Re: Can one force D3 to play in a window?

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From: Anima Prava
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 15:23

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Wed, 29 Oct 2003 03:24:53 GMT, "Tom" <tomwoodworth@comcast.net>:

>Is there a command line option to force Decent 3 to play in a window, rather
>than full screen? I'm having problems playing some games full screen,
>including D3, because they keep minimizing to the task bar. If I play in a
>window this doesn't happen. My system is a P4 2Ghz, D845BG mobo, 512MB ram,
>Radeon 9800 Pro.

Yes, if you run D3 under Linux you can force it to play in a window.
Try: --windowed --nomousegrab
It works well here (Linux version by Loki Games).
Probably this is not possible under MSWindows.
Regards, 
Anima Prava

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