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Corruptor · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:43 am Post subject: Move Direct-X based Window

Well, ive got a kinda weird problem.
It is called Worms 4. (Dont ask why, but) I like to play my games in windowed mode and google showed me a way to turn that game into window mode by editing a config file. Well, the problem is the position of the window. As for the WinApi (which is the only form of programming i actually know, ive never learned Direct X) the position of the Window is:

Window:
left: 97
right: 1383
top: 77
bottom: 1127
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Client Area:
left: 0
right: 1270
top: 0
bottom: 1014
--------------------
Size(window): 1270 x 1014
Size(client): 1270 x 1014

As you might have guessed, the vertical resolution of my monitor is smaller than 1383 (which is a kind of weird number in general).
Other than most of the games i know, simply moving the Window using SetWindowPos has no effect (in fact, it shortly moves the window, instantly moves it back when the next frame is drawn though). Searching for the Position of the Window using Cheat engine did not work either (i found some values which constantly seems to show the position, but whenever i changed them, something that was not caught by "find out what writes to this adress" instantly reset those values). Well, i guess it has something to do with Direct X and the way its drawing the frames, but as allready mentioned, i never learned Direct X and thus do not have a clue how to approach this Problem.

Well, any advises or clues how to move that freaking window onto my desktop?

Dark Byte · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:28 pm Post subject:

isn't there anything else you can change in the config?

Corruptor · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:04 am Post subject:

unfortunately not. The config files are not like an ini file where every possible key is listed, but rather a text fire that looks like a chain of command line parameters. Just have a look on yourself:

Dark Byte · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:12 am Post subject:

tried changing "/CONFIG:launcher.cfg " to "//CONFIG:launcher.cfg " ?

and try running worms in compatibility mode and disable visual themes (perhaps it doesn't like the extra thick borders)

Corruptor · Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:50 am Post subject:

changing /CONFIG to //CONFIG. Effect: now he really takes the resolution given in the default.cfg file (thanks alot about that Very Happy

)

disabling visual themes (at least the check box in the exes properties) had no effect though, neither a visual one, nor can i move the window now. The client area also is still is big as the actuall window, although i can clearly see the borders of the window Oo

one odd thing i noticed: when moving the window, and then looking at its position again, there is standing random, yet determined, crap in it:

Window:
left: -858993460
right: -858993460
top: -858993460
bottom: -858993460
--------------------
Client Area:
left: -858993460
right: -858993460
top: -858993460
bottom: -858993460
--------------------
Size(window): 0 x 0
Size(client): 0 x 0

I asume that this is some kind of cleaned-up state (although FFFFCCCC is a weird number for a clean up), since i have to search for the window again to find the new one. So i actually assume that moving the window causes it to be destroyed and a new one to be created.

Dark Byte · Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:10 am Post subject:

try adding this to your config

Corruptor · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:32 am Post subject:

unfortunately it seems to have no effect at all. I asume there is no real way to search for command line parameters? I mean, i would have some kind of epic luck if every valid command line parameter would be stored in an array or something like that...

Dark Byte · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:37 am Post subject:

I doubt in an array, but it's likely that they are stored close to eachother in memory

Corruptor · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 8:39 am Post subject:

Searching for a know Parameter (/FS) i really found a list of parameters beeing surrounded by a lot of other weird strings, partly beeing error messages, leftovers from the ps2 version (wth Oo) and some directiories to files sutch as pdb or cpp files that definitively do NOT exist:

Dark Byte · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 8:43 am Post subject:

This isn't directx (at least not dx5 or later)

you can just set the position to what you wish in dx when it's windowed.

it's the game itself thats being a dick

Corruptor · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:15 pm Post subject:

if its the game, how would it be able to move the window without calling
- CreateWindowExA/W
- MoveWindow
- SetWindowPos
? (Didnt break on any of these functions)