Changing windowed mode resolution?

#1 October 5th, 2006, 05:53 PM

So far i only have the demo since my copy didn't ship yet from Ixsoft, but i guess i can ask already.
Is it possible to change the resolution (or rather pixel count) of the windowed mode? If yes how?
I like to run my desktop on 1024 and a windowed mode with the same size isn't all that useful, so i'd like to change it to 800.

Cainehill · #2 October 5th, 2006, 06:24 PM

Running on Windows? Simply go to windowed mode and maximize the window. As I recall, it wouldn't do this when I first switched modes (Preferences, Video, unchecking Fullscreen) but when I quit and restarted it behaved as a standard Windows application window.

#3 October 5th, 2006, 06:49 PM

That works, what i actually want is a *smaller* window.

Cainehill · #4 October 5th, 2006, 07:44 PM

Then simply resize it smaller by dragging the edge/corner of the Dominions window - used to do that all the time when I was playing blitzes and only had one monitor, so I could see when someone said something in the IRC channel.

Gandalf Parker · #5 October 5th, 2006, 08:43 PM

There are switches that can be used with the icon so that it changes the settings as the game is called up.

Frostmourne27 · #6 October 6th, 2006, 12:41 AM

Video Options has (at least for windows) a long list of valid resolutions. Including some whacky ones. So if you want to run fullscrene at a small resolution, it should be fine.

Caduceus · #7 October 6th, 2006, 10:14 AM

Windowed mode in Windows version allows you to alt-tab more easily without getting video hiccups in the interface of Dom3.

This is useful if you are making notes, chatting on IRC (irc.gamesurge.net #dominions), etc.

Nerfix · #8 October 6th, 2006, 10:17 AM

You don't even have to alt-tab it...