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Full Screen to Window by Joe on 11-28-2005 at 02:42 PM
Is there any program that lets you take a full screen program and make it in a window. "Mario Forever" changes resolution and makes itself full screen, I want to know if i can prevent this. there is no option in the game to do so.
RE: Full Screen to Window by MeEtc on 11-28-2005 at 02:50 PM
umm, use a virtual box?
If it's console, use dos-box http://dosbox.sourceforge.net
For windows, you can try http://bochs.sourceforge.net, but it's not worth the hassle of setting up a virtual OS to play a game on, or the degration in speed and clarity
RE: Full Screen to Window by kierant on 11-28-2005 at 03:17 PM
I use a program called Actual Window Manager that allows me to manipulate the way windows are opened and how they act etc. I'm not 100% that this will help with your full screen program but I'd definately recommend giving it a try.
http://www.actualtools.com/windowmanager/
RE: Full Screen to Window by stoshrocket on 11-28-2005 at 03:21 PM
quote:
Originally posted by joe cool
Is there any program that lets you take a full screen program and make it in a window. "Mario Forever" changes resolution and makes itself full screen, I want to know if i can prevent this. there is no option in the game to do so.
erm... if you have desktop icon i think you can change it, go to the desktop, right click on the icon, select properties, then under shortcut there is a target box. At the end of the stuff in the box i think there is a thing that says
code:you can simply change this to
+menu 1 +fullscreen 1
code:
+menu 1 +fullscreen 0
im not too sure if this will work with your program but it works with battlefield 2
RE: Full Screen to Window by TazDevil on 11-28-2005 at 05:43 PM
Have you tried
Alt+Enter
withing the game ?
RE: Full Screen to Window by M73A on 11-28-2005 at 06:05 PM
quote:
Originally posted by TazDevil
Have you tried
Alt+Enter
withing the game ?
whats it do? it doesn't do anything for me... (not playing a game and too lazy to start one)
i jus press the flaggy windows button thats next to ctrl and alt to goto windows
RE: Full Screen to Window by Menthix on 11-28-2005 at 06:41 PM
If you press Alt+Enter from within a game, then it will change from fullscreen to windowed mode. Not all games, but you could give it a try with Mario Forever.
RE: Full Screen to Window by Joe on 11-28-2005 at 07:02 PM
I meant to say that i tried that, sorry. I've read that it may work, but no luck for me.
RE: Full Screen to Window by stoshrocket on 11-28-2005 at 08:53 PM
have you tried the thing wtih the icon code i posted earlier, that works for me
RE: Full Screen to Window by Chris4 on 11-30-2005 at 12:30 AM
quote:Doesn't work with Mario Forever or another game I play..
Originally posted by Methos2
have you tried the thing wtih the icon code i posted earlier, that works for me
I tried Actual Window Manager with Mario Forever, I get icons in the top right when in full screen but you can't click them.. And I get nothing for the other game..
I wish there was a program that was like firefox, with tabs, and instead of typing in websites you type in .exe's and you can open different games in each tab
RE: Full Screen to Window by RaceProUK on 11-30-2005 at 01:05 AM
The problem centres around how the system handles fullscreen. Fullscreen isn't in a window in the traditional sense: it's an overlay over the entire frame buffer. To switch the game from fullscreen (where it can use the GFX card directly) to a window (which can't, as Windows has to), you'll need to somehow force the game to output its graphics to a data buffer in memory, which them gets merged with Windows' own display data on the graphics card.
Doing this in software is not easy.
RE: Full Screen to Window by Chris4 on 11-30-2005 at 01:31 AM
quote:
Originally posted by raceprouk
The problem centres around how the system handles fullscreen. Fullscreen isn't in a window in the traditional sense: it's an overlay over the entire frame buffer. To switch the game from fullscreen (where it can use the GFX card directly) to a window (which can't, as Windows has to), you'll need to somehow force the game to output its graphics to a data buffer in memory, which them gets merged with Windows' own display data on the graphics card.
Doing this in software is not easy.
Well I doubt anyone will do that... unfortunately...
RE: Full Screen to Window by zach on 11-30-2005 at 03:31 AM
Create a shortcut, right click on it and go to properties then the "shortcut" tab. Then go to target and put on the end of the target " -window" eg: D:\Games\Halo\halo.exe -window
RE: Full Screen to Window by Joe on 11-30-2005 at 03:36 AM
says path name is incorrect
RE: Full Screen to Window by zach on 11-30-2005 at 03:39 AM
Did you make sure there was a space between .exe and -window?
RE: Full Screen to Window by Joe on 11-30-2005 at 03:53 AM
I had to put it after the Quotations, BUT.... it still didnt change anything
RE: Full Screen to Window by RaceProUK on 11-30-2005 at 04:03 PM
quote:Which will only work for Halo (assuming it uses -window).
Originally posted by zach
Create a shortcut, right click on it and go to properties then the "shortcut" tab. Then go to target and put on the end of the target " -window" eg: D:\Games\Halo\halo.exe -window
Each game will use its own option to force a window.
RE: Full Screen to Window by Chris4 on 11-30-2005 at 04:14 PM
quote:
Originally posted by zach
Create a shortcut, right click on it and go to properties then the "shortcut" tab. Then go to target and put on the end of the target " -window" eg: D:\Games\Halo\halo.exe -window
quote:
Originally posted by joe cool
says path name is incorrect
Zach, you forgot the "" try:
code:
"C:\Games\Halo\halo.exe" -window
Tried it with GunZ Online and Mario Forever, nothing different happened then usual, still fullscreen.
Which proves raceprouk's point..