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DarkBASIC Discussion / The case of the big/mean display mode error.

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Ooska
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I started this game out on a full screen format...but i realizd that it was wa too easy...I swichted all the x and y values (I think) and then I tryed to use the SET DISPLAY MODE and it comes up with an error that says in a big angry voice, "DISPLAY MODE NOT SUPPORTED!"
HUH?!

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Zotoaster
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2005 04:13 Edited at: 23rd Jul 2005 04:15
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means that your graphics card doesnt support that display mode, you'll have to choose a display mode that your graphics card can do...

edit: there's an example that shows you what display modes you can have... just click 'help' (in the DBC editor), then examples, then scroll down till you find a section called 'screen examples' (i think), then click on the example called 'display mode switching', then run that code, and it tells you what display modes you can use

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Ooska
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ok I saw but i didnt really look into it...thanks

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Ooska
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Ok, I used that program and it told me what I could use. But I have one question about what SET DISPLAY MODE does....

Does it set your programs screen size?
If not, what does? (thats what I need)

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Ooska
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Anybody!?

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Ooska,

In better terms, the command sets your screen's resolution and color bit depth. Resolution is how many pixels across and how many pixels from top to bottom of the screen. A standard of mine is 800X600X32. That is 800 pixels across, 600 pixels from top to bottom, and 32 bits of color. If my math is correct, that is 4,294,967,296 colors.


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blanky
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Yes, oddly, it does ALSO set your program's screen size.

Thus, to make a window 800x600:

Quote: "
set window on
set window size 800,600
set display mode 800,600,32
"


Kinda stoopid, but there ya go. ^_^

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Ooska
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But you cant just make your window any size?

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