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Windows XP window sizing issue

JkeatsPosted on 10/02/03 at 00:52:29

Oliver,

 I have a weird situation with my TNM7SE.  I upgraded to Windows XP and when I launch TNM from the shortcut, it goes to full screen, but with the TNM itself squished to the top half of the screen.   Now, when I launch the TNM.bat file from the actual directory, it gives me the full screen view...but not from the shortcut.

 I've tried deleting, creating new and even renaming and I get the same results everytime.  Any ideas?

 Worst comes to worse, I'll just launch it from the RUN command rather than reinstall and start over...it's just a pain though lol

John
Oliver CoppPosted on 10/03/03 at 10:13:09

It's easier than that. Bring up the DOS shell's properties and make sure the line count is 25, not 50. That'll give you your old TNM back :-)
JkeatsPosted on 10/06/03 at 05:44:57

There's no "line count" category to put at 25.  There's buffer size and/or height and width.  I've changed all of those to 25 but it's still all squished in the top.  Really strange.
Oliver CoppPosted on 10/06/03 at 07:59:20

I'll try to guide you through this.

This is what Microsoft recommends for changing the fullscreen DOS box height:

1) Start up the application in a Window.
2) Click the icon on the top left of the window, select "Properties".
3) Select the "Layout" tab.
4) Change "Height" from 50 to 25.

This has to work... could you please try one more time?

Thanks!
DragonShirasayaPosted on 10/09/03 at 17:26:16

You know, while we are on the topic of XP problems...

Oliver, have you found out anything new on why there seems to be such a slowdown on XP? A while back you said you were going to look into it but I never heard anything about it again. So, anything new on that front?
Critic_of_the_DawnPosted on 10/09/03 at 19:27:30

How much of a slowdown are we talking about?  Because Second Edition runs slower on Windows 98 as well, so it could just be that it's more resource intensive than First Edition.

Eric "Critic of the Dawn"
Oliver CoppPosted on 10/09/03 at 20:19:26

If the slowdown disappears when you hit ALT+ENTER (fullscreen mode), you can thank you graphics driver for it. If not, it indeed is a matter of SE being much more advanced than FE which of course means some things take longer to execute.