Hello, using Mac OS X High Sierra with PC-BASIC 1.2.13. When I hit F11+F to go to full screen, the graphics on the screen are corrupt. It reminds me of the old days with CRT monitors when you switch to an unsupported mode. Is there any more info I can give to help out?
Thanks,
Daniel
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Yes, I can reproduce it. Moreover, it seems to have been like this in all versions for the past few years - just nobody reported it before...
To be perfectly honest I have no idea what causes this or how to solve this. I suspect it's something to do with Pygame switching video modes when it goes into fullscreen, but I haven't found any reports of similar issues with Pygame online.
Unless I get some flash inspiration or someone knows more about this, I fear there isn't much I can do at this stage... I guess if you want to use 1.2.13 on Mac and go fullscreen, the best thing is to work around the issue and use the button instead of the shortcut.
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Hello, using Mac OS X High Sierra with PC-BASIC 1.2.13. When I hit F11+F to go to full screen, the graphics on the screen are corrupt. It reminds me of the old days with CRT monitors when you switch to an unsupported mode. Is there any more info I can give to help out?
Thanks,
Daniel
Hi, could you attach a screenshot or photograph to illustrate? Not clear to me what is going on, sorry...
Here is a screen grab
Well, that looks weird... seems there is some issue with Pygame fullscreen on your Mac version. Could you maybe try if PC-BASIC version 2.0.0 works better? See here for a DMG: https://github.com/robhagemans/pcbasic/releases/download/v2.0.0/PC-BASIC-2.0.dmg
Also, does the same problem happen if you maximise with the green dot in the title bar instead of with the keyboard shortcut?
Ok, maximizing with the button functions properly. 2.0 works fine no matter how I go full screen
Yes, I can reproduce it. Moreover, it seems to have been like this in all versions for the past few years - just nobody reported it before...
To be perfectly honest I have no idea what causes this or how to solve this. I suspect it's something to do with Pygame switching video modes when it goes into fullscreen, but I haven't found any reports of similar issues with Pygame online.
Unless I get some flash inspiration or someone knows more about this, I fear there isn't much I can do at this stage... I guess if you want to use 1.2.13 on Mac and go fullscreen, the best thing is to work around the issue and use the button instead of the shortcut.
Is the 2.0 you posted stable enough for regular use or should I stick with 1.2.13?
People are definitely using it regularly, so I would say give it a spin and see if it works for your purposes.