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Windowed Mode [message #382819] Sun, 26 April 2009 17:53 Go to next message
rrutk is currently offline  rrutk
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Would u like to have an option for windowed mode without menu bar?[ 53 votes ]
1. Yes 10 / 19%
2. No 12 / 23%
3. I dont use windowed mode 31 / 58%

I know, saberhawk will kill me for that Wink

But a suggestion:

If it is possible (and it should be) and no big deal, patch the exe and remove the flag for the top-menu-bar in windowed mode from it as an option.

so one could decide, if one want the top bar to be shown or not.

I'm using a dual monitor desktop. In windowed mode its much faster to switch between the desktops, so i'm using it.

But the menu bar ingame is ugly and annoying. It breaks my game-feeling.

Just a small gray edge/frame would be enough!

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Re: Windowed Mode [message #382934 is a reply to message #382819] Mon, 27 April 2009 07:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I made a poll now...

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Re: Windowed Mode [message #384396 is a reply to message #382934] Tue, 05 May 2009 11:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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bump.

more votes!

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Re: Windowed Mode [message #384412 is a reply to message #382819] Tue, 05 May 2009 12:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Re: Windowed Mode [message #384416 is a reply to message #382819] Tue, 05 May 2009 13:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Whats the point of doing it?

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Re: Windowed Mode [message #384420 is a reply to message #382819] Tue, 05 May 2009 13:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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It (the menu bar) is ugly and unecessary.

Removing it is fairly easy once you find the section related to registering the window class and the flags of it... finding that is hard.

Certainly not high priority.

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Re: Windowed Mode [message #384421 is a reply to message #382819] Tue, 05 May 2009 13:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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So it will be a floating window without a bar to be able to close or minimize?

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Re: Windowed Mode [message #384433 is a reply to message #384421] Tue, 05 May 2009 14:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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SSnipe wrote on Tue, 05 May 2009 15:14

So it will be a floating window without a bar to be able to close or minimize?

You could always right click its title/icon in the taskbar to close/minimize, and you could also close the game how it's supposed to be closed, through the main menu.

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Re: Windowed Mode [message #384434 is a reply to message #384421] Tue, 05 May 2009 14:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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SSnipe wrote on Tue, 05 May 2009 23:14

So it will be a floating window without a bar to be able to close or minimize?

Besides, he's asking for it to be optional. You could still have the bar there yourself.

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Re: Windowed Mode [message #384438 is a reply to message #384434] Tue, 05 May 2009 14:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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RTsa wrote on Tue, 05 May 2009 17:40

SSnipe wrote on Tue, 05 May 2009 23:14

So it will be a floating window without a bar to be able to close or minimize?

Besides, he's asking for it to be optional. You could still have the bar there yourself.


Optional means pain in the ass. Adding a features requires us to at the very least document it. For features like this, it also requires significant redesign of various portions of code and dialogs; simply put, it's not going to happen. If you want the full "in-game" feel, don't play in windowed mode.

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Re: Windowed Mode [message #384544 is a reply to message #384438] Wed, 06 May 2009 06:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Saberhawk wrote on Wed, 06 May 2009 00:53

If you want the full "in-game" feel, don't play in windowed mode.

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Re: Windowed Mode [message #384835 is a reply to message #384544] Thu, 07 May 2009 12:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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i want have "full in-game-feeling" and a way to switch fast and stable between the monitors.

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Re: Windowed Mode [message #384850 is a reply to message #384835] Thu, 07 May 2009 13:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Well, good luck coding the feature then, as SH or any other TT memeber won't do it.

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Re: Windowed Mode [message #384917 is a reply to message #382819] Thu, 07 May 2009 20:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Alt+tab works really well, honestly.

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Re: Windowed Mode [message #384974 is a reply to message #384835] Fri, 08 May 2009 02:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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rrutk wrote on Thu, 07 May 2009 21:08

i want have "full in-game-feeling" and a way to switch fast and stable between the monitors.

Just play Renegade fullscreen on the same resolution as your desktop and use Alt-Tab to swap Thumbs Up
Should go fast enough when the resolutions are the same

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Re: Windowed Mode [message #384986 is a reply to message #384974] Fri, 08 May 2009 04:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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i will not beg for it, it was only an suggestion.. one of those, which would make ren better.

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Just play Renegade fullscreen on the same resolution as your desktop and use Alt-Tab to swap Thumbs Up
Should go fast enough when the resolutions are the same


Do I sound retarded?

Of course I'm playing Rem on the same resolution as my desktop (obvious with a TFT) and I use Alt/Tab.

But compare: in windowed mode (vista aero) i can switch within a single second to the second monitor and back. very stable, no crashes.

in fullscreen it takes ~ 5 seconds, until ur are fully back ingame.

and sometimes the game tends to crash during switch in fullscreen mode.

i know a lot of people who need to switch very often, because mods use irc ingame very often. or to use the TS window on the other screen.

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Re: Windowed Mode [message #385149 is a reply to message #384986] Sat, 09 May 2009 01:52 Go to previous message
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rrutk wrote on Fri, 08 May 2009 13:37

i will not beg for it, it was only an suggestion.. one of those, which would make ren better.

Quote:

Just play Renegade fullscreen on the same resolution as your desktop and use Alt-Tab to swap Thumbs Up
Should go fast enough when the resolutions are the same


Do I sound retarded?

Of course I'm playing Rem on the same resolution as my desktop (obvious with a TFT) and I use Alt/Tab.

But compare: in windowed mode (vista aero) i can switch within a single second to the second monitor and back. very stable, no crashes.

in fullscreen it takes ~ 5 seconds, until ur are fully back ingame.

and sometimes the game tends to crash during switch in fullscreen mode.

i know a lot of people who need to switch very often, because mods use irc ingame very often. or to use the TS window on the other screen.





You don't sound retarded but because you said it took so long i thought you ran it on a lower resolution.
Im playing on the same resolution+fullscreen and im back on desktop in ~1.5 second max Huh
I only had it take so long when my screen and game resolutions where different. (although renegade widescreen kinda sucks in the menus Razz )

As a temporary solution you could drag the renegade screen menu bar just outside your screen Razz

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