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| Author: | Lacplesis [ Mon Nov 10, 2003 2:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Help for the Ignorant I. |
I really didn't want to post this but I will anyway. 1) Can I run SWG in a window and toggle back and forth to other programs? For example these boards? MSN? All three? 2)How? I mean pretty much step by step. 3) Will doing so add to my lag? I have a phone connection. 56k modem max speed I ever see is 45.2. Computer speed like 2.3G. I forget the RAM 528? something like that. Bought it a few months prior to game release. More dumb questions will follow. Be prepared. |
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| Author: | Arindel [ Mon Nov 10, 2003 2:49 pm ] |
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You don't even need windows mode to toggle back and forth (ALT + TAB), but yes you can (atleast on XP you can). As far as LAG goes, I have enough RAM to cover 2-4 large programs running, but I iamgine it might cause some drag with only 528Meg RAM. Still it should function fine for smaller programs like explorer without a noticeable difference. |
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| Author: | Royur_Agnor [ Mon Nov 10, 2003 2:51 pm ] |
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Just after you put in your password Click the options tab on the bottom left Goto the Graphics tab in there The 1st box says Windowed mode I think that will do it, I dont know about lag problems with that though. |
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| Author: | matija [ Mon Nov 10, 2003 3:04 pm ] |
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I have 256Mb of RAM and I ALT+TAB all the time. |
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| Author: | Cetera [ Mon Nov 10, 2003 3:10 pm ] |
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It does slow things down if you run it windowed, like Royur explained. If you just alt-tab, you can switch back to your desktop. As long as you are pretty stationary and not in a really active place liek the middle of Theed, you can flip back and forth fairly quickly using the alt-tab combo. If you have a 2.3 GHz, and at least 512 MB RAM, it'll work fine. I do it with a 1.8GHz, and it is slow, but doable. |
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| Author: | Iobike [ Mon Nov 10, 2003 3:24 pm ] |
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..And, of course, to switch between full-screen and windowed mode is the standard shortcut Alt-Enter.. 
If the cursor disappears when you're alt-tabbing, uncheck Hardware Accelerated Mouse Pointer in the options.. Annoyed that you need to press alt to alt-tab, as alt changes that mouse mode thingy? Use the shortcut for the windows key (opening the start button), namely Ctrl-Esc..
Happy gaming! Iobike |
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| Author: | Rocklar [ Mon Nov 10, 2003 3:41 pm ] |
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Or my favorite, re-map mouse toggle in SWG to your middle mouse button (wheel). Beddy, beddy handy, yes. |
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