Is After Dark compatible for Windows 10?

I have been looking all over to figure out whether or not After Dark is compatible for Windows 10, but I can't find any information. If possible, I would like it to have all the modules like they were in the original or similar to them.

EDIT: I got a some info here and mounted the iso, but the installer in the ADE folder has this error: "Couldn't read information about setup file number: 7 in setup package overall from setup the file data." How can I fix this?

jacobtohahn

Posted 2016-01-17T17:30:58.830

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It likely doesn't exist any official version wouldn't run on Windows XP not Windows 10 – Ramhound – 2016-01-17T17:35:25.707

You can't get a copy of After Dark specifically for Windows 10, that's for sure. But maybe you can get the old versions to work, so I've edited the question accordingly. – oldmud0 – 2016-01-17T17:57:34.873

i downloaded the file from @Jonno 's answer but cannot unzip it with 7-zip. the error is "cannot open [file] as archive" – jacobtohahn – 2016-01-17T19:23:34.943

Do you have an appropriate archive manager for the file extension? – Ramhound – 2016-01-18T21:54:37.530

Answers

Apparently here according to this person on Reddit who seems to believe it's working on their Windows 10 environment.

I can't verify it'll work as it's a huge download for a screensaver and my internet speed isn't wonderful here. According to this post a lot of old screensavers do still work in Windows 8.1/10, so I guess it's worth a shot.

Edit: So I downloaded it, extracted it with 7-zip, mounted the ISO within, ran the setup file in ADE with Windows 95 Compatability (Threw one error message but skipped it without a problem), it seems to work fine (the dropdown box shows the wrong name, but otherwise it runs):

Edit 2: I now have a craving for toast.

Edit 3: Settings page doesn't work, so I'm not sure if there's any way to modify whatever settings it has.

Edit 4: You can change what screensaver it uses by going into C:\After Dark\After Dark 4.0. By default it's using Flying Toasters!.ad. Rename that to something else (Flying Toasters!.ad.old perhaps) and rename any other file in here to Flying Toasters!.ad. It's a bodge, but it's also just a screensaver. I don't really want it anymore so I'll leave it to you to tinker with that if you so wish.

Jonno

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i have tried that. it does not work because the file is corrupt – jacobtohahn – 2016-01-17T17:57:46.473

@jacobtohahn From all 3 mirrors? – Jonno – 2016-01-17T17:58:00.387

yes. they are the same file. but i will look at the post you sent about old screensavers on windows 10. – jacobtohahn – 2016-01-17T17:59:36.487

i have the screensaver file but it is compressed and i cant open it – jacobtohahn – 2016-01-17T18:16:50.900

@jacobtohahn Updated my answer - it works fine – Jonno – 2016-01-17T18:24:11.220

ok, ill try it. – jacobtohahn – 2016-01-17T18:28:49.987

what mirror did you use. maybe that will help EDIT: did you download after dark 4.0 deluxe? – jacobtohahn – 2016-01-17T18:32:17.227

@jacobtohahn I think the key is using 7Zip to extract it. You can then get the ISO out of it and mount that. I actually used all 3 mirrors in a download manager as it was downloading incredible slowly otherwise. – Jonno – 2016-01-17T18:34:36.390

Let us continue this discussion in chat.

– jacobtohahn – 2016-01-17T18:37:11.980

After a little fiddling around i was able to open the file from mirror 3. Thanks for all the help EDIT: how did you run the installer? – jacobtohahn – 2016-01-17T21:08:21.910

This works! Thank you! NOW, to avoid copying and renaming the files, there's a Windows Registry Key that can be modified with the name of the screensaver: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Berkeley Systems\After Dark\Folders The key named After Dark 4.0 can be modified to the name of the file without the extension, like Bad Dog! (I found it here: https://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f217/solved-any-way-to-play-after-dark-games-1998-on-a-windows-7-pc-629059.html#post3944539 )

– Metafaniel – 2018-05-08T16:27:51.777

I haven't found a way for these screensavers to work. I mean yes they load when the Preview button is clicked, but in my case won't launch when the screensaver is mean to be lauched (idle time). Also I havent found a way to launch the screensavers foundt at C:\After Dark\Deluxe Classics – Metafaniel – 2018-05-08T16:54:07.587

I've used this code in a .bat file and it's working: @start /wait %windir%\SysWOW64\"After Dark.scr" /s & rundll32 user32.dll,LockWorkStation This will start the screensaver, then when it closes the PC will lock. It's not perfect but it's working. It's somnething! Albe's answer in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1430108/how-to-turn-screensaver-on-windows-7-by-a-code-in-cmd helped me out. I tried other solutions but didn't work in my case. But you should take a look!

– Metafaniel – 2018-05-28T19:51:01.847

I was able to install After Dark in Windows 10 as shown above, running /ADE/Setup.exe using Windows 95 compatibility. The problem I am having is that the default screen saver seems to be Starry Night or some other star field screen saver. Starry Night.ad is found in the C:/After Dark/After Dark folder. I tried copying Flying Toasters!.ad to this location and renaming it Starry Night.ad however this didn't work. I also placed the renamed file in C:/After Dark/After Dark 4.0 folder. Running the Screen saver still shows Starry Night, and a message along the top of screen that says "Unable to load selected module:C:/After Dark/After Dark 4.0/Flying Toasters!.ad" I'll keep tinkering with it when I have time, if anyone had figured it out, please let me know. starfield21483@gmail.com

A few min later - I fixed it! There is a needed file that fails to install. Locate adxpl510.dll in the installation folder /ADE/FILES/AD40. copy this file to she same folder as After Dark.scr (Mine was in c:/Windows/SysWOW64). Now the screensaver can locate the module:C:/After Dark/After Dark 4.0/Flying Toasters!.ad

Amber Starfield

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Can confirm this as working. After Dark in Windows 10! – Vince Panuccio – 2019-08-25T00:21:05.980

I was able to make sense of the preferences by installing AD on Windows XP and looking in REGEDIT.

Mute All Sounds: Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Berkley Systems\After Dark add a REG_DWORD MuteSound with data 1

Change Module: Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Berkley Systems\After Dark\Folders change the data of After Dark 4.0 to the name of the module you want, no .ad extension.

If you're just into Flying Toasters: Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Berkley Systems\After Dark\Module Setings\After Dark 4.0\Flying Toasters! add four REG_DWORD entries:

Control0 for Objects on Screen, data 0 (little), 1, 2 or 3 (lots).

Control1 for Types of Toastes, data 0 (Adutls), 1 (Babies) or 2 (Random).

Control2 for Music, data 0 (never), 1(1 min), 2 (2 min), 3 (5 min), 4 (30 min) or 5(always).

Control3 for Display Karaoke, 0 (no) or 1 (yes).

Roger C. Rocha

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