full screen / windowed - I want to decide!

johnm · 07-02-10, 09:42 AM

I have SHIII / GW3 set up as two versions, normal GW3 and GW3 with the S-Boot mod as a relaxer. I also have two versions of 'straight' SHIII, one normal and the other using the uberboot mod again as a relaxer/ arcade game - nothing like sinking destroyers using 2 big guns!. All run using SHIII commander.

However some odd keeps happening with them.

Taking the normal GW3 as an example. My monitor display is set to 1600 x 1200. When starting SHIII commander, it displays as a window but when SHIII kicks in, that displays as full screen. Exactly as I want it.
Without adding or changing mods, it suddenly changed and SHIII now comes up as a window with 1024 x 768 showing on the title bar. I can't get to revert back. The same thing happened with the vanilla/uberboot version. The other two still run as full screen.

Any body got any ideas?

jahsavage · 07-05-10, 12:32 AM

I have a duel winXP/win7 system and when I first ran SH3 on win7 the game only started in a window and I spent a week trying to make it full screen. The problem I think was caused by installling the ATI drivers before a variety of win7 fixes were downloaded. Once I uninstalled and reinstalled the ATI drivers (10.5) I now get fullscreen but I've lost the windowed mode!

I had an idea to see if I could get a duel window env running by starting two windowed instances, the forums mention adding -w or -window to the command line but neither seem to work. It obviously possible from my previous expereince so I'll just keep on looking around. I'll have a play with the ATI 10.5 and 10.6 drivers to see if I can reproduce the window mode.

Gerald · 07-05-10, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by jahsavage

I have a duel winXP/win7 system and when I first ran SH3 on win7 the game only started in a window and I spent a week trying to make it full screen. The problem I think was caused by installling the ATI drivers before a variety of win7 fixes were downloaded. Once I uninstalled and reinstalled the ATI drivers (10.5) I now get fullscreen but I've lost the windowed mode!

I had an idea to see if I could get a duel window env running by starting two windowed instances, the forums mention adding -w or -window to the command line but neither seem to work. It obviously possible from my previous expereince so I'll just keep on looking around. I'll have a play with the ATI 10.5 and 10.6 drivers to see if I can reproduce the window mode.

Out there to change the screen/High-Res,is this what you want?

OuNiS · 07-05-10, 02:08 AM

Have you use resfix?
There is a d3d9.cfg file maybe there is a parameter which enable windowed mode.

Gerald · 07-05-10, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by OuNiS

Have you use resfix?
There is a d3d9.cfg file maybe there is a parameter which enable windowed mode.

But this was not,ok!Fore some reason.....

johnm · 07-05-10, 01:43 PM

As far as I am aware, nothing was changed, it just started loading differantly. That's why I'm foxed.

07-02-10, 09:42 AM	#1
johnm Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North of England Posts: 173 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	full screen / windowed - I want to decide! I have SHIII / GW3 set up as two versions, normal GW3 and GW3 with the S-Boot mod as a relaxer. I also have two versions of 'straight' SHIII, one normal and the other using the uberboot mod again as a relaxer/ arcade game - nothing like sinking destroyers using 2 big guns!. All run using SHIII commander. However some odd keeps happening with them. Taking the normal GW3 as an example. My monitor display is set to 1600 x 1200. When starting SHIII commander, it displays as a window but when SHIII kicks in, that displays as full screen. Exactly as I want it. Without adding or changing mods, it suddenly changed and SHIII now comes up as a window with 1024 x 768 showing on the title bar. I can't get to revert back. The same thing happened with the vanilla/uberboot version. The other two still run as full screen. Any body got any ideas?

07-05-10, 02:08 AM	#4
OuNiS Engineer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Poland Posts: 209 Downloads: 70 Uploads: 0	Have you use resfix? There is a d3d9.cfg file maybe there is a parameter which enable windowed mode. __________________ sorry for my english... Kptlt. Franz Vuttke, U-702

07-05-10, 12:32 AM	#2
jahsavage Seaman Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 37 Downloads: 112 Uploads: 0	I have a duel winXP/win7 system and when I first ran SH3 on win7 the game only started in a window and I spent a week trying to make it full screen. The problem I think was caused by installling the ATI drivers before a variety of win7 fixes were downloaded. Once I uninstalled and reinstalled the ATI drivers (10.5) I now get fullscreen but I've lost the windowed mode! I had an idea to see if I could get a duel window env running by starting two windowed instances, the forums mention adding -w or -window to the command line but neither seem to work. It obviously possible from my previous expereince so I'll just keep on looking around. I'll have a play with the ATI 10.5 and 10.6 drivers to see if I can reproduce the window mode.

07-05-10, 01:43 PM	#6
johnm Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North of England Posts: 173 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	As far as I am aware, nothing was changed, it just started loading differantly. That's why I'm foxed.