Full Screen View . . . why can't I enjoy it too?

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ShyFox
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Full Screen View . . . why can't I enjoy it too?

Post #1by ShyFox » 18.08.2003, 11:04

Hy,
Discovered Celestia 3 days ago. God ... I thought that I caught GOD by hand. I've been captured by Universe since 5 years when I first saw a nebula looking like a horse head. The picture just fascinated me.
I bought, as the time passed, some astronomy atlases ... but a Universe Simulator ... is more than I could ever want.
But still there seem to be a problem ...
I run Celestia on Windows XP platform. The videocard is on board (the agp one just burned out :twisted: - I must buy another one :D ), the name is SIS 630/730 and I can't see fullscreen. 64 MB I give to it.
Is there an incompatibility?
Regards
As I climb the mountain of knowledge I discover that I know less than I knew before I started my journey.

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selden
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Post #2by selden » 18.08.2003, 14:00

ShyFox,

Exactly what do you mean by "I can't see fullscreen"?

The option isn't available? (it's in the Render/Set Display Mode menu)
The resolution options are too low? (upgrade the display INF file)
The system crashes? (upgrade the graphics drivers)

Something I'm not thinking of?
Selden

Darkmiss
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Post #3by Darkmiss » 18.08.2003, 20:26

What happends when you Select full screen from the Render menu ?

It is most likley most of your problems will diapear when you do get back to using an AGP video card again
Anythig from Nvidia, above a Gforce2 card will give you great results.

Also, Welcome to Celestia ShyFox
CPU- Intel Pentium Core 2 Quad ,2.40GHz
RAM- 2Gb 1066MHz DDR2
Motherboard- Gigabyte P35 DQ6
Video Card- Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS + 640Mb
Hard Drives- 2 SATA Raptor 10000rpm 150GB
OS- Windows Vista Home Premium 32


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