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DthInd
01-01-2004, 07:20 PM
How do you get SC/BW to play in windowed mode.

Thanks.
Demerdar
01-01-2004, 07:50 PM
Holy fuck, I haven't played Starcraft in like 5 years. I don't recall there ever being a way to run it in windowed mode though, sorry.
EarthwormJim
01-02-2004, 12:47 AM
Try putting either " -w" or " -window" in you're icon for starcraft (without the quotes of course).
Tylerdurdened
05-09-2007, 07:28 PM
Try putting either " -w" or " -window" in you're icon for starcraft (without the quotes of course).
2.5 year old bump. Sorry but I'm interested as well.

Those commands don't work
l3ender
05-09-2007, 07:32 PM
2.5 year old bump

lol FTL
k1pp3r
05-09-2007, 07:34 PM
2.5 year old bump. Sorry but I'm interested as well.

Those commands don't work


Wow i think over 2 years is safe to say you can make a new thread.
Danith
05-09-2007, 07:51 PM
According to the magic of Google, there is no built-in function to play starcraft in a non-fullscreen mode.

It looks like there are a couple third-part apps that claim they can do that, but I don't know if you would want to use them.

I believe you might be able to do window mode if you installed a linux distribution and ran Starcraft through wine.

Good luck
[T5K]thrasher
05-09-2007, 11:05 PM
http://teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=50034 About 1/2 way down the page a process is detailed.. Haven't tried it but maybe some day.. Starcraft at work? In a window? Hell yes.
LeviathanZERO
05-09-2007, 11:38 PM
Cant you do this with Diablo 2?
I dont have it installed at the moment, or i'd check.


Hell yeah thrasher, Ron Paul 2008!
Xeth
05-09-2007, 11:42 PM
Get VMWare and run it on a virtual PC :)
clayton006
05-10-2007, 08:17 AM
That's what I'm doing tonight. Do you think the performance will be there with the rig in my sig running a VM for D2 and Starcraft?
Aelfgeft
05-10-2007, 10:17 AM
Cant you do this with Diablo 2?
I dont have it installed at the moment, or i'd check.

Yep. -w or -windowed work equally well. Shame they didn't implement this on Starcraft. I'd love to be able to play it at work.
jordan12
05-10-2007, 12:00 PM
So this is what a 2.5 year old thread looks like. :rolleyes:
Slartibartfast
05-10-2007, 12:49 PM
Yeah, 2.5 years is a little over the bump limit, esp. if you're not offering any new information.