Is it possible to make an event that opens the user's CD rom?
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Is it possible to make an event that opens the user's CD rom?
Drop in the CD-Audio object, the action for the event editor is > Open Door
I'd keep in mind though, that a lot of CD drives these days do not have disc trays that stick out anymore.
What do you mean? Even laptop at least spring! the drive out a little...Quote:
Originally Posted by WhatPixelYouOn
Ow, that simple! Awesome :D
.. But my project seems to stop responding after I push the CD rom back in.. Is it a reason for that?
The only thing I have is
Start of Frame - Open Door
I think he means just a slot that you stick the disc in. Like a car stereo CD player, or a PS3. I haven't seen this on a computer though (I'm sure one exists, just haven't seen it myself). Regardless, the ejecting should still work the same anyway. Shouldn't matter if it's using a tray or just popping the disc out. I'm assuming he just wants to be able to eject the disc after installing or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by LB
It is trying to read music from the CD and play it automatically. Add another start of frame event to destroy the object after you use the Open Door action, then it won't exist to try and play the CD.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kentronisk
lol Im so amazed how you know everything about everything :P Thanks a lot, working sweeeet!Quote:
Originally Posted by LB
Just a quick off-topic question that I remember you helped me with a year or two ago, if youre still around.. Whats that key object thing called, that can track your keys pressed even while out of focus? I want to play a sound every time the user clicks on any key, but the basic keyboard and mouse object is only working while the window is in focus :0
"Key object", aka Virtual Key Object.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kentronisk
Ah yeah, that was probably it.. Where is this downloaded from? :P
Never mind, found it in that ExtensionView program.. Awesome :D Thanks a lot :) .. But is there an Any key for this object??
Nevermind again, I found a most clever way myself to simulate this :D
You can double-click the object for a list of key codes ;)
Yeah, but "any key" arent mentioned there..? I think its just one specific key at a time?
Oh, for Any Key you can do On Virtual Key and then for the key code use the expression to Get the Current Virtual key code.
Damn... That idea is even better than what I had.. And I though my old one was genious :(
I had a counter set to everytime it was different than last key pressed, it would play the sound and set the counter to that value... Even tho it "bugged" if I clicked too many buttons for too long. Gonna use your idea instead lol, thanks :D
I'd like to point out that I have a laptop with a CD Drive that has no tray at all, just a slot, and "Open Door" basically means "Eject," so the CD comes out if there was one in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by WhatPixelYouOn
Eliyahu. May I respectfully suggest that you get another laptop to comply with the extensions. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Eliyahu
Marv
Oh, sorry guys. I've been using iMacs for the last 5-6 years and noticed more and more laptops just spit the discs out at you. I just assumed that PCs didn't have have disc trays anymore! My bad!
lol... Kentronisk... are you making a trojan? It sure sounds like it after reading your other threads... Basically sounds like you're trying to make a keylogger/mess up the users screen/screw with their cd rom drive/etc...
hmmmmm... someone is being bad.
I tried my best not to sound like Im making a virus or anything! But I have been using MMF to make games for many years, and exploring these other functions is almost like a brand new world! I have been working on a little figure (like Clippy) that just does random stuff and can control volume, screen light, open CD rom when I want to insert a DVD etc etc. And for my key question, I have assigned a tiny random bubble pop everytime I press a random key. Probably nothing I will use, its just fun to know what you can do.
Well, keylogger doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad thing. I saw some trick where you could have a keylogger and the file synced with your dropbox account so if someone stole your laptop you'd have information to try and catch who did it. Of course, it wouldn't take a lot to remove dropbox and the keylogger and it's assuming the thief will have internet access of some kind. Though if it's running in the background most people probably wouldn't even notice. Especially someone dumb enough to go around being a thief.
Of course, you also wouldn't want the log file on your computer if you're using it, otherwise you'd compromise your own security with everything you typed. So, you'd have to enable the keylogger automatically on boot up and just turn it off, or only if you're going to be leaving your laptop at home or somewhere it could potentially be stolen. Would work on a desktop computer of course, but laptops probably have a higher likelihood of being stolen since they are portable and carried around.
I think that's being overly paranoid, but it's an interesting technique and usage of a keylogger. I'd rather just encrypt my drive and have a master password, but I guess that would do nothing to help you catch the thief.