First off, I'm not working on a game, just trying to play some. No matter what AGS game I try (and I have gone through the AGS tutorial and tried that as well), I can tick the "Run in a window" box, but then the game just goes full screen anyway. Furthermore, games only work in full screen if I have the letterbox option ticked (which I assume must just have to do with supported resolutions).
I'm running WinXP with up to date drivers and DirectX. Am I missing something? Might I have accidentally set a global option somewhere? Any ideas?
Thanks,
Joshua ???
Did you click "save" or "save and run"?
Hmm, if you tick the windowed mode, save & exit and then re-enter the setup program is it still turned on or does it get reset?
Does the window mode not work in any resolution?
What about other directX-based applications, does windowed mode work there?
Thanks for the replies.
1. I've tried both save and "save and run". Both put me in full screen.
2. All other DirectX programs that I use (emulators) do run in window mode.
3. The setting IS saved when I shutdown and re-enter the setup. I've even looked in the CFG files and it has "windowed=1" (or however it's phrased).
4. No, window mode won't work in any resolution.
It's strange, because I KNOW that I've played the LSL2 remake in a window before. I tried to download that to double check, but the aga-whatever-it-is website is down. I guess I'll poke through every video setting I can find on my computer this weekend.
If I had at one time configured an AGS game to always run full screen (via Windows Properties) would it affect all other games?
Quote from: hitop on Thu 21/10/2004 00:49:16If I had at one time configured an AGS game to always run full screen (via Windows Properties) would it affect all other games?
I believe, it is a possibility, but I'm on Win2k and there is no such a property to set options on a per game basis.
BTW, what color depth your desktop at? Try toggling between different color depths and see if it behaves the same way.
You can also try making a shortcut with extra parameter, it's basically the same as setting it via game setup, but just in case:
gamename.exe -windowed -letterbox
Have you tried downloading the latest engine and placing it beside the game. You then rename the game to something I can't remmeber and run it with a more up-to-date engine.
Which game is it exactly that you're trying to run? If it is a DOS-engine game, it wont be able to run full-screen anyway.
Well I got it working today. It seems that AGS and Windowblinds don't play well together. As long as I edit the game's properties to have "Disable Visual Styles" ticked, I can play in a window fine. When I don't have Windowblinds loaded though, there's no problem not having that ticked. Easy enough fix. Thanks for the help!
I'm glad the problem is sorted out.
Thanks for letting us know what it was. ;)