Stability improvements — The Jean-Paul Software Screen Explosion Steam update #178549

Windows has some interesting rules about handling screensavers- namely, if they're not in Windows/System32 then they become somewhat flaky. Changing...

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The Jean-Paul Software Screen Explosion (1631280)
Event type
patch note
Published
12 September 2021 - 11:49:20 UTC
Source
steam_community_announcements
Windows has some interesting rules about handling screensavers- namely, if they're not in Windows/System32 then they become somewhat flaky. Changing your power settings can cause them to vanish from the list of screensavers completely, as can temporarily turning them off; and sometimes restarting your computer can do it, and some other things I've yet to properly identify. This update does two key things: Separates the 'screensaver' bit of the code from the 'fancy graphics' bit of the code Adds an option when setting the screensaver to copy the screensaver part to Windows/System32 folder The separation of 'fancy graphics' from 'screensaver' means we can have a small .scr file that connects to the bigger application when it needs to. Whilst I was at it I finally bit the bullet, dived into the Windows API, and implemented a preview image when viewing the screensaver: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/411...

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