Set Command Line Switches

[Ithuriel]

At the moment, my computer's going weird and won't launch if I try and run a game fullscreen. I can run SC: FA from Steam using advanced user options, setting -windowed 1920 1080. I've tried settings defaults in game.prefs; it doesn't help much. Is there any way to launch with command line options so I can actually run the game?

[Ze_PilOt]

Set the windowed mode in the option menu in FA, and it will always run in windowed mode.

[Ithuriel]

The problem is that I can't launch the game whatsoever at the moment without command line. If I force the windowed option through the command line, then it tells me that primary/secondary adapter are "Command Line Override," and locks those settings so I can't change them. I can't see any option labeled "windowed" either. I'm currently attempting something very complicated involving fooling the client into running a different EXE that then runs the actual game with a command line option, but I don't have much hopes for that; even though I've got the same name the client still downloads the game again (I might be able to fool it if I can change the version info though).

To any admins who happen to read this- what information do you use to test if the user currently has the correct version of FA? I'm attempting to create an executable to spoof the client, so that I can run the game with options. I've got the name and file type correct, and the file version correct. I've only set product version to 1.5.0.1 instead of 1. 5. 0. 1 right now, but the client still redownloads the game. What other information do you check?


EDIT- I managed to fix this bug by running the game through Windows XP compatibility mode, at which point it ran with the Steam launch options

[Ze_PilOt]

I will add that eventually, but no ETA.

But you should be able to edit your game.prefs file to run in windowed mode directly :

Search "primary_adapter", and set it to "windowed" :

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                keyboard_pan_accelerate_multiplier = 4,
                primary_adapter = 'windowed',
                music_volume = 0,