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Hi Guys,

Just purchased the collection with the pool of radiance series.

It starts on my win8.1 PC in full screen which is just super, however, once I ALT+TAB out of the game to check on other things, I can only get it back in a very small windows, with no option to take it back to full screen.

Is this working as intended or am I just to stupid to see how to get it back to full scfreen?

Is there perhaps an option to start it in windows mode?

Thanks for a great game, I played this for a gazillion hours on my Amiga 500 back in the days
Try pressing Alt+Enter when the window has focus.
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dtgreene: Try pressing Alt+Enter when the window has focus.
Precisely the thing that does the trick.

You're a god amongst men dtgreene.

Thankyou for the answer.
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allanhaastrup: Hi Guys,

Just purchased the collection with the pool of radiance series.

It starts on my win8.1 PC in full screen which is just super, however, once I ALT+TAB out of the game to check on other things, I can only get it back in a very small windows, with no option to take it back to full screen.

Is this working as intended or am I just to stupid to see how to get it back to full scfreen?

Is there perhaps an option to start it in windows mode?

Thanks for a great game, I played this for a gazillion hours on my Amiga 500 back in the days
Hi, I am also having the same issue. I think It has something to do with Dosbox, however I can't seem to figure out how to solve this. Alt+Tab seems to make it windowed but in a different aspect ratio, small like you said. It might be a bug with the dos games, because of compatibility issues, is my guess anyway. Anyway, A fix to this would be nice. Never mind just saw the fix thanks, you are a genius dtgreene.
Post edited December 04, 2016 by realitydamaged
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dtgreene: Try pressing Alt+Enter when the window has focus.
dt no matter what i do - alt-tab/alt-enter - i get a smaller screen with no way of full screen unless exit/reload. please advise
changing these lines in the conf files made mine display perfecly in full screen and windowed modes:

fullresolution=1680x1050
windowresolution=1280x1024
output=ddraw

aspect=true
# scaler=normal2x
scaler=2xsai
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princex: changing these lines in the conf files made mine display perfecly in full screen and windowed modes:

fullresolution=1680x1050
windowresolution=1280x1024
output=ddraw

aspect=true
# scaler=normal2x
scaler=2xsai
Where are the config files? I don't see anything about fullresolutions or anything on any of the files in notepad +
Post edited April 07, 2018 by goodbill
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princex: changing these lines in the conf files made mine display perfecly in full screen and windowed modes:

fullresolution=1680x1050
windowresolution=1280x1024
output=ddraw

aspect=true
# scaler=normal2x
scaler=2xsai
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goodbill: Where are the config files? I don't see anything about fullresolutions or anything on any of the files in notepad +
Those are dosbox settings. If you wanted to, you could simply use the GOG doxbox config utility. This can be run from GOG Galaxy by clicking on the appropriate option ("settings", I think). If you want to run the utility manually, it's in the game's install directory as "DOSBox Configuration" (a shortcut to "gogdosboxconfig.exe"). In "advanced", enter whatever screen resolution you want. If you feel comfortable editing config files yourself, edit the dosbox config in the game's directory. For Pool of Radiance, It should be named "dosbox_por.conf". You probably want to set the resolution to a multiple of 320x200 to preserve the aspect ratio, such as 1280x800. You can also optionally use a scaler to smooth out the blocky graphics. Some people think this makes the game look weird, and other people like the effect.