starcraft windows mode

[xbobobear]

can someone tell me what i need .....and what to do ....to make my starcraft run in windows....on a resolution of 1024 x 768?...

[DeTaiLs]

I remember sombody around here making a program for starcraft to run in window mode maybe do a search. also try opening startcraft with -w in cmd dont know if it works worth a try.

[xbobobear]

i have a program called DxWnd.......it lets me play sc on windows mode......but it runs on a resolution of 640 x 480 =( ........ i have no idea how to configure it to make it run on 1028 x 768 .......... anybody know other ways to make it windows mode on a resolution of 1028 x 768??

[DeTaiLs]

try right clicking on the starcraft.exe>properties>compatability tab>

[MyndFyre]

Get DxWnd from http://www.valhallalegends.com/skywing/

You can tell me what a great guy I am later.

[Arta]

i have a program called DxWnd.......it lets me play sc on windows mode......but it runs on a resolution of 640 x 480 =( ........ i have no idea how to configure it to make it run on 1028 x 768 .......... anybody know other ways to make it windows mode on a resolution of 1028 x 768??

I'm pretty sure you can't do that.

[Adron]

i have a program called DxWnd.......it lets me play sc on windows mode......but it runs on a resolution of 640 x 480 =( ........ i have no idea how to configure it to make it run on 1028 x 768 .......... anybody know other ways to make it windows mode on a resolution of 1028 x 768??

The idea of running it in a window is that you can have other things on your desktop at the same time. If you want it to take up the full screen, don't run it windowed.

[Lenny]

Perhaps he's trying to say he wants to have a larger viewing area for starcraft.  This would enable him to see more of the map and gain an advantage (cheating).  Or he might just want sharper resolution for starcraft.

I don't believe it's possible.

[Soul Taker]

If you use a desktop resolution larger than 1024x768, then running SC in a window of that size is better than having a very tiny playable window.

[xbobobear]

well i have a really big monitor and i set my desktop to 1600 x 1200.... but the windowed mode of sc is only 640 x 486 ...... damn , cant see anything ... anyone know how to make the windowed mode resolution bigger? so i can chat and play?

[Kp]

You can always chat and play.  If the windowed mode is too small, consider not running it in windowed mode!  Alternately, you could change your desktop resolution to something more reasonable.  If you haven't figured it out from everyone else's comments by now, I'll summarize: Starcraft does not natively support running in a window and can not be made larger without extensive code hacks.

DxWnd and ScWnd convince Starcraft not to become full screen, but it's still limited to a 640x480 canvas.  Fixing that limitation will require identifying and changing all the places in the source where they assume a 640x480 screen.  This falls into the category of "unreasonably hard": a class of problems that, while theoretically solvable, are so much trouble that they're not even close to being worth the effort.

[Adron]

Actually, there might be a shortcut. If you could tell Starcraft to draw to the overlay surface of your graphics card, and your graphics card supports hardware stretching that to any area on screen, it could be done with a minimum of trouble. Do you see any flaws with that idea?

[Kp]

Well, it'd be ugly, but it seems workable.  I still think the fundamental idea of running Starcraft windowed is rather silly though.

[Forged]

well i have a really big monitor and i set my desktop to 1600 x 1200.... but the windowed mode of sc is only 640 x 486 ...... damn , cant see anything ... anyone know how to make the windowed mode resolution bigger? so i can chat and play?

That is ridiculous... 
I have a big monitor and mine is only at 1280 x 1024....

[Blaze]

I have big monitorS both at 1792 x 1344. Thats not ridiculous, I can have many windows open, and use them all without tabbing. They both can go to 2048x1536 max.