Windowed mode stopped working

Kelric · 05-27-2008, 02:48 PM

Running the last version of OOTP'07 and running Vista. I haven't added anything to Vista in a couple of days. OOTP ran fine last night in windowed mode (which is how I always keep it). I didn't change my screen resolution in Vista. All of a sudden today, my windowed mode is almost full screen. My desktop resolution is 1280 by 1024 and I run OOTP at 1024 by 768, but right now it looks to be stretching to 1280 by 1024. I've tried switching the resolution in game, on my desktop, restarting the computer, restarting OOTP.... but nothing can get OOTP back to the proper size.

Help.

Edit - Some weirdness. My usual text resolution is 120 DPI. Has been since I installed Vista. Switching that to the Default of 96 puts OOTP back to it's former proper window size, but now everything else is too small for me. Going back to 120 blows OOTP back up to full screen again.

Nutlaw · 05-28-2008, 06:58 PM

Geez. I've never heard of this one. Just as a wild guess, did you try switching to full-screen mode, then back to windowed mode?

Kelric · 05-30-2008, 12:23 PM

Yepp, gave that a try. It wouldn't switch to full-screen mode. I'm hoping I can just hold out until OOTP9 comes along.

Nutlaw · 05-30-2008, 06:46 PM

What happens when you switch OOTP to other resolutions? Are they the proper size? Are they all the same size?

emcgman · 05-31-2008, 01:03 AM

Also another thing to try is checking your color depth settings.

I had an issue recently that was caused by my color depth setting being knocked down to 16 bit as a result of recent power outages.

I didn't notice anything different running any other programs, and the nature of the issue I had, I would never have thought to check the color depth. I just stumbled on it while I was checking monitor and video card settings.

Anyway, something easy to check before heading down the road of any major reinstalls, etc.

Nutlaw · 06-07-2008, 10:30 AM

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05-27-2008, 02:48 PM	#1
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	Windowed mode stopped working Running the last version of OOTP'07 and running Vista. I haven't added anything to Vista in a couple of days. OOTP ran fine last night in windowed mode (which is how I always keep it). I didn't change my screen resolution in Vista. All of a sudden today, my windowed mode is almost full screen. My desktop resolution is 1280 by 1024 and I run OOTP at 1024 by 768, but right now it looks to be stretching to 1280 by 1024. I've tried switching the resolution in game, on my desktop, restarting the computer, restarting OOTP.... but nothing can get OOTP back to the proper size. Help. Edit - Some weirdness. My usual text resolution is 120 DPI. Has been since I installed Vista. Switching that to the Default of 96 puts OOTP back to it's former proper window size, but now everything else is too small for me. Going back to 120 blows OOTP back up to full screen again. Last edited by Kelric; 05-27-2008 at 03:06 PM.

05-28-2008, 06:58 PM	#2
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	Geez. I've never heard of this one. Just as a wild guess, did you try switching to full-screen mode, then back to windowed mode?

05-30-2008, 12:23 PM	#3
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	Yepp, gave that a try. It wouldn't switch to full-screen mode. I'm hoping I can just hold out until OOTP9 comes along.

05-30-2008, 06:46 PM	#4
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	What happens when you switch OOTP to other resolutions? Are they the proper size? Are they all the same size?

05-31-2008, 01:03 AM	#5
emcgman Minors (Single A) Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 63	Also another thing to try is checking your color depth settings. I had an issue recently that was caused by my color depth setting being knocked down to 16 bit as a result of recent power outages. I didn't notice anything different running any other programs, and the nature of the issue I had, I would never have thought to check the color depth. I just stumbled on it while I was checking monitor and video card settings. Anyway, something easy to check before heading down the road of any major reinstalls, etc.

06-07-2008, 10:30 AM	#6
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	As this thread has gone a week without a reply, it will now be closed for housekeeping reasons. If you need any further help with it, please post in Tech Support. Thanks.