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Emulator Issues #2315

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Feature request: option to disable screen saver

Added by Lothar635 over 14 years ago.

Status:
Fixed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
% Done:

0%

Operating system:
N/A
Issue type:
Bug
Milestone:
Regression:
No
Relates to usability:
No
Relates to performance:
No
Easy:
No
Relates to maintainability:
No
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Description

I believe that it would be much appreciated to have an option to disable
screen saver while a game is running.

Actions #1

Updated by luisr142004 over 14 years ago

dolphin already disables the screensaver when the screensaver is about to load :)

Actions #2

Updated by Lothar635 over 14 years ago

It seems that on windows 7 x64 that its does not.

Actions #3

Updated by luisr142004 over 14 years ago

hmmm, well i am using 7 x64, maybe i'll do some testing to see :)

Actions #4

Updated by Anonymous over 14 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Questionable

Like luis said, already implemented...seems to work fine here...

Actions #5

Updated by luisr142004 over 14 years ago

  • Status changed from Questionable to Accepted

well actually i found out what it was, it disables it for render-to-window but not
for render-to-main :p

Actions #6

Updated by luisr142004 over 14 years ago

hmm, is this still an issue on latest revs?

Actions #7

Updated by luisr142004 over 14 years ago

  • Status changed from Accepted to Fixed
Actions #8

Updated by kris.craig almost 12 years ago

It's not fixed. I'm using the latest revision in Windows 7 Ultimate x64. My Windows screensaver is set to none, which basically means it just kicks to the locked user screen after an hour. When I'm playing on Dolphin, every hour I get kicked to that screen and have to re-enter my Windows password to log back in. Then I have to minimize Dolphin and restore it, otherwise the game's display will be frozen.

I don't want to have to mess with my power management settings just to play an emulator. Could you guys please fix this? Most other emulators out there do not suffer this problem because they include an option (usually enabled by default) to disable the power management stuff (including screensaver) while a game is running.

This is extremely annoying. It should NOT be marked as "fixed" because it's clearly not.

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