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~Hakurei Shrine~ => Help Me, Eirin! => Topic started by: Bananamatic on October 17, 2009, 02:32:38 PM

Title: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Bananamatic on October 17, 2009, 02:32:38 PM: Just wondering how does everyone play.

Windowed 640x480 for me, since I can see almost the entire screen at once.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: TL777 ✌ on October 17, 2009, 02:45:30 PM: Fullscreen for me! ;D
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Lloyd Dunamis on October 17, 2009, 02:46:13 PM: Fullscreen. For me, bigger screen filled is nice for focus-grazing through small-spaced patterns.

For the resolution (SA and UFO, right?), it's always 640x480, just to stick with the default pixels (though I really can't play SA and UFO under a Win98 system - I just rent a WinXP on a NetCafe).

I'd appreciate the screen much more if I were playing at like 5-6 meters away from it, just like how console games are played in TV (comboed with joypad usage), for the same reason of seeing the entire screen with quick eye focus change.
... Playing like this feels much different from playing windowed with 1meter-ish distance, BTW.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Kanako Yasaka on October 17, 2009, 02:47:20 PM: Fullscreen when playing seriously, windowed when playing for fun.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Serela on October 17, 2009, 03:06:46 PM: The only games I ever use seriously use windowed in are the PC-98 games. Recently I've started using Full-Screen for them sometimes, but then the shots become incredibly distracting against certain backrounds...

LLS Fullscreen+ReimuB+post-midboss Stage 2... AUUUUGH, THANK GOD THE BULLETS ARE AIMED, can't see shit captain
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Formless God on October 17, 2009, 03:23:27 PM: I don't even want to remember what happened after I played MoF windowed for two hours (Stage 6 Lunatic + Extra).

VoWG and Froggy Braves the Elements brutally rapes your eyes =/
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Bananamatic on October 17, 2009, 03:28:24 PM: Quote from: Formless God on October 17, 2009, 03:23:27 PM
I don't even want to remember what happened after I played MoF windowed for two hours (Stage 6 Lunatic + Extra).

VoWG and Froggy Braves the Elements brutally rapes your eyes =/
wait
I've NEVER played fullscreen
period

VoWG didn't hurt my eyes at all.....1 round of Dodonpachi is 10 times worse.

Maybe I'll play better once I switch to fullscreen. :V
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Formless God on October 17, 2009, 03:29:28 PM: Windowed, on a 1440x900 widescreen monitor.
You've got to try it >_>
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Matsuri on October 17, 2009, 03:30:43 PM: I never play windowed. Watching an entire screen when playing a shooting game is suicide. My strategy for playing involves shutting out stuff that doesn't matter and relying a little more on reflex than foresight. *shrug*
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Slaves on October 17, 2009, 03:34:55 PM: Quote from: Bananamatic on October 17, 2009, 03:28:24 PM
I've NEVER played fullscreen

holy hell man

when i first got the games i didn't realize there was a fullscreen mode, but when i found out i was all over that shit.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Tengukami on October 17, 2009, 03:36:34 PM: The first game I got was Mountain of Faith, and the version I had was fullscreen by default. When I discovered windowed mode I was ecstatic. It's how I play all of them.

I might give fullscreen a day in court, though, and see if my gameplay improves.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Bananamatic on October 17, 2009, 03:49:41 PM: Looking back, I should stop complaining about BoWaP and start playing fullscreen :V
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Esoterica on October 17, 2009, 04:01:45 PM: Fullscreen, though on the newer games I play windowed to reduce the terrible lag I get in them by a bit.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: CK Crash on October 17, 2009, 04:07:37 PM: Windowed with a high resolution, because I have a wide screen monitor.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Thaws on October 17, 2009, 04:13:42 PM: Sometimes I feel like it's kind of cheating when I'm playing over 640x480 resolution.
But I find myself dodging some things better on 960x720 windowed like Miracle Fruit (gone from ~10% capture rate to being able to capture it most of the time @_@!), so I'm using 960x720 all the time on SA/UFO XD.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Kojiremi on October 17, 2009, 04:24:45 PM: I always play fullscreen as well. However when i'm playing netplay games I window (PoFV, SWR/UNL) so i can chat with my partner and whatnot.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: PostCrisisJ2 on October 17, 2009, 04:50:30 PM: I have no choice but to play the games in fullscreen, because for some reason the games actually have trouble running in windowed mode on my comp. Even if I did, I'd always go fullscreen.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Jana on October 17, 2009, 05:20:44 PM: I've always played fullscreen, but I discovered that I did better when playing windowed PoDD last night. It could just have been that I needed a warm-up or to get the game mechanics down, but I'm gonna experiment with it a little bit.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Drake on October 17, 2009, 05:24:17 PM: Jeez people. Windowed, and either Vsync'd or Sizer'd to 960x720.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: ebarrett on October 17, 2009, 05:24:34 PM: Fullscreen except for SWR(S) and for recording the PC-98 games.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Cadmas on October 17, 2009, 05:28:47 PM: Maxed for windows games and windowed for pc-98.
I haven't learned how to max pc-98 games yet.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Jana on October 17, 2009, 05:35:18 PM: Quote from: Cadmas on October 17, 2009, 05:28:47 PM
I haven't learned how to max pc-98 games yet.

Alt+Enter, unless you've got a totally different emulator...
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Sapz on October 17, 2009, 06:02:04 PM: Always fullscreen, despite that since I have a 1440x900 monitor everything gets stretched sideways. :V
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Bananamatic on October 17, 2009, 06:09:39 PM: 960x720 seems like the best option for me :V

Switching back to 640x480 made me wonder how the hell did I manage to play it like that.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Scooter1000 on October 17, 2009, 08:07:43 PM: I use fullscreen most of the time and change my resolution when I'm using windowed. The only time I use windowed mode is when I play SA or UFO due to the incredible amount of lag I get from both of them.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Rikter on October 17, 2009, 08:14:08 PM: Fullscreen when I know I won't be interupted. Windowed when I might be interupted.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: nintendonut888 on October 17, 2009, 08:31:26 PM: I never play windowed, except when before I knew how to play PC-98 full screen (*shivers at the bad memories of spending weeks beating Evil Eye Sigma windowed*). The gaps look nonexistent when you play that way.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: jisakujien on October 17, 2009, 08:50:09 PM: (http://imgur.com/eI5Qjl.jpg) (http://imgur.com/eI5Qj.jpg)
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: 8lue Wizard on October 17, 2009, 09:34:02 PM: Fullscreen looks stretched and ugly on a 16:9 monitor. Windowed, no exceptions.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Tinari on October 17, 2009, 10:03:50 PM: Windowed at my laptops native resolution to eliminate part of the blurring. Still have stretching but it's better than stretching AND blurring.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Krimmydoodle on October 17, 2009, 11:03:32 PM: Quote from: Sapz on October 17, 2009, 06:02:04 PM
Always fullscreen, despite that since I have a 1440x900 monitor everything gets stretched sideways. :V

Same here. The stretch doesn't bug me in the least, and it's easier to see bullets and gaps when you maximize the size. As beautiful as danmaku can be, I've always been one to place gameplay before aesthetics, and my choice of fullscreen reflects my style.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Aisha on October 17, 2009, 11:14:51 PM: Full screen on a 1920x1200 display, with fixed-aspect ratio scaling enabled to minimize unnecessary stretching. It looks fine to me.

When playing certain 2-D games that have vertical scrolling, in windowed mode, I'll occasionally get this single invisible ripple-like line that travels from the top of the screen to the bottom. I don't know how to fix it.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: nintendonut888 on October 17, 2009, 11:19:52 PM: See, my screen doesn't stretch anything because my monitor was made before flat screen monitors were invented. ;)
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: LHCling on October 17, 2009, 11:26:17 PM: Quote from: nintendonut888 on October 17, 2009, 11:19:52 PM
See, my screen doesn't stretch anything because my monitor was made before flat screen monitors were invented. ;)
And this is why I don't like ~~HUGE~~ HUEG monitors.

With that said, I play 640x480 on a 1024x768 resolution. 17-inch LCD IIRC. I like being able to see everything happening at once without moving my eyes too much. This is also why I can survive (some) high-speed attacks relatively well.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Matsuri on October 17, 2009, 11:33:25 PM: I have a 1440x900 screen, and I don't even notice the stretching. Everything looks as it should to me.

As a matter of fact, everything looks better in fullscreen, it all looks so smooth when compared to windowed.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Easy Mode on October 17, 2009, 11:40:56 PM: Fullscreen. It's faster~
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Zengar Zombolt on October 18, 2009, 01:34:39 AM: Always Windowed. My reflexes die when windowed, or on any size larger than 640x480.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Ionasal kkll Solciel on October 18, 2009, 03:51:13 AM: Quote from: Hizengar Byakuren on October 18, 2009, 01:34:39 AM
Always Windowed. My reflexes die when windowed, or on any size larger than 640x480.

??????

I'm always windowed, 6x4. I might go to the other windowed res, but I just don't like fullscreen.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: nacho on October 18, 2009, 04:10:31 AM: Windowed 640x480.

I tried playing fullscreen before (Or any other resolution at that.) and it was not pretty. Aside from the whole thing looking really ugly I started having problems judging distances as well. I also see no reason to switch to any other resolution actually, having such a small window gives the best overview.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Seian Verian on October 18, 2009, 04:12:10 AM: I play fullscreen, I want the gaps to be as easy to see as possible...
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Zengar Zombolt on October 18, 2009, 04:15:20 AM: Quote from: I.P.D. on October 18, 2009, 03:51:13 AM
??????
:V
I meant when in fullscreen or anything higher.
:V :V :V
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Nine West on October 18, 2009, 04:22:35 AM: Fullscreen. Small window screws with my Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. :V
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: flurk on October 24, 2009, 02:22:21 AM: full screen on a 1280x800. fixed aspect ratio.
not pretty, but the only people who care about pretty aren't gamers.
windowed mode is for people with tunnel vision.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Bananamatic on October 24, 2009, 02:24:11 AM: Quote from: flurk on October 24, 2009, 02:22:21 AM
windowed mode is for people with tunnel vision.
I've changed from windowed 640x480 after 4 months :V.....PoFV made me change into fullscreen, rest is 960x720.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: theshirn on October 25, 2009, 07:01:23 AM: I knew a guy who played windowed once. He died.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: ?q on October 25, 2009, 02:40:07 PM: Fullscreen, because I like seeing gaps in bullet patterns. All of IN's Last Spells in 6A and 6B in particular are -so- much easier when the screen is stretched.

I tried playing the PC-98 games full-screen, but Anex98 messes up after a while (read: around when Yuka shows up) and the screen starts blinking. Seizuriffic and doesn't let you see the bullets coming toward your face.

If it causes BROFISTs to run at 60FPS I might consider playing UFO windowed.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: lmagus on October 25, 2009, 05:41:27 PM: Full screen on a 50" plasma :V
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Jaimers on October 25, 2009, 05:56:45 PM: Wait, people seriously play windowed?
That sounds to me like your making it unnecessarily hard for yourself. :V
I always play fullscreen, since day 1.
Fullscreen on a 17 inch monitor is pretty ideal for Touhou if you ask me.
I'll try playing windowed later, see how much different it is. :P
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: PeejsterM on October 25, 2009, 06:12:51 PM: I prefer to play in fullscreen at all times. Even if some idiot decides to IM me. They can wait, for no man should wait to play Touhou.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: DgBarca on October 25, 2009, 06:55:56 PM: Windowed 1280x960
Using sizer for earlier games.
Is there something like sizer for Vista ? because I want to introduce a friend at touhou.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: lumber_of_the_beast on October 29, 2009, 03:01:34 AM: Fullscreen. My eyesight uncorrected is like 20/400 ._.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: AM on October 29, 2009, 08:39:08 AM: Quote from: Blue Wolf on October 17, 2009, 09:34:02 PM
Fullscreen looks stretched and ugly on a 16:9 monitor. Windowed, no exceptions.
You should change to fixed aspect ratio scaling.

Fullscreen 640x480 for me.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: ghost333 on October 30, 2009, 01:43:12 PM: i go with the fullscreen better seeing....
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Matsuri on October 30, 2009, 01:46:32 PM: I'm still not seeing how playing fullscreen stretches or distorts the game in any way.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Aisha on October 30, 2009, 04:51:17 PM: If you have a widescreen monitor and no scaling enabled (no pillarboxing), the game will stretch to fill the entire screen and as a result be wider than it should. I think Touhou is meant for a 4:3 screen? I think it would look okay on a 12:9 display (if there was such a thing), but since the next step up is 16:9, it's got that extra horizontal room to deal with. (I'm not too knowledgeable with this shit so I might be laughably incorrect. :V)
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: DarkslimeZ on October 31, 2009, 03:44:27 AM: Usually I play on fullscreen(1440x900 monitor, so stretching but still great), but if I'm playing PoFV with friends, I'll have it windowed on 960x720. Hurray for Sizer.

Also: what on earth is that thing in jisakujien's post
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Aisha on October 31, 2009, 04:37:51 AM: Quote from: Darkslime on October 31, 2009, 03:44:27 AM
Usually I play on fullscreen(1440x900 monitor, so stretching but still great), but if I'm playing PoFV with friends, I'll have it windowed on 960x720. Hurray for Sizer.

Also: what on earth is that thing in jisakujien's post

What Touhou would look like if it had a TATE option. Although I can't tell if it's just a mock image or a hack; probably the former.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: lmagus on October 31, 2009, 02:33:18 PM: Quote from: jisakujien on October 17, 2009, 08:50:09 PM
(http://imgur.com/eI5Qjl.jpg) (http://imgur.com/eI5Qj.jpg)

WHAT IS THIS I WANT
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Suwako Moriiya on November 01, 2009, 05:02:50 PM: Fullscreen because i love it.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: _Zac_ on November 01, 2009, 05:20:45 PM: Quote from: Formless God on October 17, 2009, 03:29:28 PM
Windowed, on a 1440x900 widescreen monitor.
You've got to try it >_>
This, except fullscreen, I've only played the games in this so when I try playing in the original aspect ratio it looks weird.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: jisakujien on November 03, 2009, 02:49:48 AM: Quote from: lmagus on October 31, 2009, 02:33:18 PM
WHAT IS THIS I WANT

http://bygzam.seesaa.net/article/123123010.html
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Aisha on November 03, 2009, 03:23:29 AM: Quote from: jisakujien on November 03, 2009, 02:49:48 AM
http://bygzam.seesaa.net/article/123123010.html

Wow, I wasn't expecting that to be real. That's pretty neat.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: Lybydose on November 03, 2009, 06:09:05 AM: Quote from: jisakujien on November 03, 2009, 02:49:48 AM
http://bygzam.seesaa.net/article/123123010.html

I just captured Legendary Flying Saucer instead of dying 4 times. What.

HOLY SHIT I JUST CAPTURED IT TWICE IN A ROW WTFFFFFFFFFF

EDIT: lol I stretched it out again - died 5 times and deathbombed once
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: ebarrett on November 03, 2009, 07:02:57 AM: Quote from: jisakujien on November 03, 2009, 02:49:48 AM
http://bygzam.seesaa.net/article/123123010.html

I have no idea how to make it work.
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: lmagus on November 03, 2009, 04:45:28 PM: Quote from: jisakujien on November 03, 2009, 02:49:48 AM
http://bygzam.seesaa.net/article/123123010.html

Thanks a lot! :)
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: kaikou on November 04, 2009, 02:28:51 AM: Quote from: jisakujien on November 03, 2009, 02:49:48 AM
http://bygzam.seesaa.net/article/123123010.html

Anyone have instructions on how to use this?
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: lmagus on November 04, 2009, 11:40:40 AM: Check here! http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=3560.0
Title: Re: Fullscreen or windowed?
Post by: lumber_of_the_beast on November 14, 2009, 05:22:36 PM: And, after being forced to switch to a computer with a widescreen monitor, I can't play fullscreen any more because of the stretching and the apparent lack of a fixed-aspect ratio scaling option.

Not that it matters, seeing as the bigger monitor is the only way in which this thing is not strictly inferior to my own, and thus I can't play the games at a decent slowdown rate anyway :V