Attract-Mode Support Forum

Attract-Mode Support => General => Topic started by: epicrean on February 25, 2017, 02:39:15 PM

Title: New Issue with DOS window
Post by: epicrean on February 25, 2017, 02:39:15 PM

When I start attract mode a black dos windows opens and shows the behind the scene magic, this window was minimizing on its own, now it sits there and I need to click on attract mode.  thoughts?

Title: Re: New Issue with DOS window
Post by: kaptainsteve on February 26, 2017, 07:34:46 AM

Try changing the setting from fill or full screen to windowed mode with no borders.
Worked for me.

Title: Re: New Issue with DOS window
Post by: djrobx on February 26, 2017, 08:02:47 AM

I had this problem too.  Full screen mode helps mostly but sometimes the console window will pop back up over the UI.   It also breaks the trackball/mouse support (the mouse cursor will appear wherever the console window is and AM won't get the movement events properly).

There's a utility you can google for called Hidden Start (hstart.exe).   If you launch attract.exe through it (hstart.exe /NOCONSOLE attract.exe) the console window goes away fully and it works properly.
 

Title: Re: New Issue with DOS window
Post by: 8bitsdeep on February 26, 2017, 01:07:43 PM

If you don't care about the console window at all (handy for debugging sometimes), do this:

In attract.cfg, in the general section: change hide_console from no to yes.

Title: Re: New Issue with DOS window
Post by: djrobx on February 26, 2017, 05:01:00 PM

Thanks!

I thought I saw that option somewhere but couldn't find it again when I later determined that the console window was causing me issues.  :)