Problem Viewing Full Screen in XP

[RightDeve]

Oh yeah, forgot that point... Never stumbled so far upon the so called pre-game-launch-setup things. For now full screen is still a preferred method though. But, can you tell me what is beyond that Windowed mode thing that makes you tend to use it more over the full-screen mode? Developer preference?

[Imp]

Playing in a window lets you keep track of things without ALT tabing, quick flick to see how that programs running in the background plus without switching you can select tracks on your MP3 player see your email notifications & the clock so your better half does not lynch you.

[DRG]

Originally Posted by RightDeve

But, can you tell me what is beyond that Windowed mode thing that makes you tend to use it more over the full-screen mode? Developer preference?

98% of the time I'm in the game it's for development and I need access to other programs that are running and at any one time that could mean the game, paint Shop Pro, a text editor, outlook express, internet explorer , windows explorer and sometimes Borland C++ builder. I have, on occasion, had all that AND both winSPWW2 and winSPMBT running but that is rare and never for long.

That's with a 7 year old computer running XP

The game generally works better in windowed mode in 99% of the cases where full screen is an issue . The only issue I have with full screen is the palette is slightly off with all colours shifted a bit to red and magenta so not only does full screen not allow me easy access to these other programs while I play or test it doesn't give me optimal colour either. Andy doesn't have the palette issue on his machine but he's using a different graphics card.

Don