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toradrow777

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I don't want to squint at a tiny screen!
« on: February 13, 2011, 09:13:30 am »
How do I increase the size of the game screen/UI/display/whatever you call it?  I'd like to play it full screen, and I mean full screen (as in not a tiny little screen in a maximized window.)
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zmc

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Re: I don't want to squint at a tiny screen!
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2011, 09:15:32 am »
when I maximize the window, the game screen grows with it - as soon as I am in game. The menu stays small.
Also, press tab a couple times to remove the mini-map on the right side.

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Re: I don't want to squint at a tiny screen!
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2011, 09:40:24 am »
Quote from: zmc on February 13, 2011, 09:15:32 am
when I maximize the window, the game screen grows with it - as soon as I am in game. The menu stays small.
Also, press tab a couple times to remove the mini-map on the right side.

What should I do if it doesn't grow with the window?
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Re: I don't want to squint at a tiny screen!
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2011, 09:44:38 am »
You can zoom in and out with the mousewheel. If that's disabled for you, you can enable that in the d_init or init file, I forget which.
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Re: I don't want to squint at a tiny screen!
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2011, 09:50:42 am »
You also might want to just install a tileset with large tiles. Check out the wiki, there are plenty available.
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Re: I don't want to squint at a tiny screen!
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2011, 10:20:45 am »
Quote from: G-Flex on February 13, 2011, 09:50:42 am
You also might want to just install a tileset with large tiles. Check out the wiki, there are plenty available.

Which tile set would you recommend for Sdonourg's Mixmod?
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Re: I don't want to squint at a tiny screen!
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2011, 10:26:39 am »
There are two versions of df available to download, on my machine, only does not full screen correctly, the other does, try dling the other one
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Re: I don't want to squint at a tiny screen!
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2011, 10:53:56 am »
press F11 ingame, to switch between fullscreen and windowed mode.

Edit: also, the game's main menu screen does not scale with a bigger window. The rest of the game does.
« Last Edit: February 13, 2011, 10:56:39 am by martinuzz »
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Re: I don't want to squint at a tiny screen!
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2011, 11:20:27 am »
Change
[BLACK_SPACE:YES]
to
[BLACK_SPACE:NO]

Or, if you use graphics, change
[GRAPHICS_BLACK_SPACE:YES]
to
[GRAPHICS_BLACK_SPACE:NO]
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Re: I don't want to squint at a tiny screen!
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2011, 11:53:43 am »
I think you're looking for [WINDOWED: NO] in init.txt.
Or else make the window bigger. I use:
[WINDOWEDX:100]
[WINDOWEDY:40]
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