BOINC Suspend and Gaming etc

[[XC] riptide]

AWESOME, thanks Riptide. now i can play starcraft & fallout3 without ever having to turn it off

Great. If all teh casual gamers on the team implemented this I hazard a guess there will be a noticeable increase in points of all of the BOINC XS projects. So many times people forget to fire BOINC back up.

[SoulsCollective]

Where you put the config file? Does it say its reading the cc_config file? In the messages tab?

C:\ProgramData\BOINC\cc_config.xml

I didn't have a file originally, so I made one (and yes, it's a .xml file, not .xml.txt). As for whether it's reading it, I'm not sure what I'm looking for - never paid much attention to that tab.

[Rise]

Great. If all teh casual gamers on the team implemented this I hazard a guess there will be a noticeable increase in points of all of the BOINC XS projects. So many times people forget to fire BOINC back up.

yep, i'd guess somewhere around 1 out of every 2 times i play, i forget to turn it back on right after I'm done. 1 out of 10 times I forget for over 12 hrs

[s0lid]

Really? Blah. Must check myself.


EDIT: Ah HA put cc_config.xml in the Boinc DATA folder if its Win7/Vista

C:\ProgramData\BOINC

and make sure you hit Advanced>read Config file



It takes about 10 seconds for it to recognise the exclusive app running, and about 10second also to recognise the app closed.

I'm using x64 win7 and i don't have such folder

EDIT: Oh yea it's hidden folder, :FACEPALM:

[SoulsCollective]

I'm using x64 win7 and i don't have such folder

Yes you do, it's just a hidden folder by default. You can either unhide it via CMD -

attrib -h c:\programdata

Or just type it into the address bar.

EDIT: Oh yea it's hidden folder, :FACEPALM:

[[XC] riptide]

I'm using x64 win7 and i don't have such folder

EDIT: Oh yea it's hidden folder, :FACEPALM:

Ok. Well go to taskmanager>rightclick the WCG process and open file location. Tell me where this is. Lay off the Lapin Kulta.

[[XC] riptide]

C:\ProgramData\BOINC\cc_config.xml

I didn't have a file originally, so I made one (and yes, it's a .xml file, not .xml.txt). As for whether it's reading it, I'm not sure what I'm looking for - never paid much attention to that tab.

When you hit advance>read config files> your messages should contain

14/08/2009 00:12:26 Re-reading cc_config.xml
14/08/2009 00:12:26 Re-read config file
14/08/2009 00:12:26 log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops

[s0lid]

Lay off the Lapin Kulta.

Pff i don't drink water

[SoulsCollective]

When you hit advance>read config files> your messages should contain

14/08/2009 00:12:26 Re-reading cc_config.xml
14/08/2009 00:12:26 Re-read config file
14/08/2009 00:12:26 log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops

Yep, I get that message - but still nothing changes. I can fire up the listed apps and BOINC does nothing, keeps right on going.

[[XC] riptide]

Yep, I get that message - but still nothing changes. I can fire up the listed apps and BOINC does nothing, keeps right on going.

Post a copy of the cc_config.xml file.

[SoulsCollective]

<cc_config>
  <options>
     <exclusive_app>Speed.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>Crysis.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>FarCry.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>NFSHP2.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>FarCry2.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>ET.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>alice.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>BGMain.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>CoD2SP_s.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>iw3mp.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>Civ4BeyondSword.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>Loader.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>DeusEx.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>Diablo II.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>ePSXe.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>DungeonSiege2.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>hl -console.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>Jazz2.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>masseffect.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>Homeworld2.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>nwn2main.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>Soulstorm.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>starcraft.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>shock2.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>JediAcademy.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>xrEngine.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>torment.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>CoCMainWin32.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>iw3sp.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>H5_Game</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>IWD2.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>MOHA.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>Titan Quest.exe</exclusive_app>
     <exclusive_app>Frozen Throne.exe</exclusive_app>
  </options>
</cc_config>

[[XC] riptide]

This is a long shot... but your formatting.... check the indentation. Not sure if it matters but it might.

EDIT: your seems perfect actually...

[Particle]

XML parsers should not care about whitespace. Your XML should all be able to be on one line if you want it to be.

[SoulsCollective]

This is a long shot... but your formatting.... check the indentation. Not sure if it matters but it might.

EDIT: your seems perfect actually...

If it's wrong, then your OP is wrong, because it's a Ctrl-C/V from that

Particle, is yours working now with the new BOINC client? You're the other Win7 chap in this thread, could this possibly be a Win7 issue?

[[XC] riptide]

If it's wrong, then your OP is wrong, because it's a Ctrl-C/V from that

Particle, is yours working now with the new BOINC client? You're the other Win7 chap in this thread, could this possibly be a Win7 issue?

I'm a Server 08 R2 chap. Similar to Win7 and it works for me.

[SoulsCollective]

Well, damn.

Multiple restarts and restarts of the BOINC manager doesn't seem to make any difference.

Anyone have any ideas? This would be very convenient indeed if I could get it to work.

[illidan]

great!!!

it's working 6.6.31 x86 windows xp

[[XC] riptide]

^^^ Win!

I see you like looking at iphones getting shot and burnt!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH!

[oily_17]

Great tip, thanks for this, it will come in handy for alot of crunchers.

[[XC] riptide]

Just to let you know. this is not MY fix. It *should* be common enough knowledge on what you can put into the config and cc_config files. A guy called Munday from BOINC UK has some of these tips.

[illidan]

^^^ Win!

I see you like looking at iphones getting shot and burnt!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db7pKjUrNXQ

[Particle]

Works for me now. Tested with notepad.exe being in the list.

[[XC] riptide]

More tricks here

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration

[PoppaGeek]

Make double sure you have "Hide extensions for known file types" unchecked under Folder Options.

I thought I did and I did not. Open the folder and using Details view what does it list the file as under Type? Should be XML not txt.

[Sparky]

Thanks riptide! I wasn't aware of this. Most games I run seem to be just fine but a couple have issues. This is great