zeph Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Hi. I have a few games that run in full-screen mode that I'd like to run in windowed mode. Normally I'd look around for a windowed mode "crack" (not really a crack, I own the games) but I can't find any for a couple of games that I play often. I don't NEED it in windowed mode, like there isn't an issue with framerates or quality or the like, I just like to see my desktop too just in case I get an email or an IM or whatever. I was wondering if there was a way to make my video card force games (that I specify, I don't want all games doing it) into windowed mode. I have an ATI Radeon 9600XT 256MB. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate it very much. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThalSwe Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Dont think it works with all games but a press alt+enter in the game. That turns some games into windowed mode from my experience. Do a search here on Neowin on it and you should find a few other solutions IIRC. Seen simular topics about this. But dont think there is a solution to force a specific amount of them automaticly into windowed mode but if there are I am sure interested in hearing about it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megafetis2 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 If you push Alt+Enter, then youll be able to window your screen. Im pretty sure that it works that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeph Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 2005 Not for all games, especially modern ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Wang Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 It's possible with all games that use directx, which is pretty much all but it requires some hack jobs, like San Andreas you need something called a dll hook, it's also buggy. It is possible but it requires clever codey people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilpig Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Mind sharing the games yuo play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttus Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Some games are even anti windowed mode, for instance Everquest used to not allow it, but a group released a tool that let you do it. Sony even went so far as to call it cheating... but now it's even an option you can choose.... it would be nice to switch quite a few games into windowed mode, especially when they try to connect to the net and the firewall pops up the confirmation box and you can't get to it to allow access. I hope someone knows a way.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qumahlin Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Some games are even anti windowed mode, for instance Everquest used to not allow it, but a group released a tool that let you do it. Sony even went so far as to call it cheating... but now it's even an option you can choose.... it would be nice to switch quite a few games into windowed mode, especially when they try to connect to the net and the firewall pops up the confirmation box and you can't get to it to allow access. I hope someone knows a way.... Try running the came from the run dialog and adding in -w Most modern games support the -w function call and will run the game windowed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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