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ShagVT · 04-04-2002, 10:34 AM

OK, here is a better example.

I am simulating a season of OOTP. The process takes, say, 30 minutes.

I'm using Windows XP. My wife decides she wants to switch over to her account and check her email, so she simply taps Windows-L, logs in, and does her thing. When she's done, she logs out and logs me back in.

This is normal, expected behavior with Windows XP. The application keeps running while the other use can do whatever he/she needs. OOTP dies in this case just exactly like it does with a screen saver, and that is a bug. It is basically saying that no other user can use the computer while OOTP is running.

When I first posted this big a few weeks ago, people complained that "it's just the screensaver problem, don't post the same bug multiple times." So this time I post it as a screensaver bug, and I get castigated because people who use screen savers are morons.

Look, this is a legitimate bug - certainly as legitimate as anything else being listed here. OOTP is a windows application ... it should work correctly under windows. Please don't blow me off because you think screen savers are a waste of electricity.

04-04-2002, 10:34 AM	#8
ShagVT Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 103	OK, here is a better example. I am simulating a season of OOTP. The process takes, say, 30 minutes. I'm using Windows XP. My wife decides she wants to switch over to her account and check her email, so she simply taps Windows-L, logs in, and does her thing. When she's done, she logs out and logs me back in. This is normal, expected behavior with Windows XP. The application keeps running while the other use can do whatever he/she needs. OOTP dies in this case just exactly like it does with a screen saver, and that is a bug. It is basically saying that no other user can use the computer while OOTP is running. When I first posted this big a few weeks ago, people complained that "it's just the screensaver problem, don't post the same bug multiple times." So this time I post it as a screensaver bug, and I get castigated because people who use screen savers are morons. Look, this is a legitimate bug - certainly as legitimate as anything else being listed here. OOTP is a windows application ... it should work correctly under windows. Please don't blow me off because you think screen savers are a waste of electricity.