Bubbles Screensaver, Registry Value, Help Please.

[Poster Matt]

Hi - I downloaded an XP port of the Vista Bubbles screensaver which is my
all time favourite screensaver.

Unfortunately the settings dialog does not work on XP, but the person who
ported it gave some registry entries that can be modified manually to change
the Bubbles options.

Here's the registry path, followed by the entries the author specifies.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Bubbles

- SpanMultiMon [DWORD] 0/1
- SphereDensity [DWORD] int
- Radius [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceNumOctaves [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceSpeed [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceForce [DWORD] int
- ShowBubbles [DWORD] 0/1
- MaterialGlass [DWORD] 0/1
- ShowShadows [DWORD] 0/1

My problem is that none of the entries above change the number of bubbles
displayed by the screensaver! I thought 'SphereDensity' might but whatever
value that's changed to results in my getting just one bubble, when I delete
the registry entry of SphereDensity completely I'm back to what I presume is
the default number of bubbles (that being a lot!).

Can someone take a look at the Bubbles screensaver registry entry on Vista
for me please and let me know if there is an entry that sounds like it might
control the number of bubbles displayed? If you first turn the bubbles
screensaver on and change the number of bubbles to say, 7, when you look in
the registry you may only have to look down the values column for 7. Watch
out - if you choose a number greater than 9 then the hex number will be
displayed, 9 and under are the same in decimal and hex.

Thanks all.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You are correct. The Windows Vista Bubbles screensaver is designed only to work
with Windows Vista. Attempting to perform a hack for use on Windows XP is not at
all supported.


Hi - I downloaded an XP port of the Vista Bubbles screensaver which is my
all time favourite screensaver.

Unfortunately the settings dialog does not work on XP, but the person who
ported it gave some registry entries that can be modified manually to change
the Bubbles options.

Here's the registry path, followed by the entries the author specifies.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Bubbles

- SpanMultiMon [DWORD] 0/1
- SphereDensity [DWORD] int
- Radius [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceNumOctaves [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceSpeed [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceForce [DWORD] int
- ShowBubbles [DWORD] 0/1
- MaterialGlass [DWORD] 0/1
- ShowShadows [DWORD] 0/1

My problem is that none of the entries above change the number of bubbles
displayed by the screensaver! I thought 'SphereDensity' might but whatever
value that's changed to results in my getting just one bubble, when I delete
the registry entry of SphereDensity completely I'm back to what I presume is
the default number of bubbles (that being a lot!).

Can someone take a look at the Bubbles screensaver registry entry on Vista
for me please and let me know if there is an entry that sounds like it might
control the number of bubbles displayed? If you first turn the bubbles
screensaver on and change the number of bubbles to say, 7, when you look in
the registry you may only have to look down the values column for 7. Watch
out - if you choose a number greater than 9 then the hex number will be
displayed, 9 and under are the same in decimal and hex.

Thanks all.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You are correct. The Windows Vista Bubbles screensaver is designed only to work
with Windows Vista. Attempting to perform a hack for use on Windows XP is not at
all supported.


Hi - I downloaded an XP port of the Vista Bubbles screensaver which is my
all time favourite screensaver.

Unfortunately the settings dialog does not work on XP, but the person who
ported it gave some registry entries that can be modified manually to change
the Bubbles options.

Here's the registry path, followed by the entries the author specifies.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Bubbles

- SpanMultiMon [DWORD] 0/1
- SphereDensity [DWORD] int
- Radius [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceNumOctaves [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceSpeed [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceForce [DWORD] int
- ShowBubbles [DWORD] 0/1
- MaterialGlass [DWORD] 0/1
- ShowShadows [DWORD] 0/1

My problem is that none of the entries above change the number of bubbles
displayed by the screensaver! I thought 'SphereDensity' might but whatever
value that's changed to results in my getting just one bubble, when I delete
the registry entry of SphereDensity completely I'm back to what I presume is
the default number of bubbles (that being a lot!).

Can someone take a look at the Bubbles screensaver registry entry on Vista
for me please and let me know if there is an entry that sounds like it might
control the number of bubbles displayed? If you first turn the bubbles
screensaver on and change the number of bubbles to say, 7, when you look in
the registry you may only have to look down the values column for 7. Watch
out - if you choose a number greater than 9 then the hex number will be
displayed, 9 and under are the same in decimal and hex.

Thanks all.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The Windows Vista Bubbles screensaver is designed only to work
with Windows Vista. Attempting to perform a hack for use on Windows XP is not at
all supported.


Hi - I downloaded an XP port of the Vista Bubbles screensaver which is my
all time favourite screensaver.

Unfortunately the settings dialog does not work on XP, but the person who
ported it gave some registry entries that can be modified manually to change
the Bubbles options.

Here's the registry path, followed by the entries the author specifies.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Bubbles

- SpanMultiMon [DWORD] 0/1
- SphereDensity [DWORD] int
- Radius [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceNumOctaves [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceSpeed [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceForce [DWORD] int
- ShowBubbles [DWORD] 0/1
- MaterialGlass [DWORD] 0/1
- ShowShadows [DWORD] 0/1

My problem is that none of the entries above change the number of bubbles
displayed by the screensaver! I thought 'SphereDensity' might but whatever
value that's changed to results in my getting just one bubble, when I delete
the registry entry of SphereDensity completely I'm back to what I presume is
the default number of bubbles (that being a lot!).

Can someone take a look at the Bubbles screensaver registry entry on Vista
for me please and let me know if there is an entry that sounds like it might
control the number of bubbles displayed? If you first turn the bubbles
screensaver on and change the number of bubbles to say, 7, when you look in
the registry you may only have to look down the values column for 7. Watch
out - if you choose a number greater than 9 then the hex number will be
displayed, 9 and under are the same in decimal and hex.

Thanks all.

 

[Poster Matt]

Hello Matt,

This will show you how to adjust the Vista Bubbles screen saver
settings in the Vista registry.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/190018-bubbles-screen-saver-customize-settings.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Many thanks Shawn - that's exactly what I needed, all the info. is there. I
was right about SphereDensity controlling the number of bubbles but wrong in
my assumption that the integer would directly equate to the number of
bubbles, the range is between 1000000000 to 2100000000 - it'll take some
fiddling!

Cheers for finding that helpful page.

Hi - I downloaded an XP port of the Vista Bubbles screensaver which is
my
all time favourite screensaver.

Unfortunately the settings dialog does not work on XP, but the person
who
ported it gave some registry entries that can be modified manually to
change
the Bubbles options.

Here's the registry path, followed by the entries the author specifies.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Bubbles

- SpanMultiMon [DWORD] 0/1
- SphereDensity [DWORD] int
- Radius [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceNumOctaves [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceSpeed [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceForce [DWORD] int
- ShowBubbles [DWORD] 0/1
- MaterialGlass [DWORD] 0/1
- ShowShadows [DWORD] 0/1

My problem is that none of the entries above change the number of
bubbles
displayed by the screensaver! I thought 'SphereDensity' might but
whatever
value that's changed to results in my getting just one bubble, when I
delete
the registry entry of SphereDensity completely I'm back to what I
presume is
the default number of bubbles (that being a lot!).

Can someone take a look at the Bubbles screensaver registry entry on
Vista
for me please and let me know if there is an entry that sounds like it
might
control the number of bubbles displayed? If you first turn the bubbles
screensaver on and change the number of bubbles to say, 7, when you
look in
the registry you may only have to look down the values column for 7.
Watch
out - if you choose a number greater than 9 then the hex number will be
displayed, 9 and under are the same in decimal and hex.

Thanks all.

 

[Poster Matt]

Hi - I downloaded an XP port of the Vista Bubbles screensaver which is
my all time favourite screensaver.

Unfortunately the settings dialog does not work on XP, but the person
who ported it gave some registry entries that can be modified manually
to change the Bubbles options.

Here's the registry path, followed by the entries the author specifies.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Bubbles


- SpanMultiMon [DWORD] 0/1
- SphereDensity [DWORD] int
- Radius [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceNumOctaves [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceSpeed [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceForce [DWORD] int
- ShowBubbles [DWORD] 0/1
- MaterialGlass [DWORD] 0/1
- ShowShadows [DWORD] 0/1

My problem is that none of the entries above change the number of
bubbles displayed by the screensaver! I thought 'SphereDensity' might
but whatever value that's changed to results in my getting just one
bubble, when I delete the registry entry of SphereDensity completely
I'm back to what I presume is the default number of bubbles (that
being a lot!).

Can someone take a look at the Bubbles screensaver registry entry on
Vista for me please and let me know if there is an entry that sounds
like it might control the number of bubbles displayed? If you first
turn the bubbles screensaver on and change the number of bubbles to
say, 7, when you look in the registry you may only have to look down
the values column for 7. Watch out - if you choose a number greater
than 9 then the hex number will be displayed, 9 and under are the same
in decimal and hex.

Thanks all.

There are no settings available for the Bubbles screensaver.
You cannot change the number of bubbles.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Bubbles

is an empty key on my Vista.
You need to contact the author of your version of Bubbles.

Thanks Dave. Brink has pointed me to a web page with the details on it. Cheers.

 

[Poster Matt]

The Windows Vista Bubbles screensaver is designed only to work
with Windows Vista. Attempting to perform a hack for use on Windows XP is not at
all supported.

Thanks and noted. I wasn't expecting official support.

Hi - I downloaded an XP port of the Vista Bubbles screensaver which is my
all time favourite screensaver.

Unfortunately the settings dialog does not work on XP, but the person who
ported it gave some registry entries that can be modified manually to change
the Bubbles options.

Here's the registry path, followed by the entries the author specifies.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Bubbles

- SpanMultiMon [DWORD] 0/1
- SphereDensity [DWORD] int
- Radius [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceNumOctaves [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceSpeed [DWORD] int
- TurbulenceForce [DWORD] int
- ShowBubbles [DWORD] 0/1
- MaterialGlass [DWORD] 0/1
- ShowShadows [DWORD] 0/1

My problem is that none of the entries above change the number of bubbles
displayed by the screensaver! I thought 'SphereDensity' might but whatever
value that's changed to results in my getting just one bubble, when I delete
the registry entry of SphereDensity completely I'm back to what I presume is
the default number of bubbles (that being a lot!).

Can someone take a look at the Bubbles screensaver registry entry on Vista
for me please and let me know if there is an entry that sounds like it might
control the number of bubbles displayed? If you first turn the bubbles
screensaver on and change the number of bubbles to say, 7, when you look in
the registry you may only have to look down the values column for 7. Watch
out - if you choose a number greater than 9 then the hex number will be
displayed, 9 and under are the same in decimal and hex.

Thanks all.