Convenient Windowed Mode Bug

Shorin · Post by **Shorin** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:13 am

Haha...
... this accidentally happened, unfortunately I couldn't play it when it looked like this.

My game resolution was set to the native resolution of my monitor -- however this has never happened before.

That window size is the same size as the Silkroad banner image that comes up before the game starts...

Maybe... just maybe this was the result of the createwindow failing ... just this once... but i doubt the code is that sloppy... hahaha....

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You know -- i really really really wish you guys would let us play Silkroad in windowed mode - It would make it easy to do AIM and other things at the same time...

Zypher · Post by **Zypher** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:21 am

thats the only way i play games nowadays, in windowed mode

Shorin · Post by **Shorin** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:24 am

yeah... I really wish I could do that ... I need to research it a bit more...

its f :banghead:

ing stupid that they won't let us do it...

Shorin · Post by **Shorin** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:33 am

I discovered my issues were related to the lack of a "Windows" key on my keyboard... i managed to get it assigned to my right shift key... but i wish my customizer would yield enough to let me use a more useless key... like pause...

Waisha · Post by **Waisha** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:12 am

that has happened to me too sometimes.

rabbit · Post by **rabbit** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:32 am

woot trillian user

u get +1

Vandango · Post by **Vandango** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:53 am

man u must like SRO to much casue its the only visble icon on your desktop lmao

NuclearSilo · Post by **NuclearSilo** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:33 am

u are awsome, how could u do that?

Btw, your screen appearance is terrible :banghead:

StaticX · Post by **StaticX** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:39 pm

NuclearSilo wrote:u are awsome, how could u do that?
Btw, your screen appearance is terrible

If you want it in windows mode...I think this is what you want
Press the windows key....the flag looking one, press alt to the right of it.and then press enter

Fat_Smurf · Post by **Fat_Smurf** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:57 pm

wtf sperm... it open window media center... :banghead:

stupid vista

William-CL · Post by **William-CL** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 3:38 pm

i got windowed mode on accident once and had to get my bro to fix it

Shorin · Post by **Shorin** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:42 pm

Yeah - you need to have a "windows key" on your keyboard. I heard in Windows Media center edition of Windows XP its assigned to media player. Things like that can be undone - find someone who is computer-savvy and they should be able to find it.

I could possibly write a program to do this - All it has to do is find the Silkroad window and then sent the appropriate WM_KEYDOWN messages with the proper key kodes (VK_START mihte be that start button...). However it is quite notable that games like silkroad like to hide their process Id and stuff... so it might be hard.

Oh - if you don't like that XP visual style... then try this one: I made it myself...

Oh and I did remove just about all the icons from my desktop last time because I just didn't feel the need to show what was there... I did that kind of out of paranoia...

This time i realize i really don't have anything to hide

THis took me like 5 hours to make... Most people don't like my font.

I used ResEdit and I have owned StyleXP for like ... for ever and ever...

Post by **Avalanche** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:44 pm

Fat_Smurf wrote:wtf sperm... it open window media center...

stupid vista

Hit "ctrl + alt + del" to bring up the task manager.
Click on the "processes" tab.
Find "ehtray.exe" and right click on it, end process tree, and ok.

Now the shortcut works.

Shorin · Post by **Shorin** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:45 pm

I know now that you don't need StyleXP to get custom styles - there's also WindowsBlinds (non-free) which probably has an editor 1000x better than ResEdit.

Shorin · Post by **Shorin** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:46 pm

AvAlAnChE1 wrote:
Fat_Smurf wrote:wtf sperm... it open window media center...

stupid vista

Hit "ctrl + alt + del" to bring up the task manager.
Click on the "processes" tab.
Find "ehtray.exe" and right click on it, end process tree, and ok.

Now the shortcut works.

Wow you're awesome... good job.

You could probably find it in msconfig on the "Startup" tab... listed as "ehtray.exe" (I have no idea if msconfig exists in Windows Vista).

Open msconfig by doing Start->Run->type "msconfig"-> <press enter>

- once again - i dunno if you can do the Run command in vista.

Post by **Avalanche** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:47 pm

No problem ^^.

Shorin · Post by **Shorin** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:50 pm

It might actually be on the "Services" tab with some wierd name... I should hope not... because that means you might be disabling some other useful shortcut keys... all that just to get windowed mode... but probably more worth it than some of the useless shortcuts on the keyboard...

Fat_Smurf · Post by **Fat_Smurf** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:00 pm

woot thx it work now

IguanaRampage · Post by **IguanaRampage** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:15 pm

That happened to me before too. Dunno how

firefox6 · Post by **firefox6** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:31 pm

how do you get window mode?

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:33 pm

firefox6 wrote:how do you get window mode?

Someone already posted how to do it in this thread. Thanks for proving once again that all Firefox users are idiots.

Shorin · Post by **Shorin** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:43 pm

And ... you're an IE user?...

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,125772-page,3/article.html#
PC World - The 25 Worst Tech Products of all Time

8. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (2001)

Full of features, easy to use, and a virtual engraved invitation to hackers and other digital delinquents, Internet Explorer 6.x might be the least secure software on the planet. How insecure? In June 2004, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) took the unusual step of urging PC users to use a browser--any browser--other than IE. Their reason: IE users who visited the wrong Web site could end up infected with the Scob or Download.Ject keylogger, which could be used to steal their passwords and other personal information. Microsoft patched that hole, and the next one, and the one after that, and so on, ad infinitum.

To be fair, its ubiquity paints a big red target on it--less popular apps don't draw nearly as much fire from hackers and the like. But here's hoping that Internet Explorer 7 springs fewer leaks than its predecessor.

I'm very very proud NOT to be an IE user... And I love firefox because of my plugins...

firefox6 · Post by **firefox6** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:43 pm

threefingeredguy wrote:
firefox6 wrote:how do you get window mode?
Someone already posted how to do it in this thread. Thanks for proving once again that all Firefox users are idiots.

omfg are you kidding me? I ask one question and i get called a idiot.
i guess i can do one of 2 things here. call you a flaming c*ck sucker or tell you about the years and years of post secondary education..

it is a simple question no need to increase your post count(penis size) by posting a smart ass comment.

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:44 pm

Shorin wrote:And ... you're an IE user?...

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,125772-page,3/article.html#
PC World - The 25 Worst Tech Products of all Time

8. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (2001)

Full of features, easy to use, and a virtual engraved invitation to hackers and other digital delinquents, Internet Explorer 6.x might be the least secure software on the planet. How insecure? In June 2004, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) took the unusual step of urging PC users to use a browser--any browser--other than IE. Their reason: IE users who visited the wrong Web site could end up infected with the Scob or Download.Ject keylogger, which could be used to steal their passwords and other personal information. Microsoft patched that hole, and the next one, and the one after that, and so on, ad infinitum.

To be fair, its ubiquity paints a big red target on it--less popular apps don't draw nearly as much fire from hackers and the like. But here's hoping that Internet Explorer 7 springs fewer leaks than its predecessor.

I'm very very proud NOT to be an IE user... And I love firefox because of my plugins...

No, I hate IE too.

Opera is the best browser. Faster than any other, more secure than any other, the only standards-compliant browser available for Windows. Any plugins that I found useful in Firefox were already built in to Opera. Plus it takes up less than half the ram and a quarter of the disk space. Firefox is failure of a browser.

Crumpets · Post by **Crumpets** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:52 pm

firefox6 wrote:
threefingeredguy wrote:
firefox6 wrote:how do you get window mode?
Someone already posted how to do it in this thread. Thanks for proving once again that all Firefox users are idiots.

omfg are you kidding me? I ask one question and i get called a idiot.
i guess i can do one of 2 things here. call you a flaming c*ck sucker or tell you about the years and years of post secondary education..

it is a simple question no need to increase your post count(penis size) by posting a smart ass comment.

It's common knowledge 3fg is a wanker.

Shorin · Post by **Shorin** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:54 pm

Once again... its

+

!!!!!!!!

... ...

...

:banghead:

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:54 pm

Plus44 wrote:
firefox6 wrote:
threefingeredguy wrote:
firefox6 wrote:how do you get window mode?
Someone already posted how to do it in this thread. Thanks for proving once again that all Firefox users are idiots.

omfg are you kidding me? I ask one question and i get called a idiot.
i guess i can do one of 2 things here. call you a flaming c*ck sucker or tell you about the years and years of post secondary education..

it is a simple question no need to increase your post count(penis size) by posting a smart ass comment.

It's common knowledge 3fg is a wanker.

Ooo. Plus44 knows my name. I feel faint!

Shorin · Post by **Shorin** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:59 pm

Well i cant' say i don't like opera because i haven't tried it - and yes - Firefox does have its downsides (at least in windows)... maybe i will someday for the heck of it...

Shorin wrote:And ... you're an IE user?...

No, I hate IE too.

Opera is the best browser. Faster than any other, more secure than any other, the only standards-compliant browser available for Windows. Any plugins that I found useful in Firefox were already built in to Opera. Plus it takes up less than half the ram and a quarter of the disk space. Firefox is failure of a browser.

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:00 pm

Shorin wrote:Well i cant' say i don't like opera because i haven't tried it - and yes - Firefox does have its downsides (at least in windows)... maybe i will someday for the heck of it...

Shorin wrote:And ... you're an IE user?...

No, I hate IE too.

[ig]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/OperaLogo.png[/img]
Opera is the best browser. Faster than any other, more secure than any other, the only standards-compliant browser available for Windows. Any plugins that I found useful in Firefox were already built in to Opera. Plus it takes up less than half the ram and a quarter of the disk space. Firefox is failure of a browser.

I didn't like the default settings of Opera though, make sure you mess with the settings before you give up on it.

NuclearSilo · Post by **NuclearSilo** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:11 pm

Fat_Smurf, i like your sig