Problems I have...

[SomeGuy5]

I'm not sure if this is the right way to contact for help, but anyways:

I have g-force gold, and I was dissappointed with it.
I remember way back, I downloaded an old demo of g-force and it was simple viualizer, now it's way to obstrusive and complicated.

I'll rephrase it:
1. The toolbar is annoying (How to get rid of it?)
2. Right clicking doesn't show the WMP options
3. No offence guys, but really, why are there options like "take screenshot"? Truly un-needed...
4. Is there a way to make g-force "just a WMP visualization", like the older g-force demos? (The new demos are no longer like this)
5. The annoying toolbar lags the startup of WMP, and doesn't close when I exit WMP

[jerohm]

under Toolbar Preferences (click on the 'windowshade' option bar directly UNDER the FLOWFIELD control to expand), there are options to control its presence on StartUp and Shutdown.

(Use of the right click, screenshot option is optional - )

[juxtiphi]

I'm not sure if this is the right way to contact for help, but anyways:

I have g-force gold, and I was dissappointed with it.
I remember way back, I downloaded an old demo of g-force and it was simple viualizer, now it's way to obstrusive and complicated.

I'll rephrase it:
1. The toolbar is annoying (How to get rid of it?)
2. Right clicking doesn't show the WMP options
3. No offence guys, but really, why are there options like "take screenshot"? Truly un-needed...
4. Is there a way to make g-force "just a WMP visualization", like the older g-force demos? (The new demos are no longer like this)
5. The annoying toolbar lags the startup of WMP, and doesn't close when I exit WMP

1. In the time it took you to post here you could have figured out how to stop the toolbar from opening with GF, all you have to do is look at the settings within the toolbar.

2, what are you right clicking? right clicking the vis window in windowed mode will show the menu below, there are no specific options for WMP within GF

A, Take screen shot
B, Full screen
C, Audio input source
D, Restart slide show
E, Show Hot key documentation
F, Launch V-Bar or Toolbar

those are the only options, there are other G-F options which can be plainly seen in the toolbar preferences.

3. Most people love screen shots, there are threads in the forum dedicated to them. I have hundreds of screen shots!. Why did I take them ? because G-Force is awesome and sometimes I and others are astounded by what we see on the screen. So screen shots =

4. If you buy gold it can only be installed for the player you have chosen i.e Windows Media Player.

Only the platinum installer lets you install G-F for multiple players so how many players are listed in the installer you have? If you have gold then only one player will be listed in the installer.

5, Toolbar lags when your system cannot process all the things that are going on while running G-F, try stopping all unnecessary processes and see if that helps. Also you may need to upgrade your video card or its drivers or add more ram to your computer. On my computer G-F uses about 33.000k toolbar and vis window combined so its not that much.


try learning more about G-F before you decide to knock it permanently.

[SomeGuy5]

2. That's what I'm saying; the regular WMP right-click menu isn't there anymore (how can I get it back)

5. The lag's not really an issue. It'll probably be solved when I disable the toobar from starting-up.
The main problem is: the toolbar doesn't quit when I exit WMP

1 & 4, I'll take a look at

EDIT:

Man that control bar is thin. I thought it was part of the toolbar's visual design

[juxtiphi]

2. That's what I'm saying; the regular WMP right-click menu isn't there anymore (how can I get it back)

5. The lag's not really an issue. It'll probably be solved when I disable the toobar from starting-up.
The main problem is: the toolbar doesn't quit when I exit WMP

1 & 4, I'll take a look at

EDIT:

Man that control bar is thin. I thought it was part of the toolbar's visual design

you are correct it does blend in with the bottom of the toolbar but the toolbar does not hog resources it only uses 6,000k on my machine thats nothing unless your machine is already overloaded or it doesnt have enough memory to do the job in the first place.


as for no more menu in wmp as far as I know thats how wmp handles its visualizers now, all on the same menu .

A major update is coming sometime soon hopefully it will solve all your problems.

try reinstalling G-F unistall then delete the soundspectrum folder found in your documents application data folder restart your comp and reinstall.

[SomeGuy5]

Alright, I'm pretty happy right now. Most of the problems have been solved. I checked; I got Platinum Edition.

Anyways, one last thing:
When you startup G-Force, it shows that annoying logo, and all this info on the bottom, which all disappear after 5 or so seconds. How can I prevent all this from appearing in the start-up?

[juxtiphi]

Alright, I'm pretty happy right now. Most of the problems have been solved. I checked; I got Platinum Edition.

Anyways, one last thing:
When you startup G-Force, it shows that annoying logo, and all this info on the bottom, which all disappear after 5 or so seconds. How can I prevent all this from appearing in the start-up?

No idea, for 99% of us the logo is no big deal. Almost everything in life comes with a logo. If you cannot take the GF logo for 5 seconds then how do you last watching tv? they have logos in the corner and most stations are now showing huge pop up graphics every few minutes to remind you of whats coming up. Life must be hard ! to be forced into seeing a logo for less than 5 seconds must be a terrible hardship for you.

[sitsparky]

2. That's what I'm saying; the regular WMP right-click menu isn't there anymore (how can I get it back)

The typical right-click action in WMP is to display WMP-related options. We used to override this right-click menu to display G-Force related options (version 3.8.5 and prior), but we received many complaints about this behavior, mainly (I believe) because many users like to easily switch between different visualizers via the normal WMP right-click menu. Because of the overwhelming feedback, G-Force versions 3.9 and higher no longer override the WMP right-click menu. To do GF-related stuff I can only suggest using the GF Toolbar.

Anyways, one last thing:
When you startup G-Force, it shows that annoying logo, and all this info on the bottom, which all disappear after 5 or so seconds. How can I prevent all this from appearing in the start-up?

It's not possible to disable the GF splash screen that shows at startup. This is in place for many reasons -- boot-up time, registration info, deterrence of unlicensed commercial use, etc. Though as juxtiphi mentions, most people don't mind the few seconds of logo display that only occurs on startup.