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Xenrath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Me

21 Jan 2006 at 03:11 - 1

Read through a chat log of stuff from Gaile Gray and this was in there somewhere

It gave me an idea, so I had a go at making one myself.

Screensaver - 55.3mb, self installer (Xvid codec required)

Download from Guild Wars Guru - Thanks to the GWG team for hosting

Download from Filefront

- Run the Screensaver installer, this should bring up the Display Properties after installing (if it doesn't just bring it up yourself)

- Select "GuildWarsPanorama High Quality" screensaver, and adjust the settings to suit. From here you can add your own music playlist, change the size of the video etc.

- That's it! Preview it, or let it fire up like a normal screensaver.

- If you get a black screen, you probably need the Xvid codec. Get it from here http://www.koepi.org/xvid.shtml The "latest stable binary" near the top.

- To uninstall, you can remove it from Add/Remove programs or the Start menu under Programs.

The full rotation takes about 10 minutes, I couldn't get a perfect seam at the loop due to the animated water but it's barely noticeable. The video was recorded at full detail, with 4x Anti Aliasing. You might need a reasonably fast machine to enjoy at its best, not too sure. For reference, my computer at the time of this post has Windows XP, Pentium 4 3ghz, 1Gb memory, ATI Radeon X800. Some free advertising for GWG in the credits hehe

Music (optional)

For those who like the intro music, here it is

10mb, 11 minutes - not the highest quality settings and recorded the seagulls/waves etc. so it shouldn't interfere with any music CD plans Anet/NCsoft might have hehe

Intro Music mp3

You can add that to the playlist of the screensaver and it will be more or less like the ingame intro then, just lower quality.

Enjoy!

Xen

Update: The new updated screensaver should have options like this:

If yours has no such options, you have the old (discontinued) DivX version. Grab the new version instead!

chris_nin00

Dun dun dun

Join Date: Aug 2005

Reddit Guild

R/

21 Jan 2006 at 03:17 - 2

Give it to Gaile and she'll give you free ecto XD. Just kidding.

So, How long did it take you?

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

21 Jan 2006 at 03:46 - 3

Good idea. I've fallen in love with the new Factions login screen, as well as the new interface for creating and selecting characters. I'll check it out in a while...

iliketoeat

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

E/Me

21 Jan 2006 at 04:35 - 4

same here
it looks much better
and the music is nicer

Mercenary662

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

R/E

21 Jan 2006 at 04:46 - 5

really? i dled it and have the right divx and all i got was a blue screen for a few seconds, then it goes black. and when i tried to remove it my MS-DOS went phsyco, and then the screen went to that blue screen and i had to alt tab a million times to get out of it.

iliketoeat

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

E/Me

21 Jan 2006 at 04:56 - 6

i was talking about the login screen, i didnt try his screensaver....

zakaria

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

21 Jan 2006 at 05:38 - 7

they make really good login screen...when i finished downloading the new update i never thought they will change the login screen...so i got stunned of how nice it is,if you look on the reflections of the sea,waves and clouds that make u sure that Anet are dam good expert in these things

also the soundtrack of login screen better than before..really much better ,i like it

i wish if i can have this login screen as a screen saver

Inde

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2004

21 Jan 2006 at 06:43 - 8

That's just cool. A little pixelated but wow. Great job Xenrath. I'll put it up on the front page and move this to Community Works.

Rodrigo

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mexico

Me/Mo

21 Jan 2006 at 07:03 - 9

Nevermind, nice screensaver!

Claire Wolf

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

The Zephyr Of Tyria [tZoT]

A/

21 Jan 2006 at 07:06 - 10

Our characters don't look like they live in a refugee camp anymore!

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

21 Jan 2006 at 13:12 - 11

Yeah! The Pillar Of The Chosen (the ascended chosen, not the ones that resemble ordinary Krytans that get slaughtered all the time). But the music, too. A nice oriental genre, as opposed to the usual login screen music, which is similar to the ascalon era of music.

Evil Hypnotist

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

I Dragon I [PAIN]

21 Jan 2006 at 14:52 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mercenary662

really? i dled it and have the right divx and all i got was a blue screen for a few seconds, then it goes black. and when i tried to remove it my MS-DOS went phsyco, and then the screen went to that blue screen and i had to alt tab a million times to get out of it.

Unfortunately I had the same problem with the blue and black screens, although I had no problems uninstalling it through add/remove programs. No idea why it doesnt work, I have correct DivX and more than competant computer specs. Shame, I will just have to go back to using my pictures slideshow with screenshots from the game instead

Xenrath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Me

21 Jan 2006 at 17:16 - 13

Ok I made a new version using a different installer and screensaver package, plus I changed the quality settings in the video a bit. Should hopefully fix previous problems

muffinman57

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

East Noobsville

Refuge from Exile [RFE]

21 Jan 2006 at 19:58 - 15

I downloaded and installed the screensaver successful, however, when I went to preview it I got nothing more than a black screen, any idea why that might be?

Xenrath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Me

21 Jan 2006 at 20:16 - 16

edit: cleaning up thread from old version

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

E/Mo

21 Jan 2006 at 20:29 - 17

The new screen has a bright, serene feeling to it unlike the older one which was more dark and ominous. Needless to say, I think it is quite neat.

muffinman57

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

East Noobsville

Refuge from Exile [RFE]

21 Jan 2006 at 20:45 - 18

I installed the codec without a problem, uninstalled, then reinstalled the screen saver, and still just a blank screen when I go to preview it. =/

Xenrath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Me

22 Jan 2006 at 00:40 - 19

There seems to be some kind of issue with the new version of DivX and the software I've used to make the screensaver. Unfortunately I don't have any other screensaver authoring programs to work with

However, I've found a fix - use Xvid codec instead

http://www.koepi.org/xvid.shtml

Download the "latest stable binary" at the top there and install that, and when it asks "Decode all supported FourCCs" make sure that is checked. You don't need DivX this way, and I've not noticed any difference in quality.

muffinman57

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

East Noobsville

Refuge from Exile [RFE]

22 Jan 2006 at 00:50 - 20

Aha, works perfect now, very nicely done =D.

Xenrath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Me

22 Jan 2006 at 01:33 - 21

Phew finally got it all sorted

I've decided to remove the old DivX version due to decoding problems and replaced it with the Xvid version. Original post has been updated now so anyone downloading from now on should be ok (he says hehe)

If you downloaded the old (DivX) version and got it working, there's no need to grab this version - it's slightly better quality but using a different codec now.

Thanks for the feedback/bug reports and patience, hopefully it should be working for the majority

master_ranger_matt

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Salt Lake City, Utah.... no im not mormon

Radicals Against Tyrants [RAT]

R/Me

22 Jan 2006 at 03:42 - 22

nice,and you did that yourself?

Guardian of the Light

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Radicals Against Tyrants

W/

22 Jan 2006 at 05:43 - 23

Nice job dude thats cool.

Xenrath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Me

22 Jan 2006 at 15:43 - 24

Well Anet made the actual game intro lol I just recorded it and packaged it up as a movie into a screensaver (along with installer), took a lot of time waiting for encodes/uploads but overall it's been downloaded a few hundred times already (including old divx version) so seems to be quite popular

iliketoeat

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

E/Me

23 Jan 2006 at 02:15 - 25

is there anyway for me to somehow change the resolution to 1280x1024 natively so it doesn't look stretched?

Xenrath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Me

23 Jan 2006 at 11:48 - 26

The resize is done by the screensaver program (you can change that from the settings) so you can't natively change the resolution of the video itself as such. I recorded it at 800x600 to start with - a 1280x1024 recording would probably be a very big download

neoteo

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Macau

www.exilesofdarksteel.com

E/

23 Jan 2006 at 12:39 - 27

very good work , thank you very much ... ill give you 5 k , PM IGN neoteo ex animo

Cronos Khan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

New Jersey

W/

23 Jan 2006 at 13:02 - 28

ah yes, we were talking about that lol. Big thanks for this. I sjall cherish this until Factions comes out!

Sekkira

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canberra, AU

23 Jan 2006 at 13:17 - 29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xenrath

The resize is done by the screensaver program (you can change that from the settings) so you can't natively change the resolution of the video itself as such. I recorded it at 800x600 to start with - a 1280x1024 recording would probably be a very big download

Well you could always just start the client up and hit ctrl+shift+h...

sysfailur

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

CMB

23 Jan 2006 at 14:44 - 30

How long will it be before there is a new Guild Wars rap with the new asian music? :P

iliketoeat

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

E/Me

24 Jan 2006 at 01:46 - 31

what program did u record the stuff with? FRAPS?

Porkchop Sandwhiches

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fishing Village in Wizard's Folly

R/

24 Jan 2006 at 06:32 - 32

Ahh, this is awesome, ty! I had to change it so it didn't resize it, then it looked great!

Eclair

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

24 Jan 2006 at 07:51 - 33

You think you can do a 1600x1050 version? XD

Xenrath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Me

24 Jan 2006 at 14:38 - 34

Yep, original video was captured using Fraps.

My monitor won't go above 1280x1024 (TFT flatscreen) besides which Fraps won't record full screen at high resolutions

"The maximum resolution for Half-size capture is 2048x1536. Full-size video capture is limited to a maximum of 1152x864 (4:3) or 1280x720 (widescreen)"

It would probably be a huge file at full size i.e. full screen

Dreamshadow

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2005

24 Jan 2006 at 17:22 - 35

I maybe got an idea to make it more simple. You can start GW with the switsh "-noui", this will have the same effect as ctrl+shift+h. If someone can make a screen saver start start GW with this switch and kill GW when the mouse moves, then it would work a lot easier.

HDS

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

PS

Mo/W

30 Jan 2006 at 16:30 - 36

Can't download it

Xenrath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Me

30 Jan 2006 at 16:41 - 37

Filefront probably doesn't like download accellerators so if you've one of those, turn it off

Try a different "free distro" server also; I just tried server #3 and it downloaded fine, just have to wait a little for the download to start.

If anyone wants to host mirrors, please feel free

HDS

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

PS

Mo/W

30 Jan 2006 at 16:45 - 38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xenrath

Filefront probably doesn't like download accellerators so if you've one of those, turn it off

Try a different "free distro" server also; I just tried server #3 and it downloaded fine, just have to wait a little for the download to start.

If anyone wants to host mirrors, please feel free

Not using DL accelerators:S.

Thing is the link refuses to take me to filefront...

I use Mozilla btw and not any Wind0ze explorer like IE.

Edit: Hmm, strange seems like filefront was down last time i clicked it, oh well works now

Lan

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/N

30 Jan 2006 at 18:26 - 39

Xenrath,

Beautiful Job! Thanks for all the hard work - Kudos

Amsterdam

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Wisconsin

dth

31 Jan 2006 at 00:29 - 40

Awesome possum, I love that intro, and I have a friend that loves it more, he always starts guild wars and turns and looks at me and says, "Tom, just LOOK at that shit".

streetboy

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

31 Jan 2006 at 01:05 - 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amsterdam

Awesome possum, I love that intro, and I have a friend that loves it more, he always starts guild wars and turns and looks at me and says, "Tom, just LOOK at that shit".

yeah, see the whale go up and down sometimes, just fun to see how detail they are.