 | Oct 3 2009 |
FERVID I'm probably one of the few people that's actually disappointed with this new version. I prefer to have the screensaver on half size (ie in the middle of the screen), but it seems you cannot do this in the new version. Am I missing something completely obvious in the settings?
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 | Sep 1 2009 |
MABOROSHI Please fix this for Snow Leopard! I love this screen saver!
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 | Sep 14 2009 |
MABOROSHI I guess they forgot to update MU, but if you go to their site there is a new SL compatible version up! http://community.electricsheep.org/download Woo hoo!
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| Sep 14 2009 |
WOODEN BRAIN CONCEPTS Thanks, I just went there myself, and got the update, but it still says it can't be used on this computer. A bit baffled because even older screen savers, including the old version of Electric Sheep, work as-is on my intel laptop also running 10.6.1. But this is not specific to Electric Sheep -- same story also with other supposedly SL compatible screen savers, such as Euphoria 10.2. Since this is OT, if anyone else is having general issues (or better yet, knows the solution), try looking at this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10210603#10210603
(Version 2.7b15a) | |
| Aug 15 2009 |
LEE123 They have the crasher fix.
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| May 2 2009 |
FYREFLYE Worked beautifully on OS 10.4.11; crashes on opening with 10.5.6
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 | May 2 2009 |
SIDDHARTHA Fantastic screensaver-one of the best! Only problem-I wish that it would work on 2 screens-I have 2 screens, and one is simply blank while the screensaver runs. Would be great if it would span the screens, or run separately on both (even mirror would be nice)
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| May 1 2009 |
MACROB Ok. I removed the .saver file and the folders in application support. I re-downloaded and installed again, and it seems to work fine.
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| May 1 2009 |
THUS.SPAKE.Z As far as screensavers/visualisers go, Electric Sheep is, IMO, in the same league as the wonderful G-Force; both render some incredibly beautiful and breathtaking imagery. What E.S. lacks, however, is method to capture screenshots, which G-Force already has. E.S. sorely needs that feature. I think that it would be a very interesting collaboration for the developers of both E.S. and G-Force to work together and combine techniques. Anyway, been using E.S. for some time now and loving it. In light of the apparent glitches with E.S. 2.7b15, I'll stick with version 2.6 for now and wait for the beta to evolve into a stable version.
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| May 1 2009 |
PETER DA SILVA IMPORTANT NOTE: From the Electric Sheep website... Before the new hotfix is out. If you have a crash running screensaver just after installation of b15, please try the following: After installation, check if all folders on the path "~/Library/Application Support/ElectricSheep/content" exist. If not, please recreate those missing manually. Or just launch this in Terminal: cd ~;mkdir -p "`pwd`/Library/Application Support/ElectricSheep/content";cd - When all folders are created, the screen saver should not crash anymore. I am working on the patch and b15a should be out soon. If it still crash for you, please let me know. | |
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| May 1 2009 |
PETER DA SILVA Now it says "error connecting to server". Bother.
(Version 2.7b15) | |
| May 1 2009 |
MACROB 2.7 crashes system prefs as soon as it's selected. MacPro 10.5.6, 13 GB ram, and I've never used this before, so I don't have the old version still installed.
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| May 1 2009 |
GAZMAN Ditto.
(Version 2.7b15) | |
| May 1 2009 |
HAWAIIAN STARMAN Same crash here. I posted a crash report at the developer's site.
(Version 2.7b15) | |
| May 1 2009 |
PETER DA SILVA Same here, Mac mini G4, 10.5.6
(Version 2.7b15) | |
| Apr 24 2009 |
SPOTSPOT The version listed here no longer exists. The 2.6 server is being shut down. You must upgrade to 2.7, see http://community.electricsheep.org/node/509 http://electricsheep.org for the latest. --Spot (the developer)
(Version 2.6.9) | |
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| Apr 24 2009 |
SPOTSPOT btw, thank you for the very kind comments below :)
(Version 2.6.9) | |
| Jan 17 2009 |
KKNOPP Best screensaver ever made PERIOD. I have had so many people ask me where to download this it's not even funny. And like the name states, it does help one go to sleep if you stare at it long enough. Very relaxing (Depending on the speed you set it) I've been using this since it came out, and I have always been amazed at the wonderful art it produces.
(Version 2.6.9) | |
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| Aug 6 2007 |
JASARTHUR Really fine and creative, highly detailed graphics--just wish it lasted longer before recycling!
(Version 2.6.7) | |
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| Aug 18 2006 |
SIDETRACKED A clarification to my review below. Although it took 48 hours before I used it, to be clear it was downloading unseen in the background during that time. I was using the computer normally, with no loss of speed. The computer was also going in and out of sleep. Didn't want people to think the computer had to be sitting open on the program that long!
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| Aug 18 2006 |
SIDETRACKED My Favorite screensaver. Always changing, always evolving. I just sent a donation, since I now use it all the time. It does take forever for the first sheep to download. It took almost 48 hours before I could use it. But, after 2 days I had one working, and in the months since there are always new ones coming and old ones going without my doing anything. Over 5 months it's worked without a hitch. Not sure it's the case for everyone who's had trouble starting it, but maybe it just takes some patience... Really worth trying, very special and very beautiful. Just don't expect it to work in 5 minutes!
(Version 2.6.7) | |
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| Jul 19 2006 |
LETTUCE Had to go into Options and then into Download to change the default cache from 100 to 1000 despite the ReadMe suggesting that 1000 is, in fact, the suggested size (might want to make it default) before I could get it to do anything. Outstanding. Love it, and would have rated it higher on but for the ease of use bugaboo.
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| Jun 21 2006 |
BASS0 Great screen saver, I love the deep idea behind it. After the first few sheep are downloaded, it becomes much fun to cast the occasional peek when walking past the screen.
(Version 2.6.7) | |
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| Jun 12 2006 |
JAZZDUCK Well, this is a load of bull. The client never downloads anything from the server. You just get to stare at the "Please wait while downloading the first sheep..." message endlessly. There are plenty of supposed "fixes" on the developer's website's forums, but none of them work. From the comments there, it's clear that this problem is years old, so apparently the developer either doesn't know how to fix the problem, or doesn't realize the problem exists. Curious, I visited the server manually in Safari, and guess what? If you follow the links that are supposed to take you to the actual .mpg's that are the sheep, those .mpg's never load either. So what do we have? A screen saver that just gives you a static "please wait" picture. Huh. No thanks.
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 | Jun 20 2006 |
SPOT the problem is just that the servers are overloaded because there are so many users (30000 every day). the solution is to integrate bittorrent into the client. this has already been done for the windows version, and it works great. the mac version hasn't got this far... yet.
(Version 2.6.7) | |
| Jun 20 2006 |
SPOT btw, we are looking for a volunteer to put bittorrent into the mac client.
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| Jun 20 2006 |
SPOT in the meantime, you can use use azureus to download sheep manually, as described here: http://draves.org/blog/archives/000379.html
(Version 2.6.7) | |
| Jan 17 2009 |
KKNOPP Why am I not running into this problem? Is it for first time users?
(Version 2.6.9) | |
| Apr 8 2006 |
GARY WHITE Does not work at all for me! Never has! ON every version it never downloads a new sheep? I have nothing to block the connection and have left the sheep trying to connect for hours sometimes. | |
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| Apr 5 2006 |
EJ1 This version 2.6.7 works perfectly for me now.
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| Apr 5 2006 |
MSWFUJOWDFFYC Just a heads up...their servers are very slow sometimes, i know it took me nearly an hour to get my first sheep, you're best off just running it overnight to see if it works
(Version 2.6.7) | |
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| Apr 5 2006 |
8OO8 This version works just fine.
(Version 2.6.7) | |
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| Mar 12 2006 |
8OO8 This version doesn't work for me either; just a black screen. Installed it twice, had it on my system for 5 days both times; no go. Earlier versions worked fine for me, too. My Mac is running OS 10.3.9.
(Version 2.6.6) | |
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| Mar 10 2006 |
PIZZAGEW Screensaver won't work for me either. I get the screen saying that it is downloading first sheep, and that is as far as it gets. I tried earlier versions with no problems. Something must be broken.
(Version 2.6.6) | |
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| Mar 2 2006 |
Version 2.6.6 won't run on my system where older versions did. All I get is a black screen. My Electric Sheep folder only has two files now - data020c.000 and gen202
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| Mar 5 2006 |
EJ1 I got it working by downloading the Bit-torrent files on developers website.
(Version 2.6.6) | |
| Mar 2 2006 |
ST00P!D M0NK3Y This is by far the bets looking screensaver I have ever seen. And it's free. It doesn't get any better than that. =)
(Version 2.6.6) | |
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| Feb 25 2006 |
GARYI Not working for me on my intel iMac, just sits there saying be patient, a look in the application support shows a file with zero kb. | |
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| Nov 13 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Nice idea, but it won't download anything. The port is free, even with Firewall shut off, no single sheep loads - after 5 mins, 3 MB DSL. | |
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| Nov 13 2005 |
LETTERPRESS LOUIE I ran into the same situation when I first downloaded this program. But I decided to just let it run, and on the third day (I don't leave my computer on all the time) the images began showing up. It was worth the wait, although I do wish the developer would define "long time" more precisely.
(Version 2.6.3) | |
| Jan 5 2006 |
UMAROMC Really? THREE DAYS? No wonder it never seemed to work for me! Maybe the files should be made available as a separate download or available via P2P...
(Version 2.6.4) | |
| Jan 14 2006 |
BRUCE_Y ditto on 2.6.4 never downloading any images, even though I let it run for hours (and DSL was active, functioning with browser, settings all default). Finally gave up on it ever working. Maybe I'll try again, but seems bizarre that it should take DAYS for some data to come into the computer. What's up with that?
(Version 2.6.5) | |
| Jan 15 2006 |
TINKER15 I used electric sheep on my pc and was always impressed with it. I've had the same problems as others on my new iMac but discovered that the default folder for the downloads was not being created (at least on mine). Creating a new folder and choosing it from the Download tab had sheep running in a few seconds on my cable connection
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| Jan 16 2006 |
SPOT there is a P2P network for downloading more sheep faster. This is advertised on the sheep home page (http://electricsheep.org). see http://draves.org/HyperNews/get.cgi/flame/1255.html
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| Jan 16 2006 |
BRUCE_Y I made several setup changes and now it is working. 1) deleted electricsheep v2.6.4 and installed 2.6.5 - which initially still did not work with my setup. 2) I changed the Location of the sheep cache, which I had placed and pointed to on a separate always-mounted volume -- really just a partition of my boot hd. Note: when the cache was pointed to the non-boot volume, it never got any sheep mpg files. When I placed the sheep cache folder onto my boot volume, it is now functioning and begins to received the sheep mpg files. 3) I renamed it to a name without spaces, though this may be totally irelevant. P.S. yes it downloads new sheep, but the download seems rather sporadic.
(Version 2.6.5) | |
| Nov 7 2005 |
NEHEMA i've been using this creation for a year now and i think it's the most amazing piece of passive software ever. people walk into my studio jabbering madly about this or that project and glance at the screen and BOOM! silence. stuck staring at the screen. some call it a screen saver; i think it's an angel birthing machine. all hail the 24.7 gods of electrosomnambulism.
(Version 2.6.2) | |
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| Nov 6 2005 |
PAUL Why not just allow us to render our own "sheep" instead of low quality mpegs clogging our ISPs?
(Version 2.6.2) | |
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| Nov 15 2005 |
ANONYMOUS because it would take your computer a month to render a single one?
(Version 2.6.3) | |
| Aug 31 2005 |
HUGH FLEISCHER Wow! This is by far the most amazing and engrossing screen saver I have ever seen. It keeps coming up with more and more of these amazing, endlessly fascinating and stunningly beautiful moving fractals. They really are indescribeable and far more artistic and engrossing than I imagined they would be. I keep neglecting my work and turning on my screen saver. Try this - it's possibly the best free thing you can get on the net.
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| Jun 24 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Wow it looks a lot cooler than I thought it would. It was set to giga upon giga of space to claim, but I ain't got it. I'm only giving it 100 MB, and the stuff that comes through is wild!
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| Jun 22 2005 |
ME Must be for broadband, or not Tiger supported, waited for ages for my first sheep and gave up, then it hung waking up my eMac's screen
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| Jun 23 2005 |
ANONYMOUS it's a screen saver... duh. what does not run when a machine sleeps... figure it out.
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| Jun 23 2005 |
ANONYMOUS From the included README.txt: > version 2.6 for Mac OS X (10.3 & 10.4) > This program is recommended only if you have > a high bandwidth connection to the internet > such as DSL or cable modem.
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| Jun 22 2005 |
KORG I've been waiting for a Mac 2.6 version for months now that would install itself-no code savy personage am I even tho the web site stated that was easy...really!-and this simply replaced the earlier 2.5 version in my Screen Savers folder. My only hope is that the few hundred sheep I already have corralled will be set free to graze with this new version as well as the new additions to the flock from the 2.6 server.
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| May 31 2005 |
ANONYMOUS there is not a 2.6 version for OS X because no one is working on it. the developer states that he is not a Mac developer and the OS X version will be cut off unless someone steps up to do it(incompatible). come on people!
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| Jan 6 2004 |
ENTITYTHING This has got to be one of the neatest concepts for a screensaver since Seti@home. It's gorgeous, but it isn't just gorgeous; it's participatory dreaming for your computer along with hundreds of others. There seems to be a glitch which causes it to get stuck looping one pattern in Mac OSX, but it doesn't happen all the time and it's only a minor inconvenience.
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| Oct 24 2003 |
SLAMGAUGE This screen saver is damn cool. The patterns are ever-changing, and very vivid. I find it really interesting the way the patterns imitate natrual selection as well. It is really nice when you use this screensaver in conjunction with a a cool little program that runs your screensaver on your desktop. It would be really cool if you had the option to download higher quiality fractals though.
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| Oct 21 2003 |
WAYWARDTECH I've gotta say that I love this screensaver. Its a little repetitive, but has a glorious textured feel to it, and the motion is just so fluid! I'd love to see more like this. Wonder how it runs on lesser hardware? And its ever changing downloads kick some potential booty.
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