[SOLVED] How to reliably start the game in windowed mode?

[MickeyKnox]

I found these instructions:

https://github.com/0ad/0ad/blob/master/binaries/data/config/default.cfg

I created a file ~/.config/0ad/config/local.cfg with this content:

windowed = true

That was ingnored; the game was still in fullscreen. I then found, that in my environment there is no XDG_CONFIG_HOME variable, so I set it to ~/.config.

This is the console output, when I run the game now:

CreateDirectories: failed to mkdir ~/.config/0ad/logs (mode 448)
file_system.cpp(158): Function call failed: return value was -110300 (Insufficient access rights to open file)
debug.cpp(189): Unable to open crashlog.txt for writing (please ensure the log directory is writable)
Unable to open crashlog.txt for writing (please ensure the log directory is writable)
Location: debug.cpp:189 (debug_WriteCrashlog)

Call stack:

(0x9da59e) /snap/0ad/18/binaries/system/pyrogenesis() [0x9da59e]
(0x976fc9) /snap/0ad/18/binaries/system/pyrogenesis() [0x976fc9]
(0x977395) /snap/0ad/18/binaries/system/pyrogenesis() [0x977395]
(0x978a31) /snap/0ad/18/binaries/system/pyrogenesis() [0x978a31]
(0x9773a2) /snap/0ad/18/binaries/system/pyrogenesis() [0x9773a2]
(0x977718) /snap/0ad/18/binaries/system/pyrogenesis() [0x977718]
(0x97d70f) /snap/0ad/18/binaries/system/pyrogenesis() [0x97d70f]
(0x97dc40) /snap/0ad/18/binaries/system/pyrogenesis() [0x97dc40]
(0x68c858) /snap/0ad/18/binaries/system/pyrogenesis() [0x68c858]
(0x432677) /snap/0ad/18/binaries/system/pyrogenesis() [0x432677]
(0x422447) /snap/0ad/18/binaries/system/pyrogenesis() [0x422447]
(0x7f6e82d6c830) /snap/0ad/18/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0) [0x7f6e82d6c830]
(0x4303b9) /snap/0ad/18/binaries/system/pyrogenesis() [0x4303b9]

errno = 0 (?)
OS error = ?


(C)ontinue, (B)reak, Launch (D)ebugger, or (E)xit?

 

Edited June 12, 2018 by MickeyKnox

[elexis]

There is a setting in the ingame options menu as well, so you shouldn't have to modify the config by hand. That should™ complain if it can't read or write to the config file.

(There is also user.cfg which might contain the setting too.)

6 minutes ago, MickeyKnox said:

CreateDirectories: failed to mkdir ~/.config/0ad/logs (mode 448) file_system.cpp(158): Function call failed: return value was -110300 (Insufficient access rights to open file)

Well that says it all, no? Check with which user you run pyrogenesis and which users can read and write to the directory it complains about.

[MickeyKnox]

Thanks for the prompt answer. I found the windowed mode option in the game options, don't know how I missed that before. I guess I was only looking in the Graphics Settings column :/

I created the config directories with my user and as such, my user has permissions for these directories. And of course, I run 0ad with my user. I don't know, with which user pyrogenesis runs.

However, the windowed mode option works perfectly well for me.

Edited June 12, 2018 by MickeyKnox