Player crashes when screensaver activates

[Ruth]

Hi,

When I run my game in the player (in preview or exe) it crashes whenever the screensaver comes on.

Please would you let me know how I can prevent the crashes - other than turning the screensaver off.

Thanks

Ruth

[Alan]

Hi Ruth,

This is a known issue and we are currently working with Microsoft on how to prevent screensavers and auto-locking of computers from crashing the Player.

Thanks,
Alan

[Ruth]

The program doesn't crash if a Flash element is called into the game and is active when the screensaver comes on.

A workaround I'm trying is a combination of a Pause button which activates a Flash element and several keywatches (which activate the Flash if the keys haven't been pressed for several minutes).

Please let me know if anybody has a better workaround.

Thanks

[Gary]

That's quite an interesting workaround, I'll give it ago myself and get back to you. Just an update this feature is being repaired for a future version of thinking worlds.

Thanks for the update.