??Blue Rocks??

Liquid Mongoose · 11-25-2006, 11:52 PM

Hello all!

I'm new to these forums and I absolutely LOVE my new Goldfish and Marine Aquariums! I purchased the package that included both programs at my local Best Buy store and I have a question about the settings... Some of the computers on display at the store were set to the Goldfish Aquarium screensavers on the large clear tank, but the rocks were BLUE (like in the Zen Bowl), not brown! No one at the store could tell me how it was done, so I was wondering if anyone knew anything about this and if so, how you changed it. I really, really want the BLUE rocks...please help!! Thanks!

cjmaddy · 11-26-2006, 06:06 AM

This may help...
https://www.feldoncentral.com/forums...ead.php?t=3206

Liquid Mongoose · 11-26-2006, 01:06 PM

Was that confusing? I followed it just fine!! :^) Okay, it all boils down to this...is there a way to change the color of the rocks??

feldon34 · 11-26-2006, 01:48 PM

The only official way to get the blue gravel background is to buy Windows Media Center Edition.

edaniels · 11-27-2006, 12:54 AM

Mr. Mongoose (can I call you "Liquid"?)...

I'm the artist for Goldfish Aquarium, and I made that blue rock tank especially for Microsoft's Windows Media Center Edition. But a lot of people have felt the way you do, and so there is a chance we may include a similar tank in a future version of the program.

Until then, Feldon30's right; you'd have to buy Windows MCE.

Sorry!

-- Eric

patscarr · 11-27-2006, 02:32 AM

Originally posted by edaniels:

...a lot of people have felt the way you do, and so there is a chance we may include a similar tank in a future version of the program.

Sweet! That's great news!

Liquid Mongoose · 11-28-2006, 11:14 PM

Mr. Eric, you may call me MISS Mongoose if you please (although I DO like the sound of Liquid)...and thank you so much for the information. I guess I have some shopping to do...

Beamer · 12-02-2006, 05:59 PM

how do i get the goldfish aquarium???

feldon34 · 12-03-2006, 09:52 AM

Originally posted by Beamer:

how do i get the goldfish aquarium???

You can buy it here:
http://www.lifeglobe.com/

fred@ · 12-05-2006, 12:11 AM

Originally posted by edaniels:

Mr. Mongoose (can I call you "Liquid"?)...

I'm the artist for Goldfish Aquarium, and I made that blue rock tank especially for Microsoft's Windows Media Center Edition. But a lot of people have felt the way you do, and so there is a chance we may include a similar tank in a future version of the program.

Until then, Feldon30's right; you'd have to buy Windows MCE.

Sorry!

-- Eric

Not true. With some simple hex editing the screen saver will work on normal XP. I'll post it if its ok

Liquid Mongoose · 12-05-2006, 02:22 AM

Post it, Fred, post it, post it!!!!!!

patscarr · 12-06-2006, 06:36 AM

Hex editing? What's that?

feldon34 · 12-06-2006, 07:26 AM

If you open the Aquarium, or indeed any program, in a text editor like Notepad, Wordpad, etc. it will look like what you see below. If you know EXACTLY what you are doing, you can change some of that gobbledygook and change how the program works.

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Tiny Turtle · 12-06-2006, 07:48 AM

Pat,
Ever tried Google

fred@ · 12-06-2006, 01:14 PM

Originally posted by feldon30:

If you open the Aquarium, or indeed any program, in a text editor like Notepad, Wordpad, etc. it will look like what you see below. If you know EXACTLY what you are doing, you can change some of that gobbledygook and change how the program works.

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Thats not HEX editing, you need a hex editing program to do it. Google is your friend!

feldon34 · 12-06-2006, 01:16 PM

I know what HEX editing is.

fred@ · 12-06-2006, 01:17 PM

Originally posted by feldon30:

I know what HEX editing is.

Ok, So would everybody be ok with the posting of the edited blue rock version? Or is that a no no

feldon34 · 12-06-2006, 03:11 PM

I think Microsoft might mind.

fred@ · 12-06-2006, 03:13 PM

I don't care about Microsoft. Doest the forum or the creator of Goldfish aquarium care?

Jav400 · 12-06-2006, 06:15 PM

Since this is the official forum, we kind of disapprove of hacks and editing.

11-25-2006, 11:52 PM	#1
Liquid Mongoose Registered Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3	??Blue Rocks?? Hello all! I'm new to these forums and I absolutely LOVE my new Goldfish and Marine Aquariums! I purchased the package that included both programs at my local Best Buy store and I have a question about the settings... Some of the computers on display at the store were set to the Goldfish Aquarium screensavers on the large clear tank, but the rocks were BLUE (like in the Zen Bowl), not brown! No one at the store could tell me how it was done, so I was wondering if anyone knew anything about this and if so, how you changed it. I really, really want the BLUE rocks...please help!! Thanks!

11-26-2006, 01:06 PM	#3
Liquid Mongoose Registered Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3	Sorry... Was that confusing? I followed it just fine!! :^) Okay, it all boils down to this...is there a way to change the color of the rocks??

11-26-2006, 01:48 PM	#4
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	The only official way to get the blue gravel background is to buy Windows Media Center Edition. "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

11-27-2006, 12:54 AM	#5
edaniels Goldfish Aquarium Developer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Glendale, California Posts: 82	Mr. Mongoose (can I call you "Liquid"?)... I'm the artist for Goldfish Aquarium, and I made that blue rock tank especially for Microsoft's Windows Media Center Edition. But a lot of people have felt the way you do, and so there is a chance we may include a similar tank in a future version of the program. Until then, Feldon30's right; you'd have to buy Windows MCE. Sorry! -- Eric ---------------------------------- E R I C D A N I E L S, a n i m a t o r Goldfish Aquarium Screensaver ----------------------------------

11-27-2006, 02:32 AM	#6
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,455	Originally posted by edaniels: ...a lot of people have felt the way you do, and so there is a chance we may include a similar tank in a future version of the program. Sweet! That's great news! Patrick

11-26-2006, 06:06 AM	#2
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	This may help... https://www.feldoncentral.com/forums...ead.php?t=3206

11-28-2006, 11:14 PM	#7
Liquid Mongoose Registered Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3	Mr. Eric, you may call me MISS Mongoose if you please (although I DO like the sound of Liquid)...and thank you so much for the information. I guess I have some shopping to do...

12-02-2006, 05:59 PM	#8
Beamer Registered Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 0	how do i get the goldfish aquarium???

12-03-2006, 09:52 AM	#9
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	Originally posted by Beamer: how do i get the goldfish aquarium??? You can buy it here: http://www.lifeglobe.com/

12-05-2006, 12:11 AM	#10
fred@ Registered Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 32	Originally posted by edaniels: Mr. Mongoose (can I call you "Liquid"?)... I'm the artist for Goldfish Aquarium, and I made that blue rock tank especially for Microsoft's Windows Media Center Edition. But a lot of people have felt the way you do, and so there is a chance we may include a similar tank in a future version of the program. Until then, Feldon30's right; you'd have to buy Windows MCE. Sorry! -- Eric Not true. With some simple hex editing the screen saver will work on normal XP. I'll post it if its ok

12-05-2006, 02:22 AM	#11
Liquid Mongoose Registered Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3	Post it, Fred, post it, post it!!!!!!

12-06-2006, 06:36 AM	#12
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,455	Hex editing? What's that? Patrick

12-06-2006, 07:26 AM	#13
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	If you open the Aquarium, or indeed any program, in a text editor like Notepad, Wordpad, etc. it will look like what you see below. If you know EXACTLY what you are doing, you can change some of that gobbledygook and change how the program works. y†IDATxÚì½÷dyr'ö¼MŸY¦MuOÏô˜õK³Ü¥=’GœÈ;€€€t? ð$A ÿN ïDRÒ 8‘wâú™?Ó¾«*+ýóæ«OD¼ÌÊ²ÝÓ;:I€µ½5UY/ßûÆ7">ñ‰øêß\|ý5MÓêºÖùUU•Rª,KÇqðCüj8â{ ßê:þS3è_…¾åŸðKçïõ?¹øŸ—¾ª}ûóK?âúOl®ŒŸk—¼¶ß\|ñ Ó/¹¿G]¸–®šOÑÖyáÕš7º¬°aÔï ûi;NÅèT\|¡ü ‚Ä?†eª "SÚ5Vô¢¹Ä»±Õ/ó´—"R¹Û¶q)¨@U‰_jÞ ‡Ž?5M}N¯«Ú4¬úìJÕe%þÜ€i´ekü¾ÏræÔ—†Wû‚æ‚†ÜNý²þøR×Ó øB±™!¾Ïók³AðbKÙd¨³^G»Þp_D§ÏýêÜÕ®y¬,m2Û–KÕ´â°ù$9cÛßé†¨}v!°;·ñàìL›ÞÃ—h \|›±V "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

12-06-2006, 07:48 AM	#14
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Pat, Ever tried Google 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.

12-06-2006, 01:14 PM	#15
fred@ Registered Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 32	Originally posted by feldon30: If you open the Aquarium, or indeed any program, in a text editor like Notepad, Wordpad, etc. it will look like what you see below. If you know EXACTLY what you are doing, you can change some of that gobbledygook and change how the program works. y†IDATxÚì½÷dyr'ö¼MŸY¦MuOÏô˜�õK³Ü¥=’GœÈ;€€€t?ð$A ÿN ïDRÒ 8‘wâú™?Ó¾«+ýóæ«OD¼ÌÊ²ÝÓ;:I€µ½5UY/ßûÆ7">ñ‰øêß\|ý5MÓêºÖùUU•Rª,KÇqðCüj8â{ ßê:þS3è_…¾åŸðKçïõ?¹øŸ—¾ª�}�ûóK?âúOl®ŒŸk—¼¶ß\|ñ Ó/¹¿G]¸–®šOÑÖyáÕš7º¬°aÔï ûi;NÅèT\|¡ü ‚Ä?†eª "SÚ5Vô¢¹Ä»±Õ/ó´—"R¹Û¶q)¨@U‰_jÞ ‡Ž?5M�}N¯«Ú4¬úìJÕe%þÜ€i´ekü�¾ÏræÔ—†Wû‚æ‚†ÜNý²þøR×Ó øB±™!¾Ïók³AðbKÙd¨³^G»Þp_D§ÏýêÜÕ®y¬,m2Û–KÕ´â°ù$9cÛßé†¨}v!°;·ñàìL›ÞÃ—h \|›±V Thats not HEX editing, you need a hex editing program to do it. Google is your friend!

12-06-2006, 01:16 PM	#16
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	I know what HEX editing is. "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

12-06-2006, 01:17 PM	#17
fred@ Registered Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 32	Originally posted by feldon30: I know what HEX editing is. Ok, So would everybody be ok with the posting of the edited blue rock version? Or is that a no no

12-06-2006, 03:11 PM	#18
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	I think Microsoft might mind. "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

12-06-2006, 03:13 PM	#19
fred@ Registered Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 32	I don't care about Microsoft. Doest the forum or the creator of Goldfish aquarium care?

12-06-2006, 06:15 PM	#20
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	Since this is the official forum, we kind of disapprove of hacks and editing. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection