PDA

View Full Version : AvP - Windowed mode?




P-Worm
Aug 5, 2004, 03:25 PM
So I want to play some old school AvP, but I have a tiny problem. The main menu for the game is at too low a resolution for my LCD monitor to display it. Needless to say I can't really play the game if I can't navigate through the menus. Is there a keystroke or something I can do to boot the game up in like a windowed mode?

P-Worm



Sol
Aug 8, 2004, 01:05 AM
So I want to play some old school AvP, but I have a tiny problem. The main menu for the game is at too low a resolution for my LCD monitor to display it. Needless to say I can't really play the game if I can't navigate through the menus. Is there a keystroke or something I can do to boot the game up in like a windowed mode?

P-Worm


I do not think that this game offers a window mode. Could you please provide a bit more information about your system? It is very odd that a monitor would not support 640 X 480.

There is also the AVP 1.0.9 update that you should install before launching the game. It may have fixed this odd issue that you are having with the game. Look it up at www.versiontracker.com

P-Worm
Aug 8, 2004, 08:16 AM
I do not think that this game offers a window mode. Could you please provide a bit more information about your system? It is very odd that a monitor would not support 640 X 480.

There is also the AVP 1.0.9 update that you should install before launching the game. It may have fixed this odd issue that you are having with the game. Look it up at www.versiontracker.com

It's not an issue with the game, I know that for sure. It's simply that my LCD monitor only supports a very narrow range of resolutions, 640 X 480 is not supported.

But check this from IMG's website (http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=4789):

Fixes from previous versions (included in this version):
Fixes issues between Aliens vs. Predator and Mac OS X 10.1.2.
Fixes flickering of cursor.
Fixes gaming going into window mode in 10.1.

So there obviously is a window mode, maybe it's just for when playing? Anyway, I've looked hight and low for a key command, or a menu in the game that allows you to do what the patch fixed, but can't find it anywhere.

I have since placed an older monitor to play the game and it works just fine, but does anyone know the way to do window mode?

P-Worm

Converted2Truth
Aug 8, 2004, 10:03 PM
So there obviously is a window mode...

Have you tried AppleCommandButton + M ? That's what you press to get blizzard's games to run in a window. Sorry I am not any more help. I'll mess around w/it too.

Converted2Truth
Aug 10, 2004, 11:46 AM
I've tried just about everything, and cannot get this game into 'windowed' mode.