Windowed mode?

zen. · #1 March 3rd, 2004, 08:51 PM

Yes, I know, unburying an old thread, but I haven't been around. Has anyone figured out a way to do this in Windows XP? should I even bother asking any programmers I know if this feat can be done? or is this a 'don't even bother' issue?

Thanks.

zen

Aiken · #2 March 5th, 2004, 02:38 AM

The only thing comes to my mind is to run SE4 within virtual machine (VMWare, VirtualPC).

Starcrusade · #3 March 5th, 2004, 06:54 AM

I am not sure if this is a native feature in XP Pro or not but I found a file on Techtv's Call for Help that allows you to have multiple desktop screens on your computer. I haven't tried it but supposedly it works. It's call Enhanced Virtual Desktop and is free to download.

http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/fr...589557,00.html

Hope it works for ya.
Starcrusade

Puke · #4 March 5th, 2004, 07:19 AM

dual head display. throw up a full screen game of se4 on one monitor, have the rest of your desktop on the other.

or run it full screen in a windowed emulator. does not need to be on *nix, could be on 'doze. vmware runs on anything. or use your emu of choice.

happy multitasking

AMF · #5 March 5th, 2004, 05:12 PM

That's exactly what I do. I have XP, with 4 monitors, and I run SE4 on one of them.

Furthermore, maybe not many know this, but you can minimize SE4 bu clicking the top-rightmost little dohickey on the main screen. It minimizes the window.

So, concievably, you could have it going on at work and minimize it when you're boss came by. I don;t reccomend anyone doing that becuase you will be forced to admit you have an addiction, but, well, hey, maybe it's better that way...

thanks,

Alarik

Quote:

Originally posted by Puke:
dual head display. throw up a full screen game of se4 on one monitor, have the rest of your desktop on the other.

or run it full screen in a windowed emulator. does not need to be on *nix, could be on 'doze. vmware runs on anything. or use your emu of choice.

happy multitasking

Kamog · #6 March 6th, 2004, 03:03 AM

You can also use ALT-TAB to switch between SEIV and another program, say, a spreadsheet.

But it would be nice to be able to run SEIV in a little window in the corner of the screen...

Maybe we can mod it so that the SEIV window looks like a spread sheet. The map would have a grid of cells, like a table, and all the planets and ships would look like numbers and ascii characters.

geoschmo · #7 March 6th, 2004, 04:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kamog:
Maybe we can mod it so that the SEIV window looks like a spread sheet. The map would have a grid of cells, like a table, and all the planets and ships would look like numbers and ascii characters.

I did something like that for the intro screen. Took a screen shot of the normal program I use all day long. So while teh game is loading up if someone sneaks up behind me...

Unfortunatly there is a limit to how much of the game can be "skinned". A lot of screen elements are hard-coded and unchangeable.