February 8, 201214 yr So I took off from Madison, WI (KMSN) in my Carenado C172II last night in XPX and tuned my two VOR receivers to fly the airway between KMSN and Oshkosh (KOSH). Lined up for a straight-in approach to runway 36. 50 feet from the runway my screen goes black.... What the! Crap. Windows screensaver just kicked in. I was able to hit "P" and pause the sim, then hit alt-tab a couple of times to get my XPX graphics back. My plane was nose-down about to smack grass. Dang it, I hate it when that happens. Mental note... Disable screensaver before starting XPX. FAA licensed pilot (APSEL) flying Cessna 172R and Cessna172SPs. Member of EAA & AOPA since 2001
February 8, 201214 yr yea. thats happened to me before. I dont bother with screen savers anymore. I dont think you need them with LCD monitors anyways.Rob
February 8, 201214 yr solution for MAC users: http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=10148 * 2010 MacPro, 27' display * Snow Leopard * XP10 *
February 9, 201214 yr Author Well I hadn't used screensavers in awhile, but I had to start locking my computer automatically because my 21-month old likes to manipulate the buttons on my mouse and delete or move all the files on my desktop. Doh!Hmm, I could probably write something like this (in regards to the MAC solution) for Windows. FAA licensed pilot (APSEL) flying Cessna 172R and Cessna172SPs. Member of EAA & AOPA since 2001
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