Window

[parrotslave]

Is there any way to get COTN to run in a window?

Having to alt-tab to keep an eye on other programs is causing too many crashes.

I'm using Windows XP.

Thanks!

[tobing]

I remember there should be some (undocumented) option to go into window mode - but that's neither thoroughly tested nor recommended. And I don't remember the details. Anyway, if Alt+Tab causes trouble, then window mode will probably also do that.

[arcan]

If I remeber well, the setting to change is in the .ini file, a line like "windowmode" to change to 1 instead of 0.
I tried it once but had problems (but I guess it was because I did it on a long outdated computer... :D )

[Keith]

Change the following line in the COTN.ini fie from:

Full Screen Mode 1

to

Full Screen Mode 0

Be advised, the game runs very poorly and slow in the windowed mode and may eve be unstable.

[parrotslave]

Thank you very much!

:D :D :D

It seems to be working just fine in a window. I don't notice any difference in performance.

:D :D :D

[Keith]

Ok, good. I tried a fully developed city in Windowed mode once and didn't care for the performance drop so I changed back to full screen. I'm running a P4 3Ghz system and a Radeon 9880 Pro so things are generally pretty smooth for me. How large is your city?