I have been writing about ways to use AD4 in modern systems from win 7 to 10 to 11. It truly gets harder and more frustrating each time...but anymore.
The era of vibe coding has arrived, and someone did it before me. Admittedly this project isn't my priority but it's still nice to have something right? It's major enough I decide to write about this overnight despite having another AD entry half year ago.
Introducing the Long After Dark, another name that abbreviates to a loser team.
According to its description, it runs the original Windows modules through an emulated x86 and old Windows environment, with its own screensaver host and settings window. After Dark 4.0 Deluxe is among the supported releases. That covers a large part of what I had in mind, without having to rewrite every screensaver individually.
It isn't fully what I wanted which is low CPU consumption in modern standard. But for now, this is simply another possible route for those trying to bring AD back. If the old instructions no longer work for you, it may be worth checking the project before spending another evening moving files between System32 and SysWOW64.
As for my own revival plan, I can leave it further down the list until there is something specific that still needs doing. If you give LAD a try, I'd be interested to hear how it works with your favourite modules. :)
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