My bet is that the answer is no -
...but maybe someone has an answer for me.
Running Windows XP (not that it should matter, but on a Pentium4, 512 mb).
I'm a solo simmer, and quite often -- especially early in a league, I'll autosim for extended periods.
I have my pc settings adjusted to never go on standby, never turn off the monitor, never auto-log-off --- basically, don't do <i>anything</i> unless I explicitly tell it to do so.
However -- I STILL have issues where I'll be watching the games sim by (or usually -- off doing something else) and the screen saver will come up, and the pc switch to (I'm assuming) standby mode.
The weird thing is -- it only happens when running OOTP. Having nothing open -- or any other program I've tried -- no issues.... Even MSIE - it'll keep the screen open and stay in "active" mode overnight (I checked once).
This causes me tons of headaches -- probably my single biggest complaint with OOTP.... When I log back in, the game won't "re-paint" the screen and I basically have to use task manager to shut down. I've learned to "recognize" the various pc usage patterns that different stages of the game gobble so I don't corrupt leagues as much as I used to, but it still occasionally happens where I'll lose a whole league via corruption because I ended OOTP at the wrong time, or more often, lose portions of a season because an open dialogue box I can't answer (due to not being able to see the interface) causes weeks or months not to be saved when I have to kill the program.
Anyone know of a solution? I'm getting really tired of making sure I jiggle the mouse every 10 minutes -- and after 4 years, figured I've done enough due diligence myself to see if someone has a better answer