Bug 5446 - Cannot set resolution or windowed mode
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: Avadon: The Black Fortress
Classification: Unclassified
Component: everything
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 normal
Assignee: Ryan C. Gordon
QA Contact: Ryan C. Gordon
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Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2012-03-19 17:22 EDT by Jeff A
Modified: 2013-07-20 08:22:35 EDT
2 users (show)

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Description Jeff A 2012-03-19 17:22:00 EDT 
The game doesn't ask for resolution or windowed mode when being launched on Linux. It simply starts up in the default resolution, full screen. The problem persists even when the option is set in settings to 'ask on startup'.
Comment 1 Seamoss 2012-03-19 20:52:53 EDT 
I had to use strace while running the binary to find this out (would including just a *little* documentation hurt?) but the game creates:

~/.local/share/Avadon/

Under there you will find Avadon.ini which you can modify with

screenwidth=1400
screenheight=1050
fullscreen=0
gamespeed=0

To set the game to windowed mode (to avoid stretching) I set fullscreen=0 and the screen resolution I want (1400x1050 looks pretty good). I own the Windows version of this (twice!) and have been playing it for some time now under Wine. The Windows "configurator" lists the resolutions the game will work under and the smallest one I see 1024x640.

I've also been able to transfer my saved games from Windows/Wine to Linux under:

~/.local/share/Avadon/Spiderweb Software/Avadon Saved Games/

Hope this helps - it's a great little game. Of course, now I have to pause my campaign while I wait for Ryan to fix all the little bugs that will probably crop up on the Linux release...
Comment 2 Ryan C. Gordon 2012-03-23 00:06:21 EDT 
(In reply to comment #1)
> would including just a *little* documentation hurt?

Sorry, we forgot to change the "ask on startup" string to something sane. We'll take care of that for the next release.

--ryan.