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Lasivian Leandros
Hopelessly Obsessed
Join date: 11 Jul 2005
Posts: 238
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08-22-2005 10:37
As some of you already know the new patch makes windowed mode the default.
Some people (Like me) will find that SL refuses to run windowed on their machines.
Do the following to set full screen mode outside of SL:
Find the settings.ini file. It should be at:
C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR WINDOWS LOGIN\Application Data\SecondLife\user_settings\settings.ini
Open the file and look for the following line:
FullSceen FALSE
If you see it just change FALSE to TRUE
If you don't see it, just add it on it's own blank line anywhere in the file. (If you want to put it where it "belongs" it goes between FocusPosOnLogout and FullScreenAspectRatio)
Save, Exit, Load SL
(Thanks go out to the #SL Efnet IRC channel who helped me get this done)
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From: someone "SL is getting to be like a beat up old car with a faulty engine which keeps getting a nice fresh layer of paint added on, while the engine continues to be completely unreliable." - Kex Godel
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Weedy Herbst
Too many parameters
Join date: 5 Aug 2004
Posts: 2,255
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08-22-2005 11:13
I tried that, it just defaults back to 640x480 and I cant access anything.
Same problem. I resize windows in preferences and apply, then login, defaulted to 800x600 and cant access "apply" button.
[EDIT]
Lowering the chat line gave enough room (barely) to push the apply button.
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Nathan Stewart
Registered User
Join date: 2 Feb 2005
Posts: 1,039
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08-22-2005 14:50
Think these might help another two lines
FullScreenHeight 1076
FullScreenWidth 1280
Which go below
FullScreenAspectRatio
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Sargus Kraken
Registered User
Join date: 27 Feb 2005
Posts: 109
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08-24-2005 08:24
I'm a bit confused by what you guys are saying.
I had copies of SL set to windowed mode before the patch on 3 computers. After the patch, each defaulted to windowed mode again, but the little toggle button at the top right of the window (near the minimize and "X" buttons) showed the window was in fullscreen. All I had to do was click the toggle and it was back in windowed mode. I didn't need to set any values in any configuration files. It worked for me on all 3 computers.
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Lasivian Leandros
Hopelessly Obsessed
Join date: 11 Jul 2005
Posts: 238
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08-25-2005 15:06
My main machine refused to load SL in a window. I'm sure it's some problem with my hardware not wanting to run it since it works fine full-screened.
There was just no way to force full-screen without loading the program. Catch-22.
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From: someone "SL is getting to be like a beat up old car with a faulty engine which keeps getting a nice fresh layer of paint added on, while the engine continues to be completely unreliable." - Kex Godel
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Nathan Stewart
Registered User
Join date: 2 Feb 2005
Posts: 1,039
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08-25-2005 15:15
From: Lasivian Leandros My main machine refused to load SL in a window. I'm sure it's some problem with my hardware not wanting to run it since it works fine full-screened.
There was just no way to force full-screen without loading the program. Catch-22. The solution is posted in this thread, edit the settings.ini, change or add FullSceen TRUE and look for these lines and set them to your size if not set already FullScreenHeight 1076 FullScreenWidth 1280 |