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2Pacalypse-
Croatia9543 Posts
On February 21 2012 10:33 johnnywup wrote: Read through the whole thread, nothing worked, ugh -_- i just want to play Play in window mode (available in ICCup launcher) and press Alt + F9. BW screen size should double and if it fits in your resolution then it's a decent workaround for playing on Win7 without any problems. | ||
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squall leonhart
Australia44 Posts
On February 21 2012 09:35 1hpBuiltForLove wrote: It is the same with all old games. If you go to program files/starcraft/broodwar, find broodwar.exe, and copy this as a shortcut file to your desktop. After this is done, right-click the shortcut, and select properties. Change the resolution to old school colour schemes and also select to run the game under a windows vista or windows XP service pack. Your broodwar game should work fine from here on in. read the damn thread. | ||
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Pulzlulz
Germany412 Posts
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fabiano
Brazil4644 Posts
I think there is a plugin to make the window go fullscreen, but I'm not sure if it is for VMWare or VirtualBox, try to look on that if you want to make the virtual machine window fullscreen. If you are talking about iCCup Launcher/Chaos Launcher window, then there should be an option to make it either fullscreen or windowed mode, just tick it. If you try the 2x window and it doesn't fit in your screen, you need to use your graphics card manager to make a resolution high enough to make the 2x window fit in it. | ||
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Pulzlulz
Germany412 Posts
Now for some reason it won't even let me connect to iCCup...fml | ||
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hellbound
United Kingdom2242 Posts
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Glioburd
France1911 Posts
On February 21 2012 11:03 2Pacalypse- wrote: Play in window mode (available in ICCup launcher) and press Alt + F9. BW screen size should double and if it fits in your resolution then it's a decent workaround for playing on Win7 without any problems. The problem is I can't move the camera with the mouse T_T | ||
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squall leonhart
Australia44 Posts
On March 03 2012 01:09 Pulzlulz wrote: I'm using VirtualBox and I can maximize my VM Desktop with no problems but when I start Brood War it doesn't resize.It is fullscreen however because there are black bars around the small BW window. I think you misunderstood me. Now for some reason it won't even let me connect to iCCup...fml this is because you are rendering 640x488 to a unscaled portal, instead switch virtualbox to scaled mode. ....make sure 2d acceleration is disabled though or the vm will freeze when switching back to windowed. | ||
ImbaTosS
United Kingdom1717 Posts
On March 03 2012 08:11 Glioburd wrote: The problem is I can't move the camera with the mouse T_T At the top right hand corner of the window, along the top bar, you will see little icons. One of them looks like a little mouse pointer. Click that and it will lock the mouse into the BW window, and you will be able to move the screen with the mouse! | ||
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Meta Templar
Canada3 Posts
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squall leonhart
Australia44 Posts
don't just sign up and post in a thread that you obviously didn't bother reading. | ||
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Meta Templar
Canada3 Posts
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[sc1f]eonzerg
Belgium7003 Posts
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Goldfish
2230 Posts
On March 03 2012 01:09 Pulzlulz wrote: I'm using VirtualBox and I can maximize my VM Desktop with no problems but when I start Brood War it doesn't resize.It is fullscreen however because there are black bars around the small BW window. I think you misunderstood me. Now for some reason it won't even let me connect to iCCup...fml It might be your video card driver settings. Right click, set it to scale or stretch instead of original size or keep aspect ratio. Edit - Also, just notice reply a bit late. Oh wells, for future reference anyway. On March 03 2012 02:32 hellbound wrote: Reading this thread makes me love my Vista so much. Yeah Vista is my favorite OS. Vista got bad rep early on mainly due to things like incompatibilities with a lot of software/drivers early on, and the fact it's always cool to hate on new things from big companies (microsoft, apple, etc), and the bandwagon rolled on. Vista is a mix of XP and 7, and was actually in development "after" Windows 7 (in a way, Vista was a beta for 7 as 7 was was planned before Vista). Personally I miss how the task bar works in Vista (you know how all programs are displayed in a list rather than in a table). Fortunately you can change that in 7 with a registry fix. Also in Vista you can disable auto arrange inside of folders (in 7, you can but only on desktop) while in 7, you can't. Ehh, yeah a bit off topic. | ||
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DreamChaser
1649 Posts
On May 15 2009 19:54 lazz wrote: what the hell is windows 7? Oh god 2nd post, i am already glad i clicked on this | ||
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MountainDewJunkie
United States10346 Posts
My current problem is that in only on W7 for me, the game screen is centered and not stretched or filled, so I have 2 huge black strips at all times and a smaller "game screen." | ||
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Goldfish
2230 Posts
On September 08 2012 09:13 MountainDewJunkie wrote: Yes, I did the enable/disable color thingie too and it stopped crashing. The colors get fucked up in the menus and on b.net, but not in game. My current problem is that in only on W7 for me, the game screen is centered and not stretched or filled, so I have 2 huge black strips at all times and a smaller "game screen." It might be your video card driver settings. Right click, set it to scale or stretch instead of original size or keep aspect ratio. If you have Nvidia video cards (for example), right click on desktop and click nvidia control panel. Click (under display) "Adjust desktop position and size". Set scaling either to aspect ratio (with black borders to keep ratio similar to the original) or full screen (which stretch to fit monitor). If that's already been done and it still doesn't scale, I'm not sure. On September 08 2012 09:01 DreamChaser wrote: Oh god 2nd post, i am already glad i clicked on this Like my previous post regarding Vista (again Vista is really good after SP2, it's a mix of XP and 7; Vista actually was developed after Windows 7, and it was technically just a beta for 7), people liked to bandwagon hate on things. I remember reading articles from various sites (not tech sites specifically but humor sites for example) which were hating on 7 before it came on (hating on new stuff from popular companies is rad and will get you views; also useful if you run out of actual funny stuff). | ||
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MountainDewJunkie
United States10346 Posts
On September 08 2012 09:18 Goldfish wrote: It might be your video card driver settings. Right click, set it to scale or stretch instead of original size or keep aspect ratio. If you have Nvidia video cards (for example), right click on desktop and click nvidia control panel. Click (under display) "Adjust desktop position and size". Set scaling either to aspect ratio (with black borders to keep ratio similar to the original) or full screen (which stretch to fit monitor). If that's already been done and it still doesn't scale, I'm not sure. Thank you, sir. I will take a crack at it. | ||
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lambchops
United States63 Posts
Try the registry fix. It has worked and still works for me  cheers | ||
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Savi[wOk]
United States81 Posts
I've noticed however my friends windows 7 computer does not have this problem and I thought, maybe it had to do with my built in graphics card. So I decided to buy the cheapest graphics card in bestbuy and ever since, I've never had this freezing screen problem on broodwar. However this solution cost a bit of money... EDIT: Nevermind it froze... | ||
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