Fledgling Fyora void4ever Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 So i just grabbed the Geneforge pack off steam. Is there anyway to play these in windowed mode? I'm only working with GeneForge 1 atm. I've tried using the d3dwindower util, but the problem is you've integrated the steam API into the game, so unless it's launched directly from steam it won't open. I don't know if there's a way to call the d3dwindower from steam and also call geneforge in such a way that it plays nicely with the steam API. OR you could patch the game and add a -window command line switch!!!! Void4ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 SW games since Exiles hasn't been possible to play on window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora mo Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 you can disable steamoverlay (rightclick in bibliothek) you can add a non steam game link to d3dwindower? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora void4ever Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 No you can only add exe files to the d3dwindower, not shortcuts. This is unfortunate and a real turn off for someone like me. I play most of my games in a window here at work (i'm a sysadmin) that way i have quick access to my email, remote sessions or whatever else i need when someone calls with a problem. I have another idea i can try, but if that doesn't work i suppose i'll have to deal with it. Void4ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 On Mac, at least, you can command-tab out of the games. Does alt-tab not work on Windows? —Alorael, who also finds games that demand your entire computer annoying. They're not catering to the ADD market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora void4ever Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 Yes you can alt tab out, but it's a pain to do that when your receiving emails all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 newer SW-games (mostly Avadon since I didn't alt-tab much on A6) alt-tabbing has caused for me me few times game to become unplayable aka not responding to mouseclicks nor alt-tab working to get back to desktop so alt-tabbing caused some crash. bad example on windowed gaming is bus driver, it runs on window BUT player can't click anything outside game window which sux0rs on long "missions" and no save option so 2 hrs "mission" and player is stuck on that game w/o option to do something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora void4ever Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 There was a post on these forums saying that d3dwindower worked great with the Geneforge series. The issue however is because they've integrated with steam, it now requires steam to launch the game. If i go try and run the exe manually it tells me (Steam must be running to play this game (SteamAPI_Init() failed). If I'd just bought it directly from SW without the steam api added in this wouldn't be an issue. I'm just wondering if the dev's have any plans to add a window switch at the command line (since we can specify command line switches from the steam launcher). I understand these games are quite old, and it was probably a chore just to integrate the Steam API, but it would be a nice gesture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Send an email to support@spiderwebsoftware.com describing your issue. You might be able to get registration codes for the versions from Spiderweb's site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd theta-soul Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Sorry to dig up an old thread, but have you seen this OP? http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=20930926&postcount=2 I don't know if Geneforge has this option, but if you know where to look you may be able to add options like it to a config file somewhere. I will try this and post here again if I get it working. Edit: After a lot of messing around I got it to run in a window, but not through the steam API. The wierd thing is that it won't work if the global hook is activated, and it can only be ran in default resolution... sorry I'm not more help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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