Hi, it is possible to run the game Fish Fillets 1 in fullscreen or in a fake fullscreen? I tried to set everything, but I was not lucky.
I also have a black screen in the window mode after playing the video (only with dxwnd, W7).
I see only one error in log
RedrawWindow error in the log: hwnd = 260b00 hrgn = 0 flags = 5 (RDW_ERASE + INVALIDATE)
RedrawWindow ERROR: err = 0
The game is from 2002 and was released for download here: http://www.fish-fillets.com/pages/fishfillets1.html
Thanks
Last edit: huh 2017-04-23
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DxWnd to run a windowed program fullscreen? It is the exact contrary of what it was meant to be, but we can try.
I got the free game and it shows the very same problem you described (bleck screen after movie) though the log size makes me think that we have a loop condition there. I fear it won't be easy.
To give us a doubled chance to tame the problem, did you know there is also an open source, multi-platform version of the game? It is here on SF: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fillets/?source=typ_redirect
I think the coding of this version is rather different from the original one, it is based on SDL, and it could give us a chance to investigate from inside, if not changing the game and add a fullscreen mode, who knows?
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Better not to. It seems that the net is filled with fake sourceforge projects: I stumbled on this seemingly-sourceforge page, but I couldn't find it from the SF project search, so better be prudent!
I also found in SF-like pages a lot of other stuff that should have nothing to do with SF, including viral exes and projects with no sources.
Last edit: gho 2017-04-24
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What is probably less genuine is the bunch of fake projects that claim to be "Fish fillets 2" unlockers, keygens or such. In effect, the game is so nice that it deserved a sequel, and Fish fillets 2 is sold on Steam for $4.99 being worth every single penny of its cost. I'm seriously thinking about breaking my piggy bank for it.!
About the free first episode, it is true that it goes fullscreen with f11, but it is rendered through SDL, that is a rendering library unsupported by DxWnd. But that is also the renderer for DosBox, so I think it may be worth some effort ....
Last edit: gho 2017-04-24
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Hi, it is possible to run the game Fish Fillets 1 in fullscreen or in a fake fullscreen? I tried to set everything, but I was not lucky.
I also have a black screen in the window mode after playing the video (only with dxwnd, W7).
I see only one error in log
RedrawWindow error in the log: hwnd = 260b00 hrgn = 0 flags = 5 (RDW_ERASE + INVALIDATE)
RedrawWindow ERROR: err = 0
The game is from 2002 and was released for download here: http://www.fish-fillets.com/pages/fishfillets1.html
Thanks
Last edit: huh 2017-04-23
DxWnd to run a windowed program fullscreen? It is the exact contrary of what it was meant to be, but we can try.
I got the free game and it shows the very same problem you described (bleck screen after movie) though the log size makes me think that we have a loop condition there. I fear it won't be easy.
To give us a doubled chance to tame the problem, did you know there is also an open source, multi-platform version of the game? It is here on SF:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fillets/?source=typ_redirect
I think the coding of this version is rather different from the original one, it is based on SDL, and it could give us a chance to investigate from inside, if not changing the game and add a fullscreen mode, who knows?
Yes I know it, but I have not tried it yet.
I can try it in the evening.
Better not to. It seems that the net is filled with fake sourceforge projects: I stumbled on this seemingly-sourceforge page, but I couldn't find it from the SF project search, so better be prudent!
I also found in SF-like pages a lot of other stuff that should have nothing to do with SF, including viral exes and projects with no sources.
Last edit: gho 2017-04-24
Do not worry, the project is probably genuine. The project can not be searched for if the OS filter (Windows) is turned on.
The manufacturer's website http://www.fish-fillets.com/pages/fishfillets1.html refers to http://fillets.sourceforge.net/ and then to https://sourceforge.net/projects/fillets/
The game looks just like the original version, and has a fullscreen through F11.
Adjustment for the original version will probably not be necessary.
What is probably less genuine is the bunch of fake projects that claim to be "Fish fillets 2" unlockers, keygens or such. In effect, the game is so nice that it deserved a sequel, and Fish fillets 2 is sold on Steam for $4.99 being worth every single penny of its cost. I'm seriously thinking about breaking my piggy bank for it.!

About the free first episode, it is true that it goes fullscreen with f11, but it is rendered through SDL, that is a rendering library unsupported by DxWnd. But that is also the renderer for DosBox, so I think it may be worth some effort ....
Last edit: gho 2017-04-24