Pulse- Cool dynamic screensaver! Updated to V2, Now with GIF!

[Gangsir 14]

Disclaimer: This is not my code, this is merely a port of a program made by KingofGamesYami, who's original thread can be found Here. This is merely a port by me.

 

Edit: Updated to King's V2 version of the program. Original thread link still works.

 

So, I was browsing dank memes the Computercraft forums looking for programs that would be nice to have on OC. Then, I stumbled upon Pulse, which is a screen saver made by KingofGamesYami. I ported it to OC, and gave it a way to terminate nicely without leaving the text colour or background messed up. I figured I'd share my port, so others may enjoy it. To end the program, simply press a key. Anything but the ESC key works, to my testing.

 

The program can be found at my Github.

https://github.com/NoahNMorton/MinecraftLuaPrograms/blob/master/OpenComputers/PulseOCPort.lua

Or, it can be fetched with wget if you prefer:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NoahNMorton/Gangsir_MC_LuaPrograms/master/OpenComputers/PulseOCPort.lua pulse.lua

Although, I've heard that github doesn't like lots of people wget-ting a repo too much. Don't be surprised if your wget fails. It's more reliable to just copy+paste.
 

 

 

The requirements are as follows:

Tier 2 Screen and Graphics card or Tier 2 APU

Tier 2 case/Tier 1 server

A good amount of energy coming into the network, as the screen consumes a lot.

 

The program pulls from 2 tables, a char and a back/foreground colour, and randomly fills the screen with them. More characters and colours can be added, and the program will use them.  Note that while tier 2 graphics is required for colour support, tier 3 is recommended for best results.

Also note that sometimes if the text colour and the background colour match up, the text will stop flowing. It will come back after a few seconds, and I’m working on a fix.

 

Gif of the screensaver in action:

 

 

 

For those wondering what my OS is, I use Ubuntu 14.04 Linux, with Unity desktop.

[Gangsir 14]

Updated to KingofGamesYami's Version 2 of this program. Check it out!

[Daraketh 2]

Hey Gangsir,

I don't have access to MC atm. Any chance you could include a picture, or perhaps link to a video?

[Gangsir 14]

Hey Gangsir,

I don't have access to MC atm. Any chance you could include a picture, or perhaps link to a video?

 

I guess I could make a gif, if the forums support it. I'll look into it.

 

Edit: Added gif.