JadedLexi Posted December 19, 2009 I remember a screen saver that I had a while ago on an old PC that had Doom monsters go across the screen, does anyone know what I am talking about? 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted December 19, 2009 Do you mean this old thing? (540x700 139k) Nice little bit of nonsense that runs WAAAAAAAY to fast on anything from a Pentium 2 onwards. :( 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted December 19, 2009 GreyGhost said:Do you mean this old thing? He he, I have that. Even before the speed of modern machines broke it, it wasn't exactly the best bit of software. :) 0 Share this post Link to post
ducon Posted December 19, 2009 Once I tried to run PrBoom with Xscreensaver, but it didn’t work. 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted December 19, 2009 There was a sourceport (Desktop Doom I think) that worked as a screensaver. When the saver activated, it played demos. 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted December 19, 2009 Found it! While version 1.01's still available for download from Atomic Gamer, version 2.0.57 and it's fix appear to have fallen into a black hole. :( 0 Share this post Link to post
EarthQuake Posted December 19, 2009 Wasn't this a commercial screensaver, or am I thinking of another one? 0 Share this post Link to post
Nomad Posted December 19, 2009 Enjay said:There was a sourceport (Desktop Doom I think) that worked as a screensaver. When the saver activated, it played demos. That's an awesome idea! How long ago was that? I wonder if anyone would ever adapt a modern port to do that. I hate screensavers, but this would be awesome. 0 Share this post Link to post
JadedLexi Posted December 19, 2009 GreyGhost: I think that might have been it. I would not be sure where to find it again, though. :( 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted December 20, 2009 The commercial screensaver shows up on eBay now and then, that's where I found my copy. As for DesktopDoom, the older version's the one to get if you want to watch demos, the newer version plays bot deathmatches. Nomad said:That's an awesome idea! How long ago was that? I wonder if anyone would ever adapt a modern port to do that. I hate screensavers, but this would be awesome. Agreed. Nine years. DesktopDoom 2.0.57 used ZDoom as it's base. Agreed. 0 Share this post Link to post
Nomad Posted December 20, 2009 Is it possible to get DesktopDoom somewhere still? The DesktopDoom page is borked, and it doesn't seem to be in the archives... 0 Share this post Link to post
Mad Butcher Posted December 20, 2009 DesktopDoom2_18_08_2004.zip The latest version I have. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ultraboy94 Posted December 20, 2009 cant seem to get desktop doom working. it starts up fine, but after that all it does is show the TITLEPIC and CREDIT images, like regular zdoom. when i try to do something by pressing a key it just exits... 0 Share this post Link to post
Nomad Posted December 20, 2009 Read the documentation in the DoomDesktop2/Documentation folder. Works like a charm for me! I might have to whip up a couple maps for this. The default one is retarded. :D 0 Share this post Link to post
fraggle Posted December 20, 2009 ducon said:Once I tried to run PrBoom with Xscreensaver, but it didn’t work. It will work with Chocolate Doom, I put support into it for running under xscreensaver.. 0 Share this post Link to post