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General => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: Farcon on September 01, 2006, 06:53:25 pm

Title: Playing trem in a maximized window ?
Post by: Farcon on September 01, 2006, 06:53:25 pm

Hi, when I run tremulous full screen I can't tab out of it (e.g. to read IM), faq says to use alt + enter. However then I have a window that I can't really position nice. I either have the windows bar at bottom, or right/left edges showing the window. Isn't there a way to open the game so the window automaticly maximizes or fullscreen and still be able to minimize the game ? or is that limitation of the quake engine ?

Title: Playing trem in a maximized window ?
Post by: Somtin on September 01, 2006, 08:44:57 pm

I play on linux and the same thing happens to me. And when I use alt-enter to tab out, and click in to get back in and alt-enter for fullscreen again, it seems to load the map again. o.o It happens on quake3, so its a bug in the quake3 source as well. Would be nice for a fix!

Title: Playing trem in a maximized window ?
Post by: David on September 02, 2006, 02:48:59 am

its people like you who piss me off. standing there will a dretch eats you cos your checking your email.
either play the game or don't.

Title: Playing trem in a maximized window ?
Post by: Caveman on September 02, 2006, 11:40:35 am

I agree with David...

As for the 'bug'... it is none. That is due to the vid_restart.

Title: Playing trem in a maximized window ?
Post by: Stof on September 02, 2006, 12:22:48 pm

It can probably be considered a bug : I have no problems switching to and from fullscreen withouth any vid_restart on Linux.

Title: Playing trem in a maximized window ?
Post by: Caveman on September 02, 2006, 01:27:21 pm

There is a first for everything.
I have seen over 200 different boxes doing the vid_restart when switching, on this engine.

But then again I am no coder and I can't tell what's now a bug or not.
Still imho vid_restart is required after a switch, if only to get the gfx back into the required state to play.

Title: Playing trem in a maximized window ?
Post by: David on September 02, 2006, 02:55:56 pm

start trem with startx /usr/local/bin/tremulous -- :1

then use ctrl alt F7 and F8 to switch.

Title: Playing trem in a maximized window ?
Post by: Farcon on September 02, 2006, 03:44:41 pm

You guys just gave me a good laugh. :D I play games for fun, not for living. But I will take you as a good example; next time my girlfriend calls because I don't response to icq I will just pickup an shout "l PLAY TREMULOUS DONT YOU GET IT SERIOUS BUSINESS 1111111111!!!!!!!!!!!"

Title: Playing trem in a maximized window ?
Post by: David on September 02, 2006, 06:03:24 pm

set ICQ to busy. or just close it.
people going AFK realy pisses me off.
should be a kickable. :(

Title: Playing trem in a maximized window ?
Post by: kevlarman on September 02, 2006, 07:38:53 pm

Quote from: "Caveman"

There is a first for everything.
I have seen over 200 different boxes doing the vid_restart when switching, on this engine.

But then again I am no coder and I can't tell what's now a bug or not.
Still imho vid_restart is required after a switch, if only to get the gfx back into the required state to play.

you can switch between fullscreen and windowed without a vid_restart on linux using tjw's binary (i'm reasonably sure it does require vid_restart on the vanilla version). i regularly do this when i'm skipping a game and talking to someone on the server.

Title: Playing trem in a maximized window ?
Post by: Stof on September 02, 2006, 10:02:56 pm

Quote from: "kevlarman"

Quote from: "Caveman"

There is a first for everything.
I have seen over 200 different boxes doing the vid_restart when switching, on this engine.

But then again I am no coder and I can't tell what's now a bug or not.
Still imho vid_restart is required after a switch, if only to get the gfx back into the required state to play.

you can switch between fullscreen and windowed without a vid_restart on linux using tjw's binary (i'm reasonably sure it does require vid_restart on the vanilla version). i regularly do this when i'm skipping a game and talking to someone on the server.

I'm using vanilla tremulous and it works perfectly for me.