Two questions about BW2...

[Jaden]

Firstly, is there a way to run the game windowed?  I have a program to do it (which works fine for BW1) but I can't seem to get it to run BW2 properly.  I thought I saw a file to do that before I could play the game but now I can't find it.

Secondly, if there isn't a way, is there a way to control Winamp (or any other media player) from inside BW2?

 

[Kays]

I think the answer to both questions is no.

But I might be wrong.

 

[Jaden]

Alright... I was about to give up on this issue.  But then I went and fixed my video card drivers (the card randomly crapped out on me in non-fullscreen games)

Anyway, Black and White 2 now runs in a window.  Unfortunately I have no control over minimizing and moving the window... so I'm going to post a screenshot (so people know what I mean) and the part of the INI with the program I'm using, maybe someone who knows a lot about the subject can help?  This would be great if I could get it to work.  I never play the game because it's fullscreen, so I can't talk to people xDD

...

(Note that I also tried win+D, win+M to minimize, didn't work, and I can't use any other hotkeys or anything to move the window.)

[Prog.white]
UseWindowMode=1
UseGDI=1
UseDirect3D=1
UseDirectInput=1
UseDirectDraw=1
CommandLine=
Width=0
Height=0
MenuId=
ShowFps=1
UseForegroundControl=1
UseDDrawColorEmulate=1
UseDDrawFlipBlt=0
UseDDrawColorConvert=1
UseDDrawPrimaryBlt=1
UseDDrawAutoBlt=0
UseDDrawEmulate=0
UseDDrawPrimaryLost=0
SubModule0=
UseCursorMsg=1
UseCursorSet=0
UseCursorGet=1
UseCursorClip=0
UseSpeedHack=0
SpeedHackMultiple=10
UseBackgroundResize=0
UseBackgroundPriority=0
DDrawBltWait=-1
UseFGCGetActiveWindow=0
UseFGCGetForegroundWindow=0
UseFGCFixedWindowPosition=1
EnableExtraKey=0

 

[Jaden]

Okay... lol.  Posting a problem is usually lucky to me, since I finally found the thing that changes it (I don't know how I overlooked it either)

If anyone here cares to know how, I'll post a short tutorial on how to run BW2 windowed :0

 

[plneon]

If anyone here cares to know how, I'll post a short tutorial on how to run BW2 windowed :0

It would be nice. I managed to run it properly in window ( with no light; see: http://allboards.lionhead.com/showpost.php?p=2594374&postcount=3 ), but it keeps hanging computer stops ; English is not my native language ;s) every couple of minutes... Notice: This is my first game which crashes on forced windowed mode.  I hope your solution (thanks in advance) will be better

 

[JDspeeder1]

Please tell us!
:help

 

[JDspeeder1]

Bump

 

[Jaden]

Whoa what.

I stopped playing BW2 a while ago, and just started again.  Now, while looking for a way to run in windowed with Bloom (bloom sort of screws up and makes everything rlyrly bright) I found this thread.  Anyway, since I've neglected to post here for a year or so, I'll just add this and hope my 11-month bump is forgiven.

Okay, so this is how you do it:

1) Download D3D Windower.  There's an english version, but I don't trust half the sites that upload it, so go here: 
http://http://www.geocities.jp/menopem/
Direct link is http://http://www.geocities.jp/menopem/D3DWindower.lzh

2) Extract all files to a folder, and copy D3dHook.dll to the same directory as white.exe

3) Open D3DWindower, press the big + button, and navigate to white.exe and open it.

4) Open hook.ini (in the D3DWindower folder) and replace everything under [prog.white] with this:

[Prog.white]
UseWindowMode=1
UseGDI=1
UseDirect3D=1
UseDirectInput=0
UseDirectDraw=1
CommandLine=
Width=0
Height=0
MenuId=
ShowFps=1
UseForegroundControl=0
UseDDrawColorEmulate=1
UseDDrawFlipBlt=0
UseDDrawColorConvert=1
UseDDrawPrimaryBlt=1
UseDDrawAutoBlt=0
UseDDrawEmulate=0
UseDDrawPrimaryLost=0
SubModule0=
UseCursorMsg=0
UseCursorSet=0
UseCursorGet=1
UseCursorClip=0
UseSpeedHack=0
SpeedHackMultiple=10
UseBackgroundResize=1
UseBackgroundPriority=0
DDrawBltWait=-1
UseFGCGetActiveWindow=0
UseFGCGetForegroundWindow=0
UseFGCFixedWindowPosition=0
EnableExtraKey=0

Now click the play button (first) and then the fifth button, which looks like an old My Computer icon.  Or you could just press play and open white.exe from the shortcut.

Another note, this has a "UseBackgroundResize" option set to true, which means when you alt+tab to another window, it'll shrink.  This is sort of annoying but it's ultimately necessary if you want it to work right (I think it has to do with the window border now showing up; I haven't messed with this for a while so I forget why ^^; ) And at least for me, AA lags a lot if you have it turned on, if there's another window doing anything (for example, a popup from MSN or AIM or whatever saying someone signs on will make it lag.)

Edit: Removed like, three different references to bloom not working.