ToggleDesktop

14 years ago

I wrote this a while ago when I was learning AutoHotkey (not a great language, but pretty good for simple desktop tasks), did a few tweaks just now and should be ok for general release.

To explain what it does, take a look at this screenshot: http://etf2l.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/xr_rej_obscure_gc.jpg

That screenshot was taken using -windowed -noborder at 1920×960, or a 2:1 ratio. By using a very high horizontal resolution relative to your vertical resolution, you can attain high FOV values even with fov_desired set to 90 (TF2 automatically compensates fov_desired for ‘widescreen’ resolutions up to and including a ratio of 2:1). This is useful as any class, but it is especially useful as medic.

When I started using this resolution, one of the main caveats was that a lot of my desktop was showing (my desktop resolution is 1920×1200), icons were flashing and it was generally quite distracting and detracted from the game. Since I was learning AutoHotkey for fun at the time, I decided I’d try to whip up something that would blank the desktop/taskbar and make it so that it had a sort of ‘widescreen movie’ feel to it (black around the image), as such ToggleDesktop was created.

To use it, run ToggleDesktop, launch TF2 in windowed mode in a resolution that is smaller than your desktop resolution, and then press CTRL + (numpad) *. You should see the effect immediately (although the screen may go fully black for a second or two if TF2 is pending a redraw). To have the desktop/taskbar reappear, simply press the same key combination again.

In case you wish to modify this for use with any other games, I have made the game window title a variable (%game_title%) for easy modification. Let me know if you find anything you think is a bug.

Download (if you don’t know which, choose ‘binary’):

Source: https://github.com/cdown/toggledesktop/raw/master/ToggleDesktop.ahk
Binary: http://fakkelbrigade.eu/chris/misc/ahk/ToggleDesktop.exe

Last edited by octochris, 14 years ago

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keso

14 years ago

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skeej

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14 years ago

This is the exact same thing as you posted in your “goodbye” topic right? Anyway, thx for it again, even though I kinda got used to seeing my desktop in the background now :P

Also: ffs don’t tell everyone!!! :D :D

edit: NVM SOLVED :P

Last edited by skeej, 14 years ago

octochris

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14 years ago

Quoted from skeej

This is the exact same thing as you posted in your “goodbye” topic right? Anyway, thx for it again, even though I kinda got used to seeing my desktop in the background now :P

Also: ffs don’t tell everyone!!! :D :D

yeah, with some fixes that i noticed. a few people asked me where on earth i put it since i said i would, so i figured i’d make a topic that actually explained what the fuck it did :D

edit: what a great job i did leaving tf2

Last edited by octochris, 14 years ago

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