Bridge Building Game Full Screen Problem

[bfitzpatrick]

Hello All,

Today, I decided to try out one of my favorite old games again, Bridge Building Game. When I booted it up, I put it in fullscreen mode. After I applied that, everything went wrong. I can no longer use my mouse/see the curser with the game open. Any time I open the game (even after new install) it remains in full screen mode. I could not seem to find a way to change the options outside of the game.

Thanks in Advance!
-bfitzpatrick

 

[James Mason]

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That webpage.

I don't really think you have any options, that was never really meant to be a long lasting game, just some first time game dev junk.

You can try alt + enter to see if that shortcut switches it back to windowed mode. or adding -window/-windowed/-w to the shortcut.

 

[PCBuilderProbs]

try alt+enter b0ss, you can also create a shortcut and force windowed mode on it if that doesn't work

 

[bfitzpatrick]

...
That webpage.

I don't really think you have any options, that was never really meant to be a long lasting game, just some first time game dev junk.

You can try alt + enter to see if that shortcut switches it back to windowed mode. or adding -window/-windowed/-w to the shortcut.

Where would I add the variables?

 

[James Mason]

...
That webpage.

I don't really think you have any options, that was never really meant to be a long lasting game, just some first time game dev junk.

You can try alt + enter to see if that shortcut switches it back to windowed mode. or adding -window/-windowed/-w to the shortcut.

Where would I add the variables?

Editing the shortcut's properties:

 

[bfitzpatrick]

Tried what you said:

Doesn't work. 🙁

 

[James Mason]

Tried what you said:

Doesn't work. 🙁

yeah, only works if they programmed it to.
Have you tried playing with compatibility modes?

 

[PCBuilderProbs]

why is is set to "minimized" and not run in a "normal window"

 

[bfitzpatrick]

why is is set to "minimized" and not run in a "normal window"

I was testing to see if it would work better that way. I had tried it in normal window before with -windowed, and it didn't work. I forgot to change it back for the screenshot.

 

[PCBuilderProbs]

I believe there are programs out there that can force games into windowed while tricking them into thinking they're fullscreen, but I haven't encountered any of these in a very long time

 

[James Mason]

And here's another new bridge building game you might enjoy as an alternative:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/367450/