Windower: State of the Project Update! New Plugins!

**Radec** · 2013-01-17 19:54

Originally Posted by Dominico

So I got a new laptop and installed windower to play ffxi on it (Windows 7). I've run windower for years on my old desktop (XP). Whenever I needed to open a browser on the desktop, I would ctrl+alt+dlt so that my running processes window would pop up, also allowing me to use the start menu. I'd click on Firefox and be up and running, simply alt-tabbing back and forth. On the laptop whenever I do this, FFXI crashes. I checked the Windower forums and was told to use Ctrl+Shft+Esc instead. Problem is when I do that, nothing happens whatsoever. If I open Firefox before I start FFXI and leave it open I can alt-tab back and forth with no problem. The issue is basically getting to the desktop after FFXI is open with no other programs running. Any ideas?

Alternatively, //minimize will hide windower, allowing you to see desktop/whatever

**Dominico** · 2013-01-17 20:16

Originally Posted by Radec

Alternatively, //minimize will hide windower, allowing you to see desktop/whatever

Damn didn't know that existed. Thanks for the suggestions all. //minimize seems to be the easiest solution. On a separate note, everything in the game looks fine (aspect ratio wise) except for the names of PCs/NPCs and the character selection screen. They look all stretched out. How do you go about fixing that?

**Radec** · 2013-01-17 20:28

If you installed a font pack (XIview etc) make sure you picked the widescreen format. If not, try the XIView pack and select the widescreen pack.

**Dominico** · 2013-01-17 20:34

Originally Posted by Radec

If you installed a font pack (XIview etc) make sure you picked the widescreen format. If not, try the XIView pack and select the widescreen pack.

No, never installed anything other than the game + windower

EDIT: Tried running vanilla FFXI and having the same problem, so its not a Windower thing. Hm...

**Yugl** · 2013-01-17 20:41

Texture: Uncompressed
Font:Compressed
Maps:Uncompressed

**Dominico** · 2013-01-17 20:55

Originally Posted by Yugl

Texture: Uncompressed
Font:Compressed
Maps:Uncompressed

Thats how I have it set, still nada. When I first installed the game, everything looked stretched. Aspect ratio fixed the game, but it went full retard and thought I wanted to keep the PC names stretched too apparently

EDIT: And now for some reason the sound effects are gone. Music is still there, but no effects.... fucking hell

EDIT2: Got sound effects back, but text still stretched. FAAAAAAAAAAAAK

**Yugl** · 2013-01-17 21:08

May just be that way then. I had that issue and never found a fix. The difference is that before, I used a square look though.

**Dominico** · 2013-01-17 21:36

Originally Posted by Yugl

May just be that way then. I had that issue and never found a fix. The difference is that before, I used a square look though.

After talking to ls mates and looking around online, I found out it basically is. From what I gather when SE added widescreen support to the game, they never added it to PC/NPC names or the character selection screen. Basically, theres nothing I can do since this is how SE made the game. Never played on a widescreen before so I had no clue. Oh well, live and learn.

**Fake** · 2013-01-18 00:36

Or you can use the Run plugin found on windower forums

**Buffy** · 2013-01-19 07:38

How do you add custom additions to the spamfilter for chatmon?

**Mafai** · 2013-01-21 13:29

Originally Posted by Buffy

How do you add custom additions to the spamfilter for chatmon?

Make a file called: spamfilter_custom.txt in your plugins folder.

spamfilter.txt will keep updating itself to the windower.net version automatically if you adjust it.

**Sithel** · 2013-01-21 17:06

Originally Posted by Dominico

So I got a new laptop and installed windower to play ffxi on it (Windows 7). I've run windower for years on my old desktop (XP). Whenever I needed to open a browser on the desktop, I would ctrl+alt+dlt so that my running processes window would pop up, also allowing me to use the start menu. I'd click on Firefox and be up and running, simply alt-tabbing back and forth. On the laptop whenever I do this, FFXI crashes. I checked the Windower forums and was told to use Ctrl+Shft+Esc instead. Problem is when I do that, nothing happens whatsoever. If I open Firefox before I start FFXI and leave it open I can alt-tab back and forth with no problem. The issue is basically getting to the desktop after FFXI is open with no other programs running. Any ideas?

Here's another alternative.
I made this awhile back, it works for pulling the start bar up for anything. It's an AHK script you can run it or compile it as a exe and add a shortcut to you startup folder. Works for Windows 7 and possible other versions.. It toggles by pressing the Home key or change that to any other key you want to toggle. I've include the script or it you don't want to download ahk, I've uploaded the exe and included the source script there as well.
Toggle Taskbar

Code:

#SingleInstance force

WinHide,ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
WinHide,Start ahk_class Button
Return


Home::
DetectHiddenWindows,on
ScriptOn := ScriptOn<1 ? 1:0
If ScriptOn = 1
	{
WinShow,ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
WinShow,Start ahk_class Button
	}
Else
	{
WinHide,ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
WinHide,Start ahk_class Button
Return
	}
Return

**Buffy** · 2013-01-21 18:20

Originally Posted by Mafai

Make a file called: spamfilter_custom.txt in your plugins folder.

spamfilter.txt will keep updating itself to the windower.net version automatically if you adjust it.

Did that...how do I tell chatmon to read from that filter? Things I add still get through.

**Mafai** · 2013-01-21 19:11

Originally Posted by Buffy

Did that...how do I tell chatmon to read from that filter? Things I add still get through.

Anything in that file is loaded into the filter list when you load the plugin. If its not working, its possible your filters are not correct.

**Buffy** · 2013-01-21 20:23

Originally Posted by Mafai

Anything in that file is loaded into the filter list when you load the plugin. If its not working, its possible your filters are not correct.

So I put *pickle* in my spamfilter_custom.txt file, then sent a tell to mule after unloading and loading chatmon >> man i'd really like a pickle right now

Still came through...what am I missing?

**Mafai** · 2013-01-21 20:45

Originally Posted by Buffy

So I put *pickle* in my spamfilter_custom.txt file, then sent a tell to mule after unloading and loading chatmon >> man i'd really like a pickle right now

Still came through...what am I missing?

Not sure, make sure that you have a enter keypress at the end of the line.

**Buffy** · 2013-01-21 20:53

I've just realized it isn't stopping anything...whatever is on the regular list from windower.net gets through too

/confused

**Mafai** · 2013-01-21 21:10

maybe your not updated? does it say 1.820 when you load it?

**Buffy** · 2013-01-21 22:19

Yah, it does.

Very strange....

**Byrthnoth** · 2013-01-22 13:35

Is it possible to unregister a range of events with Autoexec like this?

Code:

//ae unregister 5601-5620

Or do you have to unregister them one at a time?

Code:

//ae unregister 5601,5602,5603,...

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