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Vader
1 Dec 2005, 21:57
Is there a way to get W:A to play in a window?

That would be awesome.

If not, is it planned/possible for a future patch?

-Vader
Lex
2 Dec 2005, 00:16
Woah, Vader. There's a name I haven't seen in a long time.

Anyway, as far as I know, the frontend will be completely redone with full resizability, full-screen, etc. I don't know about in-game, though.
bonz
2 Dec 2005, 00:53
I don't know about in-game
i think i vaguely remember he's trying to do that.
to enable playing on a dual-monitor setup.
Deadcode
2 Dec 2005, 02:11
Is there a way to get W:A to play in a window?Yes, that's definitely planned. First however, I'll make W:A unpaletted in game.

What Lex says is also planned (and will make Wormnet snoopers obsolete).
ShOwTiMe
3 Dec 2005, 21:09
yay DC thats cool,actually i wanted to ask for that too!

thanks Vader
Genexi2
4 Dec 2005, 08:20
Hopefully that also means the game will be crash-free by then in terms of minimizing?
Evil Bunny
4 Dec 2005, 09:13
lol, yes that's what it would genexi
Vader
12 May 2006, 16:07
Sorry to bring up a dead thread here, but I just wondered if there had been any progress on this topic?

Cheers!
bonz
12 May 2006, 17:14
Sorry to bring up a dead thread here, but I just wondered if there had been any progress on this topic?
The last beta update (v3.6.26.5) from 5th of January 2006 didn't bring that feature.
And Deadcode seemingly has vanished since February.
Vader
12 May 2006, 20:16
That is most unfortunate news.

Maybe if we offer him a pint he'll show up...

*offers pint*
Flamie
12 May 2006, 23:51
pff he hasnt vanished, hes been into birds lately :)
MadEwokHerd
13 May 2006, 01:32
I said in another, more recent, thread about this that I've been able to to it by running W:A in wine. That's very unrealistic on windows (though you might be able to do it with cygwin's X server + that modified linux kernel that runs natively under windows), but it works. Of course, it's windowed in-game too, but I have plans to fix that.
Vader
13 May 2006, 15:17
Yeah I skimmed through that thread, but since I'm running W:A on a PC I found it of little interest. PERHAPS ERRONEOUSLY!

*offers DC a bird*
Lex
13 May 2006, 22:33
since I'm running W:A on a PC I found it of little interest.Linux runs on PCs too. ;D
iamgood
14 May 2006, 14:46
Wonder what's happened to him... Maybe itīs something serious:(
Muzer
14 May 2006, 17:13
Deadcode:
Last Activity: 16 Mar 2006 05:54
bonz
14 May 2006, 17:27
The last time I have seen him online on MSN was on 16.04.2006 at 02:12.
[UFP]Ghost
15 May 2006, 04:06
:O maybe hes been taken by the mole people!
Lex
15 May 2006, 06:53
I've seen him on within the past week.
MonkeyforaHead
16 May 2006, 05:50
He's just bored of all this coding. Birds will do him good. Let's just hope he doesn't get into fish, or we'll never see him again.
Plutonic
18 May 2006, 03:57
yup, he was spotted on msn earlier toda.... yesterday. Hes not the only one fed up with coding.
Vader
21 May 2006, 15:38
Linux runs on PCs too. ;D

Wine runs on Linux?

Meh... I have Windows on my PC. That's the way it will stay.

Coding/scripting DOES get boring. I made a UFO thing a while back (link (http://vader.wurmz.net/flash/ufo)) as a website interface but never got round to finishing it because it gets so fatiguing. I will eventually, though. Hopefully Deadcode feels the same way about W:A :P
DaSzab
30 May 2006, 01:03
Yes, that's definitely planned. First however, I'll make W:A unpaletted in game.

What Lex says is also planned (and will make Wormnet snoopers obsolete).
Way to go, Deadcode! Oh, and while you're at it, can you make it so that the graphics don't get all screwy after restoring a minimized game?
Vader
31 May 2006, 15:10
My guess is that that's something to do with the colour palette. Switching from 16-bit to 32-bit and back probably makes teh game go "Erm... what?" and go psychadelic.

Ask Deadcode - I bet he knows.
thetopcybo
31 May 2006, 16:04
Yes, that's definitely planned. First however, I'll make W:A unpaletted in game.

What Lex says is also planned (and will make Wormnet snoopers obsolete).
hey deadcode please plan the release of BattyRopes in a patch really soon....
By the way, when are u planning to release BR
bonz
31 May 2006, 16:36
Switching from 16-bit to 32-bit
Not even 16-bit (65536 colors). :p

The game has paletted colors. I'd guess around 256 colors.
Vader
4 Jun 2006, 21:06
Yeah, good point.
thetopcybo
5 Jun 2006, 01:09
hey vader, ur UFO thingy is well made but i found a fault in it....

but its nice, nice graphics and light weight
Vader
15 Jun 2006, 13:35
hey vader, ur UFO thingy is well made but i found a fault in it....

but its nice, nice graphics and light weight

Yeah, that was my point. It's hard to keep momentum up while working on one thing for a while.

I know it's buggy but I doubt I'll ever try and fix it.

Report the bug to me and I'll consider waiving it.