Comments on: New Folding@Home Features Coming

By: glitched

glitched — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:46:57 +0000

Ive seen the following suggestions on the official folding forums, but the PS3 client should be able to remember our auto shut down functions. So if i check “after current” and leave my ps3 idle it will auto start folding and then auto shut down after current.

Also it would be nice for an option that doesnt turn off the ocean sounds

By: Zinacef

Zinacef — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:07:48 +0000

Nice addition to the experiment. What I still find to be mind-boggling, is to watch all those little dots of light on the globe, all doing their own little processes for this global experiment!

By: danrok.aoa

danrok.aoa — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:10:49 +0000

@Noam Rimon

Any chance of being able to choose our own music playlist, in the next f@h client?

By: GeorgeCr

GeorgeCr — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:28:43 +0000

I had this issue as well. I installed FAH 1.3 before the 2.10 system update and it kept hanging. Eventually cleared it by deleting and reinstalling FAH and the 1.3 update.
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Kedaro said:
I’m getting a glitch of some sort now that I’ve downloaded the new v 1.3 folding@home application update..I tested it, but all I can see is the ‘Loading folding@home screen’
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By: zefie

zefie — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:03:18 +0000

@Noam Rimon
Has the team seen my thread about the bugs I found in v1.3? http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=psnetwork&message.id=180595#M180595

Although, I am wondering why the #9 is not offset in your screenshot. Do I have an old version of v1.3 that was silently fixed?

By: Scott_R_K

Scott_R_K — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:34:09 +0000

Great update !
Question though , does it not bother anyone that the Earth rotates the wrong way or is it intended that the “observer” is flying West to East ?

Secondly , the example at the top shows a grid around the Protein . How do you set that ?

Thanks in advance ,

Scott……..

By: Noam Rimon

Noam Rimon — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:37:43 +0000

@glitched:

To answer your question: we have went to great lengths to assure no work unit (WU) is lost under any scenario. In the scenario you are describing, the system will turn off and will try to send the unit as soon as you turn Folding back on.
There are many other scenarios, for example network connectivity problem when you set to shut down after the current WU (in which case the system will try for extra 20 minutes before shutting down)
Each WU is backed up and will only be discarded under predetermined scenarios (for example, if it is extremely old)
Nice to see all the other nice comments here,
Merry Christmas everybody!

By: Nynja

Nynja — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:36:46 +0000

Excellent new features! My fiancee is loving the music while folding.

Any chance that we can link play lists to this selection? That would be so nice if we could setup our own play lists to listen to rather than have the program choose. Still, sweet update!

Keep ‘em coming!

I look forward to every new PS3 update, firmware & software!!!!

By: Noam Rimon

Noam Rimon — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:53:51 +0000

@Ciscorucinski:
> Nice. Now all I need is high speed internet.
>
Actually you can start Folding with any kind of Internet connection. The protein download is actually quiet small (few 100′s of kilobytes)

> Question: Does F@H also use the RSX processing power or just the CELL BE.
>
The RSX power is only used for the graphical representation of the client. The actual Folding calculation is done on the CELL/B.E. alone.

Thanks,

By: ccutrer

ccutrer — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:07:18 +0000

New features are nice… but I’d like an “auto-on” feature, instead of “auto-off”. Basically, if the PS3 sits in the XMB for like 5-10 minutes, I’d like it to auto-launch F@H. Often times I watch a movie at night with friends, then I turn off the TV, then go eject the disc. The tv’s not on, so I can’t see to go to F@H and turn it on. I’d love to contribute even more, but I don’t want to think about it. This is probably an XMB feature request, though, not an F@H one.