Windowed Mode?

[viatricks ttv]

Is there a way to get a windowed mode of this game? I love palying it but sometimes id like to play it AND watch something on the side.

[Dr. med. den Rasen]

*push*

[Jon Snow]

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[Thony]

Hey Tiny,

Unfortunately, it is not possible to change the window mode.

[JuGGerNaunT]

There is such tool as DxWnd it allows you you to launch SHC in window.

[GRhin]

I struggled to get it to work with DXWnd. However, I finally figured it out.
1. download http://bitpatch.com/ddwrapper.html and put ddraw.dll and aqrit.cfg into your stronghold crusader install folder.
2. Download DXWnd
3. In DXWnd open Edit>Add
4. set "name" to whatever you want (e.g. "SHC")
5. click the "..." button next to "path" and navigate to your Stronghold Crusader install folder, select "Stronghold Crusader.exe"
6. set your width and height.
7. on the "video" tab change window style to "thick frame"
8. Click "OK"
9. Launch game as normal (while DXWnd is still open in the background)

I did play with the settings some, and in some cases found that the window would scroll when the mouse was outside a 800x600 box. if this happens, just change settings back to default and try again.
To get it to appear fullscreen, but allow me to use my mouse on a second screen without minimising SHC I just set the location on the Main tab to "Desktop work area"

[Witek]

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[Suppenkoch]

Originally posted by GRhin:

I struggled to get it to work with DXWnd. However, I finally figured it out.
1. download http://bitpatch.com/ddwrapper.html and put ddraw.dll and aqrit.cfg into your stronghold crusader install folder.
2. Download DXWnd
3. In DXWnd open Edit>Add
4. set "name" to whatever you want (e.g. "SHC")
5. click the "..." button next to "path" and navigate to your Stronghold Crusader install folder, select "Stronghold Crusader.exe"
6. set your width and height.
7. on the "video" tab change window style to "thick frame"
8. Click "OK"
9. Launch game as normal (while DXWnd is still open in the background)

I did play with the settings some, and in some cases found that the window would scroll when the mouse was outside a 800x600 box. if this happens, just change settings back to default and try again.
To get it to appear fullscreen, but allow me to use my mouse on a second screen without minimising SHC I just set the location on the Main tab to "Desktop work area"

Wow !
Cool !
Works, playing the game fine in ultrawide (21:9).
Thank you.

[Tritoncode]

Originally posted by GRhin:

I struggled to get it to work with DXWnd. However, I finally figured it out....

Thank you, this helped me to set it up to work with steam.

[Troff]

Sorry to necro this thread, but this is for anyone still looking for a solution.

JRhin's solution still works as of 2023 November - running on Windows 10 - 64bit and also seems to work (have a slight mouse flickering issue) on Windows 11- 64bit.

Thanks to JRHin for this.

I would also add these tips:

6. When setting width and height, note the original game is in 4:3 aspect ratio. If you want to play others, choose "Adaptive" instead of "Keep Aspect Ratio" so the game isn't stretched. NOTE: There are further screen size option in the VIDEO tab (but I didn't touch these)

7b. In "MOUSE" options, play with the options to "Keep mouse in Window" so that you can scroll using the cursor at edges of screen, but turn it off if there are jerking issues. To get out of the app simply ALT-TAB (as sometimes you can't move your mouse out to other windows without affecting the game)

Originally posted by GRhin:

I struggled to get it to work with DXWnd. However, I finally figured it out.
1. download http://bitpatch.com/ddwrapper.html and put ddraw.dll and aqrit.cfg into your stronghold crusader install folder.
2. Download DXWnd
3. In DXWnd open Edit>Add
4. set "name" to whatever you want (e.g. "SHC")
5. click the "..." button next to "path" and navigate to your Stronghold Crusader install folder, select "Stronghold Crusader.exe"
6. set your width and height.
7. on the "video" tab change window style to "thick frame"
8. Click "OK"
9. Launch game as normal (while DXWnd is still open in the background)

I did play with the settings some, and in some cases found that the window would scroll when the mouse was outside a 800x600 box. if this happens, just change settings back to default and try again.
To get it to appear fullscreen, but allow me to use my mouse on a second screen without minimising SHC I just set the location on the Main tab to "Desktop work area"