Re: [Tuxracer-devel] Fullscreen mode on a Voodoo-1/2

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

Jasmin Patry wrote:

> Hmm.  First, try setting fullscreen back to 0.  The fullscreen option is
> perhaps a bit misleading; all it does is activate game mode in GLUT, and
> as far as I can tell all that does under Linux is make the window the
> same size as the screen...

Yep - I was just looking at the code - I think you're right.
 

> Well, I remember getting it to work on a Voodoo-2 without any special
> hacks -- I think I just set the resolution and the environment variables
> and it worked fine.  That was a while ago, though, and Tux Racer has
> changed a fair bit since then.

Two things you DEFINITELY need are:

1) Make sure that the window comes up nailed to the screen - so you
   don't have to give it an initial position with the mouse.

2) Every frame or so do a:  glutWarpPointer(width/2,height/2); - this
   prevents the mouse pointer from being accidentally moved outside the
   underlying X window - resulting in a loss of keyboard focus - and a
   serious problem to recover from!
 
> BTW: Enjoy your vacation!

Thanks!

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