>From http://www.pygame.org/docs/tut/DisplayModes.html
pygame.display.list_modes(depth, flags)
Returns a list of supported display modes with the requested depth and flags. An empty list is returned when there are no modes. The flags argument defaults to FULLSCREEN. If you specify your own flags without FULLSCREEN, you will likely get a return value of -1. This means that any display size is fine, since the display will be windowed. Note that the listed modes are sorted largest to smallest.
But, I think this'll solve your problem, using the following command you can always set fullscreen. You should be able to just use -
>>>import pygame
>>>pygame.display.list_modes(16) #Does it handle 16 bit?
Oh, and OpenGL is hardware rendering, supposedly faster on some systems, but far slower to work with.
Blitting with it is a bitch, quite frankly.
pygame.display.toggle_fullscreen() -> bool
Yes, livewires is a pygame wrapper to make pygame easier for the novice to use, such as me. I just want to have my game operate on PC's using XP. I don't want to ask the user to input his resolution, even though I know how to program this method.
I appreciate your comment but being a novice at programming I don't know what an openGL means although I can guess. I can't find anyplace that lets me look at the list of operating commands available for use and the syntax required to use them in pygame.
Gene Astley
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From: Liam Clarke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 4:20 AM
To: EUGENE ASTLEY; tutor@python.org
Subject: Re: [Tutor] computer screen resolution
Is Livewires a game development package? I'm pretty sure pygame can do what you want, it can handle OpenGL if you're into pain.
www.pygame.org
Plus, it plays MP3's and MPGs easily. :)
Regards,
Liam ClarkeOn 5/10/05, EUGENE ASTLEY < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would like to have a full screen for the game I have programmed regardless of the computer users screen resolution. Is their a way from Python or livewires that I can get the info from the computer and then enter it into the global SCREEN_WIDTH and SCREEN_HEIGHT?
Gene
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