Screen Resolution Issues (full-screeing when I want it windowed)

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I want a game I am making to stay windowed, as when it expands to full screen with the compile .exe file it it could go to any size depending on the monitor of the player, thus throwing off the aspect ratio and the graphics that I have made when I only want it to be the size I make it. AGS is fine in the editor mode but the .exe is never the size I want it to be.

What is the solution to either keep the game in windowed mode with the default resolution eg: 800x600 or to have it so that when it expands the window to full screen it leaves it at 800x600 and just blacks out the area surrounding the game?

[Khris]

You cannot force players to run the game windowed; all you could do is not provide the winsetup.exe file, this will only fool those few who don't know AGS games well though. Everybody else is just gonna run the setup anyway or change the setting manually.

What I don't get is how the graphics get screwed up by fullscreen mode? 800x600 (i.e. 4:3) should have black borders on a widescreen monitor, as in, the aspect ratio should be fine.

There's no way to add black if somebody wants to play full screen on a huge monitor.

What is the resolution of your monitor? Do you have current graphics drivers?

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My monitor as most laptop users would encounter is 16:9 aspect ratio or 16:10 so the 4:3 that I am designing it to be looks weird when expanded. I haven't used the setup thing yet, does that allow you to decide the size at which the game will be played? (I'll give the setup a bash now, I have just been using the compiled .exe so far) As long as there is one way to get it to work at the right size I am happy.

[Khris]

There's a setting in winsetup that says "Side borders on widescreen monitors" and it should be checked by default.
In AGS, press F7, then without saving the game in the editor, navigate to the Compiled folder.

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Thanks, I knew about the F7 thing and finding the folder just didn't understand the winsetup biz. Much appreciated