Minimizing

slime · Post by **slime** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:36 am

Back again with a new problem.

For some reason, BZ won't let me minimize anymore. Everything I press to try and minimize, it turns my screen a shade darker and freezes BZ. I've tried pressing f4, the Windows key, and ctrl+esc, all with the same result. Any ideas as to what I can do to minimize BZ again?

Slime

Post by **blast** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:10 am

Rename your config file and then see if it works after that. If so, it's probably something messed up with your configuration file.

Monster · Post by **Monster** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:57 am

hey,
I can minimize bzflag easily by pressing F1., but i was wondering how to free my mouse when bzf is once minimized!?

Post by **joevano** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:33 pm

F1 toggles windowed mode on and off, F4 minimizes. Minimize and you will get control of your mouse back.

anomaly · Post by **anomaly** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:50 pm

Monster wrote:hey,
I can minimize bzflag easily by pressing F1., but i was wondering how to free my mouse when bzf is once minimized!?

You can also turn off 'Confine Mouse' in Options->Input Settings
That can be a problem if your mouse is off the window and you try to fire a shot though.

slime · Post by **slime** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:58 pm

blast wrote:Rename your config file and then see if it works after that. If so, it's probably something messed up with your configuration file.

Nope, didn't work. I even deleted the config that was there (saved it somewhere else first so I could get it back) and tried the default config. No change, still froze whenever I tried to minimize.

Post by **joevano** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:31 pm

You using Vista then? That happens to me with a dual monitor config with nVidia drivers. It started happening with the latest nVidia drivers.

lol_u died · Post by **lol_u died** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:51 pm

This is what I do to get to my desktop.

Press F1 to get to windowed size of bzflag
Then press the Start Key on the keyboard.

tw1sted · Post by **tw1sted** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:32 am

I am having this same problem and I am indeed using vista, but I do not have a dual monitor setup (although I do have an nVidia card).

lol_u died · Post by **lol_u died** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:33 am

Like I said, use my method. and let me know if it works

tw1sted · Post by **tw1sted** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:40 am

That is what I have been doing. I just alt-tab out of the game instead of hitting the windows key after I hit F1. It gets rather annoying after a while.

slime · Post by **slime** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:39 am

I am indeed using Windows Vista, and the problem appears to have started after I downloaded the latest NVIDIA drivers.

The f1 -> windows key , works for me, even though I don't like it. It just bugs me, because I used to minimize ALL the time while playing. Now I have to do these multi-step ways just to minimize, and it's really getting annoying

. It's not the end of the world by doing this, but it would be nice if someone could find a solution. The problem appears to be with the latest NVIDIA drivers..

Tank 52 · Post by **Tank 52** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:44 am

YAY! someone finally posted this,figures too i download the same drivers and this happens but i adapted

just hit f1 then windows key or f4,ill be having trouble running security scans minimized while i play bz though,since whenever the scan is finished it minimizes whatever im on automatically and pops up,which occures when im play bz,so the problem happens,quite annoying

But i wont be on bz for a bit,apparantly i downloaded a bad file(was going to hack warrock,enough said

) And now ive got a virus so im dealing with that currently and ill be back on bz in a few days