Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 So, yeah, I managed to figure that out. Requires a program that's only for Windows, and these instructions are for a Windows 7 Steam user, though they won't be too different for other versions of Windows or for people not using Steam. We get this question somewhat regularly, so maybe a mod could pin these? Anyways, here's how. FIRST, you will download the file at http://www.mediafire...DXWnd 1.21A.rar, which is version 1.21a of the English edition of DXWnd. There are newer versions of this utility and other places to get this version from, but this is the one that worked for me. SECOND, you will unzip that file to the location of your choosing. Might want to keep it handy, though, the program in it needs to be running for this to work THIRD, you will open the file, right-click on dxwnd, and run it as an administrator. FOURTH, you will click on the Edit menu in the toolbar at the top and select Add. FIFTH, you will click on the three dots to the right of the blank bar at the top. SIXTH, you will navigate to the folder that contains the .exe for your desired version of Geneforge, click on that .exe, and click Open. For Steam users, and using G1 as an example, this will be at C:\...\Steam\steamapps\common\geneforge\Geneforge.exe. Where your Steam folder is is up to you to find out, but it's probably in C:\Program Files\. SEVENTH, you will check the "DirectInput is hooked" and "Auto-correct mouse position" checkboxes. EIGHTH, you will notice that the boxes under the "Initial co-ordinates and movable range" line read 0, 0, 0, 0, 800, and 600. For Geneforge 1-3, this is correct. For Geneforge 4, you will have to change the last two to read 1024 and 768. NINTH, you will click "OK", but not close DXWnd. You will then open Steam, go to your library, select your desired Geneforge game from the list in the sidebar, and click the "PLAY" button. TENTH, there will be some brief weirdness on startup. This should resolve itself quickly, and your desired version of Geneforge will now be playing in a window. You may experience some difficulty with the mouse not moving to all parts of the window. To resolve this, simply move your mouse cursor the four corners of your screen. And that's it. You have now defied the designs of man and god to play G1-4 in a window. Remember to have DXWnd open and to start the game from Steam (as per NINTH) whenever you want to play. Non-Steam users will have a different location for the .exe and won't have to start from Steam, but all other instructions remain the same. Lilith, Upon Mars., Tridon and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt BMA Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 This should come in useful. Playing fullscreen was always a pain; you've got to alt-tab to multitask your processes. Indignus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I attempted to pin this, but apparently I do not have permission. If a global moderator thinks that it is worthwhile having this pinned, or otherwise highlighted, they will have to do it for you. Sorry, and nice work. Tridon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 If you direct your attention to the top of the forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Much obliged, Triumph. Does this mean I'm in the cool kids club now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd aguila95 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Very good program, I just tested it on geneforge 1-3 on spidweb oficial webpage version, and can be used the exes if you double click in the routes on program, also takes some more cpu when you start a game, like 5 seconds later becomes all normal, this will give some more time to this games to be played on news computers and at least me now can wait for the remake of g2 some more time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora totheteeth Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Followed the instructions exactly, but the game just freezes up without displaying anything. I tried the newest version of the program to see if that helped, but I'm just getting a splash screen before the exact same issue. I'm on Windows 7 64-bit, so maybe that's the issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 These were done in 32 bit mode long before 64 was available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Indignus Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 This should come in useful. Playing fullscreen was always a pain; you've got to alt-tab to multitask your processes. Wow. You are such a computer genius. Now I didn't have to ctrl+alt+del just to get to the desktop... Come on out Trenton, I know alt+tab will be useful to you... ----------- -Test Subject 8552 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Followed the instructions exactly, but the game just freezes up without displaying anything. I tried the newest version of the program to see if that helped, but I'm just getting a splash screen before the exact same issue. I'm on Windows 7 64-bit, so maybe that's the issue? I did this in Windows 7 64-bit as well. Are you using the same version of DXWnd, and do you have all the correct settings? All I can say is to doublecheck that, and maybe run DXWnd as an administrator. If that still doesn't work, I guess you could try some of the other versions of DXWnd (it's a free utility, around on the net somewhere), but I couldn't get those to work myself. Sorry I can't be of more help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulate Vlish Tridon Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 (edited) I have experienced that fairly old games have frozen before, though not Geneforge in windowed mode. I had luck updating my graphics card driver. Still I find it weird that games that barely has any graphics to speak of can freeze due to an oudated driver, but there you have it. Has worked for me in a few rare occations. By the way; I thought this thread was pinned. Was I temporarily blind, or was it not pinned earlier? Edited March 18, 2013 by Tridon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Jerakeen Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Not pinned, but linked in the header. Tridon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora Aira Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 The link in the first post seems to be dead. Can anyone provide a working one? I really want to play in a window. Thanks for this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 I've edited the first post, the new link should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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