Goldfish is superior to MA! - Page 2

Jim Sachs · 05-16-2004, 12:30 AM

The codebase that I gave Prolific had a feature which insured that the foreground and background colors were never both black at the same time. Maybe this got lost in translation to Goldfish. Edgar can probably track it down.

Tiny Turtle · 05-16-2004, 01:38 AM

I suspect you've held down [Alt] and written the first lines of Genesis from the Bible backwards. Y'know, the "Let there be light" part.

05-16-2004, 09:39 AM

At least with those settings I don't have to worry about screen burn in.

Marian Nichols · 05-16-2004, 10:04 AM

I've had that to happen to me also and came up with the same solution as you, but I thought that I must have set it that way. Maybe I didn’t.

05-16-2004, 11:20 AM

I remember bumping the left side of my keyboard right before this happened. But, I've initiated GA and then pressed every button on the left of the keyboard again. None of them make it go black. It's a mystery!

Liath · 05-17-2004, 09:23 AM

Ok, this is something that I've been meaning to bring up for awhile, but have never felt like taking the time to fully explain it. I have the same problem. Every so often, maybe 3 or 4 times a week, GA will inexplicably set my lighting to zero. I'll leave my office for a few minutes, the screensaver comes on, and I come back to a black screen. A few times I have thought that my monitor was turned off, but I hit the space bar, and everything comes back up. I never set the lights all the way down, and I do not have the automatic lights turned on. I can find no reason for the settings to change like this without any input from me, but this is what seems to be happening. No other settings are ever changed, just the lighting.

Marsh Marigold · 05-17-2004, 10:41 AM

I have had the same happen with my PC. I assumed it was some quirk of the saver getting along with my vid driver, or some such.

Maybe it's NOT "just me".

Pushwall · 05-17-2004, 11:03 AM

Wow! I ran into this same black screen this morning! It must be a phase of the moon we're all going through!

Yellow Tang · 05-17-2004, 11:25 AM

Originally posted by Pushwall
phase of the moon

Marian Nichols · 05-17-2004, 12:10 PM

Not the moon, the comets.

Reichart · 05-17-2004, 07:35 PM

If someone can reproduce it in such way so that we can do it to, we will fix it in 24 hours.

05-17-2004, 07:53 PM

Here you go.

Reichart · 05-17-2004, 07:55 PM

Oh, that. That is our black fish on black easter egg.
We thought that would be a big hit.

05-17-2004, 08:04 PM

Nice. Black goes with anything. It's also quite elegant, and I think it makes the Goldfish look slimmer.

Tiny Turtle · 05-18-2004, 01:39 AM

Oh, stop it you two!

I think I'm going to add to the confusion by saying I'm pretty sure I 've seen the same thing on sharks. I'm switching to that one as default to see if I can figure it out there.

/Tiny Too

Marian Nichols · 05-18-2004, 04:34 AM

ROFLMBO

cjmaddy · 05-18-2004, 04:45 AM

I've just discovered this hacked version of the Goldfish Aquarium, - is nothing sacred?

Marian Nichols · 05-18-2004, 05:57 AM

Are those fuzzy white spots supposed to be goldfish? I bet that's very interesting to watch.

Tiny Turtle · 05-18-2004, 06:17 AM

No those are hacks, Mrs. Nichols...

Marian Nichols · 05-18-2004, 06:50 AM

Thank you Mr. T.

PS:
By hack do you mean sushi?

as in lunch

05-16-2004, 12:30 AM	#21
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	The codebase that I gave Prolific had a feature which insured that the foreground and background colors were never both black at the same time. Maybe this got lost in translation to Goldfish. Edgar can probably track it down. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

05-16-2004, 01:38 AM	#22
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	I suspect you've held down [Alt] and written the first lines of Genesis from the Bible backwards. Y'know, the "Let there be light" part. Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

05-17-2004, 09:23 AM	#26
Liath Still here in spirit Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Posts: 637	Ok, this is something that I've been meaning to bring up for awhile, but have never felt like taking the time to fully explain it. I have the same problem. Every so often, maybe 3 or 4 times a week, GA will inexplicably set my lighting to zero. I'll leave my office for a few minutes, the screensaver comes on, and I come back to a black screen. A few times I have thought that my monitor was turned off, but I hit the space bar, and everything comes back up. I never set the lights all the way down, and I do not have the automatic lights turned on. I can find no reason for the settings to change like this without any input from me, but this is what seems to be happening. No other settings are ever changed, just the lighting. Liath Appleton University of Michigan Museum of Zoology My Homepage Why I've been gone

05-17-2004, 10:41 AM	#27
Marsh Marigold Still Folding Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Plymouth, Michigan Posts: 190	I have had the same happen with my PC. I assumed it was some quirk of the saver getting along with my vid driver, or some such. Maybe it's NOT "just me". * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

05-17-2004, 07:35 PM	#31
Reichart CTO Prolific Publishing Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui Posts: 423	If someone can reproduce it in such way so that we can do it to, we will fix it in 24 hours. *Reichart...* , CTO, Prolific Publishing, Inc. Come visit us Prolific Publishing, Inc.

05-16-2004, 09:39 AM	#23
klyntun Guest Posts: n/a	At least with those settings I don't have to worry about screen burn in.

05-16-2004, 10:04 AM	#24
Marian Nichols ~Author~ Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rocky Mount, NC Posts: 7,429	I've had that to happen to me also and came up with the same solution as you, but I thought that I must have set it that way. Maybe I didn’t.

05-16-2004, 11:20 AM	#25
klyntun Guest Posts: n/a	I remember bumping the left side of my keyboard right before this happened. But, I've initiated GA and then pressed every button on the left of the keyboard again. None of them make it go black. It's a mystery!

05-17-2004, 11:03 AM	#28
Pushwall Fellow Twang Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 133	Wow! I ran into this same black screen this morning! It must be a phase of the moon we're all going through!

05-17-2004, 11:25 AM	#29
Yellow Tang YT Join Date: Jan 2002 Tournaments Won: 1 Location: Germany Posts: 729	Originally posted by Pushwall phase of the moon

05-17-2004, 12:10 PM	#30
Marian Nichols ~Author~ Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rocky Mount, NC Posts: 7,429	Not the moon, the comets.

05-17-2004, 07:55 PM	#33
Reichart CTO Prolific Publishing Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui Posts: 423	Oh, that. That is our black fish on black easter egg. We thought that would be a big hit. *Reichart...* , CTO, Prolific Publishing, Inc. Come visit us Prolific Publishing, Inc.

05-17-2004, 08:04 PM	#34
klyntun Guest Posts: n/a	Nice. Black goes with anything. It's also quite elegant, and I think it makes the Goldfish look slimmer.

05-18-2004, 01:39 AM	#35
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Oh, stop it you two! I think I'm going to add to the confusion by saying I'm pretty sure I 've seen the same thing on sharks. I'm switching to that one as default to see if I can figure it out there. /Tiny Too Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

05-18-2004, 04:34 AM	#36
Marian Nichols ~Author~ Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rocky Mount, NC Posts: 7,429	ROFLMBO

05-18-2004, 05:57 AM	#38
Marian Nichols ~Author~ Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rocky Mount, NC Posts: 7,429	Are those fuzzy white spots supposed to be goldfish? I bet that's very interesting to watch.

05-18-2004, 06:17 AM	#39
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	No those are hacks, Mrs. Nichols... Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

05-18-2004, 06:50 AM	#40
Marian Nichols ~Author~ Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rocky Mount, NC Posts: 7,429	Thank you Mr. T. PS: By hack do you mean sushi? as in lunch