tick boxes for every clock to be either included or excluded in the cycle.

feldon34 · 06-22-2004, 08:43 AM

That would be nice, and I asked them about it. Maybe in a future version.

Jeremy · 06-23-2004, 02:41 AM

"In a future version" sounds good, but "maybe" doesn't sound good at all:
It was a bad administrative and artistic decision to force someone to have to see a mish-mosh of different style cycling clocks in order to be able to see the logo, or to have to see the logo without a clock at all. Let everyone decide for themselves. I'm sure in the previous version the different style clocks were used to offer a choice, no? Why take that choice away now?

cjmaddy · 09-21-2004, 02:30 PM

The clock does not seem to be as well centred on the crystal in Time 2 MD, as it was in the original MA Logo,
........ unless there's something I don't know!

Does anyone else agree with this?

cjmaddy · 10-12-2004, 10:25 AM

Apparently not!

Never mind, - I'll continue to use the old one then, - the calendar is also better positioned on MA Logo. - IMO!

drfish · 10-12-2004, 10:45 AM

I agreed, I just forgot to reply... I remember intending to, and I thought I had, but anyway, I'm doing it now. Yes, it does look off centered.

ESHIREY · 10-12-2004, 11:33 AM

Same here buddy. I see the difference.

Ken Denning · 11-04-2004, 04:42 PM

I purchased Marine Aquarium time 2. It worked for a little while.... then I have a black screen.... I have re-installed several times but still comes up with the black screen.... Sound works. Any suggestions?

Ken Denning · 11-04-2004, 05:22 PM

It works!! Kind of...... Seems, after the screensaver time kicks in it turns on and everything is fine. If I launch from the main program or from a shortcut, It launches and gives me a black screen instead of the aquarium.... maybe a bug?

cjmaddy · 11-04-2004, 06:08 PM

Have you checked that 'Black' is not ticked in the 'Settings' panel? .... Just a thought!

Jav400 · 11-04-2004, 06:13 PM

Ken,

Most problems are attributed to video drivers or some form of DirectX. Its kind of hard to help you out without more information. Can you tell us about your system? Cpu, Video card, Windows version, driver version for your video card and so on...........

Ken Denning · 11-04-2004, 06:32 PM

Yes.....

It's A Dell laptop 2600 with 1G Processor. Intel 82830M Graphics Controller. Driver ver. 4.13.01.3013. After letting the system sit for the 5 minute mark, I can now launch the main program and it will show on the screen correctly......Maybe t was something I did wrong at install......Thanks Ken

Jav400 · 11-04-2004, 07:05 PM

You could also be overheating. This screensaver is taxing, and generally has a had time running on laptops. After running a certain amount of time it may be causing heat problems.

Quick Death · 01-26-2006, 10:28 AM

Originally posted by bugsymcd24:

but... the help file says you can hold control and use arrow keys to move the logos and the pg up and down to resize the logos....

The control button causes the screen saver to stop! The page up/down work well. What other keys will cause the move?

feldon34 · 01-26-2006, 11:37 AM

You may need to turn off Exit on Mouse Move to use the Ctrl and other keys.

Ctrl and arrow keys (and Page Up and Page Down) only work with black and white BMP logos that you import using Import, which don't look as good as PNG logos.

06-20-2004, 08:41 AM	#61
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	MAT2 and MAT2-MD use different installation folders but the same Registry branch. If you install MAT2-MD and then MAT2, your logos must go in C:\Program Files\SereneScreen\Marine Aquarium Time 2\ If you install MAT2 and then MAT2-MD, your logos must go in C:\Program Files\SereneScreen\Marine Aquarium Time 2 MD\ It's whichever program wrote to the registry last. Also to add frustration, each installer wipes the relevant Registry branch including keycode and other settings. So even though they set these 2 versions up to use 2 different folders, it is not obvious how to make them coexist peacefully. I guess I need to update my instructions and Logo Packs to deal with this situation. Basically, I will say that you cannot use both versions on the same machine at the same time. Since the Freshwater Aquarium might some day also have a crystal, I think that a pre-emptive step would have been to use C:\Program Files\SereneScreen\Shared Logos\ across the board. "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

06-20-2004, 10:24 AM	#62
PaulsPics Registered Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 71	Message for you Morgan . refer my rather lengthy posts last 2 days regarding MAT vs 2 . I found I had in fact saved every version of these fish programs updates onto a CD Rom and included a notepad with the missing key that I thought I had misplaced. So MAT vs 2 is up and running properly now . many Thanks to you all . The screen saver lookes better than ever. I am working on the Logo and looking at your feedbacks re problems others have found. I am halfway there and will post a query in that thread. Where could I find your original instructions? I use Paint Shop Pro. Thanks again Paul Paul's Pics, Sydney, Downunder Paul

06-20-2004, 11:21 AM	#63
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	My logos and logo creation guide are available from here: https://www.feldoncentral.com/Sachs/malogo/ Alas I have no instructions for Paint Shop Pro at this time. I don't use it, so someone else will have to write it. "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

06-20-2004, 11:34 AM	#64
PaulsPics Registered Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 71	Morgan, after sending last message just now , this one came in on top. Many Thanks , will look at it after some sleep. 3.30am here now regards Paul Paul

06-22-2004, 03:12 AM	#65
Jeremy Registered Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 77	I wish a setting would be added to be able to choose one favorite clock to cycle with the logo, as opposed to all of them without choice; maybe have separate tick boxes for every clock to be either included or excluded in the cycle. Jeremy Last edited by Jeremy; 06-22-2004 at 05:55 AM.

06-22-2004, 08:43 AM	#66
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	That would be nice, and I asked them about it. Maybe in a future version. "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

06-23-2004, 02:41 AM	#67
Jeremy Registered Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 77	"In a future version" sounds good, but "maybe" doesn't sound good at all: It was a bad administrative and artistic decision to force someone to have to see a mish-mosh of different style cycling clocks in order to be able to see the logo, or to have to see the logo without a clock at all. Let everyone decide for themselves. I'm sure in the previous version the different style clocks were used to offer a choice, no? Why take that choice away now? Jeremy

09-21-2004, 02:30 PM	#68
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	The clock does not seem to be as well centred on the crystal in Time 2 MD, as it was in the original MA Logo, ........ unless there's something I don't know! Does anyone else agree with this?

10-12-2004, 10:25 AM	#69
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	Apparently not! Never mind, - I'll continue to use the old one then, - the calendar is also better positioned on MA Logo. - IMO!

10-12-2004, 10:45 AM	#70
drfish the Doc Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Zeeland, MI Posts: 5,357	I agreed, I just forgot to reply... I remember intending to, and I thought I had, but anyway, I'm doing it now. Yes, it does look off centered. I don't watch commercials.

10-12-2004, 11:33 AM	#71
ESHIREY Smilie Dragon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lebanon, PA Posts: 4,725	Same here buddy. I see the difference. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

11-04-2004, 04:42 PM	#72
Ken Denning Registered Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Clayton NC - USA Posts: 3	I purchased Marine Aquarium time 2. It worked for a little while.... then I have a black screen.... I have re-installed several times but still comes up with the black screen.... Sound works. Any suggestions?

11-04-2004, 05:22 PM	#73
Ken Denning Registered Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Clayton NC - USA Posts: 3	It works!! Kind of...... Seems, after the screensaver time kicks in it turns on and everything is fine. If I launch from the main program or from a shortcut, It launches and gives me a black screen instead of the aquarium.... maybe a bug?

11-04-2004, 06:08 PM	#74
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	Have you checked that 'Black' is not ticked in the 'Settings' panel? .... Just a thought!

11-04-2004, 06:13 PM	#75
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	Ken, Most problems are attributed to video drivers or some form of DirectX. Its kind of hard to help you out without more information. Can you tell us about your system? Cpu, Video card, Windows version, driver version for your video card and so on........... Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

11-04-2004, 06:32 PM	#76
Ken Denning Registered Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Clayton NC - USA Posts: 3	Yes..... It's A Dell laptop 2600 with 1G Processor. Intel 82830M Graphics Controller. Driver ver. 4.13.01.3013. After letting the system sit for the 5 minute mark, I can now launch the main program and it will show on the screen correctly......Maybe t was something I did wrong at install......Thanks Ken

11-04-2004, 07:05 PM	#77
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	You could also be overheating. This screensaver is taxing, and generally has a had time running on laptops. After running a certain amount of time it may be causing heat problems. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

01-26-2006, 10:28 AM	#78
Quick Death Registered Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New York Posts: 106	Originally posted by bugsymcd24: but... the help file says you can hold control and use arrow keys to move the logos and the pg up and down to resize the logos.... The control button causes the screen saver to stop! The page up/down work well. What other keys will cause the move?

01-26-2006, 11:37 AM	#79
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	You may need to turn off Exit on Mouse Move to use the Ctrl and other keys. Ctrl and arrow keys (and Page Up and Page Down) only work with black and white BMP logos that you import using Import, which don't look as good as PNG logos. "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