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Josiah - Images of Heaven
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Message 61131 - Posted: 16 Feb 2014, 0:24:08 UTC

I'm probably the only one who doesn't know but these Milkyway preferences seem to indicate a graphics display:

Period (in milliseconds) to check for scene updates 30
Change how fast the view randomly moves around 5
Make particles bigger or smaller 250
Make particles bigger or smaller when using uglier particles 40

However none of the projects I have run seem to have graphics associated with them and my BOINC graphics button for Milkyway tasks is always greyed out. Am I floating through dark matter or just missed something? Thanks
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Message 61157 - Posted: 20 Feb 2014, 5:28:56 UTC - in response to Message 61131.  

My opinion-until we hear something official: it looks, to me, like someone is setting up preferences ahead of time, in 'anticipation' of the day when a screen saver is produced; and the listed preferences relate to the expected visuals. [Particles=Show some (solar) bodies; Coarse=A group of Particles....]
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