Running Black Shades in windowed mode?

Cykelero · Post by **Cykelero** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:12 am

I think it isn't possible, but I'm trying to record Black Shades movies with Ambrosia Software's Snapz X Pro. Unfortunately, the fullscreen mode seems to make some trouble, and only a very small part of the screen (maybe 15x15 pixels!) is recorded… so, is there a way to switch Black Shades in windowed mode?

Viking Zippy · Post by **Viking Zippy** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:53 am

I don't know about window mode in Black Shades, but when I was recording footage for Ode to Black Shades, I'd open up Snapz, make a really small movie window, put it in the upper left, then change the resolution to something much smaller in the System Prefs (for me, 1024x640), reopen Snapz, make the movie window fullscreen, make sure Black Shades has the exact same res as the one set in System Prefs, and start recording.

The only problem with this is if you've got a larger monitor than the res you've set, it can look pretty ugly, but it gets the job done once the movie's finished

Cykelero · Post by **Cykelero** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:53 am

I tried, but it didn't work… there's maybe something I did wrong.

Here's a video (640x480) : http://ehv.monespace.net/Finder001.mov.zip

Viking Zippy · Post by **Viking Zippy** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:12 am

Very strange. What's the res of Black Shades set at in config.txt?

Cykelero · Post by **Cykelero** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:24 am

I entered 640x480, which is the same res as the one I set before I started the recording.
I have a MacBook under Mac OS 10.4.10, with an Intel Core Duo processor… and you're on a PowerPC, aren't you?

Viking Zippy · Post by **Viking Zippy** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:36 pm

Yep, G5 Quad 2.5.

However, my dad has a MacBook (which I occasionally use), I could try it on there.

BunnyWithStick · Post by **BunnyWithStick** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:19 pm

Weird…

How'd you get OSX Black Shades to run without crashing?

Cmyszka · Post by **Cmyszka** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:21 pm

i have mac OSX

i run it all the time and never have any problems... i was never even aware it had a history of OSX problems... 0_0

Cykelero · Post by **Cykelero** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:27 pm

BunnyWithStick wrote:Weird…

How'd you get OSX Black Shades to run without crashing?

I double-clic on its icon :] !

Seriously, I never had any problem with Black Shades. The only thing which don't work is the custom level feature.

zatoichi · Post by **zatoichi** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:34 pm

Same. There is a OS X version you can get off versiontracker, I think, that has always worked. The official one didn't, but this one does.

BunnyWithStick · Post by **BunnyWithStick** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:22 pm

Interesting. I'd prefer to run the OS9 version in classic. And just so you know, custom levels do work in the OS9 version.

zatoichi · Post by **zatoichi** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:25 pm

Why? The only advantage of the original is it has custom levels. I could see keeping it, but wouldn't it be easier to play in X most of the time?

BunnyWithStick · Post by **BunnyWithStick** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:13 pm

Not usually, considering the one I have doesn't work.

Oh, and the default levels are evil.

Cykelero · Post by **Cykelero** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:04 am

BunnyWithStick wrote:Interesting. I'd prefer to run the OS9 version in classic. And just so you know, custom levels do work in the OS9 version.

You shouldn't buy Leopard : they removed Classic in this version

!

The only way I have to run Black Shades with Custom Levels is using ShepShaver. But it's a pain to put applications on the OS9 virtual HD… I must burn a CD each time!

BunnyWithStick · Post by **BunnyWithStick** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:15 am

Couldn't you just put it on a .dmg file?