#1086 closed defect (fixed)
ALL: Fullscreen and -F
| Reported by: | SF/jellby | Owned by: | SF/jamieson630 |
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| Priority: | normal | Component: | GUI |
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| Cc: | Game: |
Description
I'm not sure if this is "GUI" or "Graphics"...
I have, in my ~/.scummvrc file (RedHat 7.3)https://sourceforge. net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=37116&atid=516929, all games set to "fullscreen=true", only the may [scummvm] section is set to "fullscreen=false". I wanted a way to start a given game in windowed mode (not fullscreen) using a command-line option and I was told the "-F" option was the one I needed (though it's not documented, as far as I know). These are some of the results. I first set [scummvm] to "fullscreen=true" to test this.
$ scummvm -v ScummVM 0.5.0pre-cvs (Jul 27 2003 13:47:16)
$ scummvm -F [ok, the GUI starts in windowed mode]
$ scummvm -F monkey [monkey island starts fullscreen]
$ scummvm -F tentacle [dott starts fullscreen]
$ scummvm -F simon Looking for simon1talkie Trying to start game 'Simon the Sorcerer 1 Talkie (DOS)' ALSA client initialised [65:0] scummvm: backends/sdl/sdl.cpp:346: virtual uint32 OSystem_SDL:: property(int, OSystem::Property*): Assertion `_hwscreen != 0' failed. Aborted
$ scummvm -F sky Looking for sky Trying to start game 'Beneath a Steel Sky' ALSA client initialised [65:0] scummvm: backends/sdl/sdl.cpp:346: virtual uint32 OSystem_SDL:: property(int, OSystem::Property*): Assertion `_hwscreen != 0' failed. Aborted
Something is not working right here...
Ticket imported from: #779013. Ticket imported from: bugs/1086.
Change History (16)
comment:1 by , 21 years ago
comment:2 by , 21 years ago
Assigning to kirben since he's the one who added that code to the Simon engine; he should know which case it's needed for.
comment:3 by , 21 years ago
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comment:4 by , 21 years ago
Two comments:
1. I was looking for an option to override "fullscreen=true" and start a game *not* in fullscreen mode. If "-F" is such an option, it failed with all the games I tried (but it worked with the game selector).
2. Beneath a Steel Sky gives the same error as Simon
comment:5 by , 21 years ago
For me it works fine, if the "fulscreen=true" line is only present in the [scummvm] section and it is absend for the particular game entry. I have not tried this for the game entries before, since it makes no sense for me to have a only particular game in window mode and another in full screen. The only reason using window mode is watching the debug output or the original interpreter aside of ScummVM. This usually does not go for a particular game.
Maybe the game specific entry has just to be ignored when '-f' or '-F' is given. It should be overwritten anyway.
comment:6 by , 21 years ago
I've committed a fix that keeps Simon and BASS from crashing.
The bug isn't fixed though, since the config file still overrides the command-line option. But it's a start.
comment:7 by , 21 years ago
| Owner: | removed |
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comment:8 by , 21 years ago
That code in Simon is to allow a game specific full screen or scaler to work if a game is started via launcher. This should be fixed by someone else, as the remaining issue effects all modules (scumm/simon/sky).
comment:9 by , 21 years ago
| Summary: | Fullscreen and -F → ALL: Fullscreen and -F |
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comment:10 by , 21 years ago
This option should also be renamed to --no-f and probably aliased to --no-fullscreen, in order to corrospond with our current documentation and naming scheme.
comment:11 by , 21 years ago
-f and -F should be fixed in latest CVS, as well as other command line options that are assumed to be [scummvm] scope by default (such as -g). Also added --fullscreen and -- no-fullscreen to the options. (No, I did not add a --no-f option. The idea of long options is to be able to spell things out!)
Will wait for verification (eriktorbjorn?) before closing.
comment:12 by , 21 years ago
| Owner: | set to |
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| Resolution: | → fixed |
comment:14 by , 21 years ago
| Status: | new → closed |
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comment:16 by , 5 years ago
| Component: | --Unset-- → GUI |
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I can reproduce this under Windows with the SDL backend, too. It appears that SimonEngine::SimonEngine() toggles fullscreen in the backend before the backend has had the time to create _hwscreen.
Actually, it seems to be enough to just put "fullscreen=true" in the config file.
Is it just my imagination, or is the config stuff at the end of SimonEngine::SimonEngine() completely unnecessary? As far as I can tell, it works just fine without it. (Except maybe when starting from the launcher, but as far as I can see this code doesn't help there either.)