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Sens [R33] Admiral
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| Posted: 2009-09-21 16:07  
Is it possible to have default setup options to avoid the all to common problem of newbies not knowing what to do when they get the self-explanatory message?
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JBud Marshal
Joined: February 26, 2008 Posts: 1900 From: Behind you.
| Posted: 2009-09-25 12:43  
I've tried this, including a config.ini that just has windowed set, but there is more to it I think, because using it on another computer will still get you a "failed to initialize display" message
in windows xp clientsetup starts up automatically if it is the first time running the game, vista however is more of a pain in theass [ This Message was edited by: Fatally Fatal JBud on 2009-09-25 12:44 ]
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Eledore Massis [R33] Grand Admiral Templar Knights
Joined: May 26, 2002 Posts: 2695 From: tsohlacoLocalhost
| Posted: 2009-09-28 06:59  
These days a lot of games are playable trough windowed mode.
And many people play in windowed mode because alt-tab has a reputation to screw up..
So why not set "windowed mode" as default.. If players want to go max screen they have to go into the Client setup.
Only thing needed is to set the windowed mode default starting size a little larger than it currently is.. its 600x480 currently if i recall..
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Sens [R33] Admiral
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| Posted: 2009-09-28 18:06  
windowed mode also comes with the maximize option, so its a solid idea.
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JBud Marshal
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| Posted: 2009-10-01 13:07  
Right, but even with windowed mode set in config.ini it will still fail to initialize display unless it was setup by DarkSpaceSetup.exe on that computer
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Sens [R33] Admiral
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| Posted: 2009-10-03 10:21  
The disadvantage of not using a binary.
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JBud Marshal
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| Posted: 2009-10-03 17:11  
Another option would be to integrate darkspace setup in the original darkspace installer...
When you install darkspace you will be asked about resolution, quality, audio options ect... [ This Message was edited by: JBud on 2009-10-03 17:12 ]
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