Fullscreen mode Windows 10?

[Triple A]

hey guys, i cant figure out how to play this game on fullsceen mode on windows 10. ive read that i can type -window in the command line in the short cut, but its rather it doesnt exist in windows 10 or i cant find it lol help please! lol

[Lone Starr]

Hi there.

Yeah, I am having the same issue with Giants on Win 10.
My monitor is 1366x768 so I set the in-game res to this but it still plays in a window.

Any help would be... Well... Very helpful.

Edit:
Hmm... I just kind of got something to work by going to the Steam folder/Giants and right clicking on the Giants application and selecting windows xp in the compatability mode.
The game starts in full screen but then when the time comes to actually play it goes to a full screen window.
I don't think this is the right way to do this because I have noticed that the game seems to stutter from time to time.

[Lone Starr]

I just got Full screen but now my mouse isn't working correctly.

The way I got full screen was to create a new Shortcut on my desktop.
Then in the properties of the shortcut In the Target field, at the end and outside the quotes, add "-window" (without quotes). Make a space between the last quote and the "-window" or you will just get an error.
Now run the game from the new shortcut.

This gives me full screen but my mouse is now acting weird. Lol.

Hmm... Just also tried adding "-window -framerate 120".
Full screen fine.
Mouse doesn't work properly. Sometime fast sometimes sloooooow.

Think i will just play it in a window and be done with it. Lol.

[Tig]

The game has some issues with framrate on high-end pc's. There is a post on this board somewhere where Buster gives soome code to add to make the mouse function properly.

[Shiftee Jesus]

RetroJay,
i had success with " -fullscreen -framerate 120 "
perfect mouse and fullscreen.

[Tig]

Report back here if you both run into any more issues: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/GiantsWD

[Sir_0v3rk1ll]

I dont understan....the free version I have works 100%, also my retail copy I bought back in 2000 works 100% and also my GOG copy works 100%. Always steam never works 100%. Sacrifice also gave me problems on steam version. But, GOG version works 100%. I dont get it

[Wrayday]

I set my compatability to win98 and the game started fine. If you have multiple monitors, you may get a black screen after you set the resolution or alt tab. I alt tabbed back to the game and it did a resize textures and the game displayed again.

[Sir_0v3rk1ll]

Originally posted by Wrayday:

I set my compatability to win98 and the game started fine. If you have multiple monitors, you may get a black screen after you set the resolution or alt tab. I alt tabbed back to the game and it did a resize textures and the game displayed again.

assigning one monitor instead of two did not help with the problem. I still can't get fullscreen and I always get this dam command open while the game is open https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1370883836
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1370921958

[robinson crusoe]

Late reply but :)
https://www.gog.com/forum/giants_citizen_kabuto/fullscreen_in_w10
The .dll file in the last post did the job for me ;)

[Tig]

Originally posted by robinson crusoe:

Late reply but :)
https://www.gog.com/forum/giants_citizen_kabuto/fullscreen_in_w10
The .dll file in the last post did the job for me ;)

Very late reply indeed. This was an issue from 2016-2018, before the Patch was created. V1.497 and later V1.5 fixed the fullscreen issue on Windows 10 without the need of external DLL's.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2306383190

[Triple A]

Originally posted by robinson crusoe:

Late reply but :)
https://www.gog.com/forum/giants_citizen_kabuto/fullscreen_in_w10
The .dll file in the last post did the job for me ;)

Thanks again for your post! I'm glad to know that there is patch to fix my issue, and at least a community solution if there are still troubles. Never expecting any more communication on this old post. I appreciate your time!

[Sir_0v3rk1ll]

I still have same problems with windows 11 too. I just use the crack version with blood and patch. Tired of the problem with the steam version. Too bad.

[Tig]

Originally posted by 0V3RK1LL:

I still have same problems with windows 11 too. I just use the crack version with blood and patch. Tired of the problem with the steam version. Too bad.

Yeah, The Steam version will always be a piece of work when trying to patch it above V1.4.
There's nothing else we can do about it, we've contacted Steam many times to please fix the issue with their upload, but they refuse. the GoG, CD and other versions you can find online are way easier to get working, and patched up.

But following the instructions in the supportguide, you can get the Steam version working perfectly fine. Just don't launch it via Steam itsef, but use a new desktop shortcut of Giants.exe after patching. Since any patch above V1.4 is technically a 3rd party mod. Steam will not allow the overlay etc. Nothing we can do about that here.

Also. Good to read someone already on Windows 11 is able to get the game to run. We were afraid the game would have even more problems on Win11 than it has on Win10.

[Leost]

It's it up to the company putting the game up to decide on the version? Why blame steam? Steam is just a store front.

[Tig]

Originally posted by Leost:

It's it up to the company putting the game up to decide on the version? Why blame steam? Steam is just a store front.

The company that owns Giants (Planet Moon) has long gone bankrupt. Interplay then later sold off the title to a shareholder. The original developers and rest of the team have long left Giants behind. The sourcecode is lost, and the rights of the title are held tight in some portfolio.

V1.4 is the final OFFICIAL DEVELOPER patch created. V1.5 and beyond are FAN PATCHES created by the community over the course of a few years. This is why V1.4 is the version you can buy in stores like GoG and Steam, as the newest patch is basically just a community mod.

Now, since the arrival of Windows 10, Giants has gotten increasingly hard to properly install straight out of the box. The community created patches to keep the game going on modern machines. Steam also added some DRM to the upload of the game, so you need to follow some extra steps to even install the latest patch properly.

As community, we've contacted Steam many times over to at least acknowledge our work. Because fact of the matter is, charging money for V1.4 is like charging money for a broken game. So far, they have not replied to us at all yet. Neither has GoG.

Edit: Here is a 3 hour gameplay video from during the 20th anniversary of the game. We invited some of the original developers, including Nick Bruty, where we talk about the games history. We also talk about the lost sourcecode and the issues with stores selling the game: https://youtu.be/Zn9mxvzvC2A