Fullscreen

[Rabagast]

Hi!
I want to switch between fullscreen mode and window mode when i press the enter-key. What is the best way to do that?

[dragonguy]

Upon pressing enter
-Toggle a Flag

Flag is off
-Windowed Mode

Flag is on
-Full Screen Mode

[pinacoladaxb]

I thought I'd add that the full screen action is under Storyboard Controls>>Screen.

[Rabagast]

But where do I put that flag? I only can set a flag ON or OFF on an active object, I think.

[Raylax]

Make an active object outside the play area, purely for handing any flags like that, and level variables (if you need any alterable values that aren't fixed to an object). Put the Fullscreen/Windowed flag on that

[Rabagast]

Hmmm, I think I'm a little bit stuck. I must do something wrong. It can't be so difficult. Can someone just give me a little example? Please!

[pinacoladaxb]

OK. I'm not going to bother to make an example because it's really quite simple. Just make an active object outside of the frame and call it "Local Values." or whatever you want. Then enter these events into the events editor:

+Button "Enter" clicked
-Local Values: Toggle Flag 0

+Local Values: Flag 0 is on
-Enter Full Screen mode

+Local Values: Flag 0 is off
-Enter Windowed mode

[Jaffob]

Flag is off
-Windowed Mode

Flag is on
-Full Screen Mode

Just to be safe, you might want to change this to:

Flag is off
Only one action when event loops
-Windowed Mode

Flag is on
Only one action when event loops
-Full Screen Mode

[Nifflas]

I'm not sure that's a good idea. If MMF2 switches display mode whenever you set the mode, it's of course faster to only run the action once, but if MMF2 is optimized to check if the desired display mode is already selected, it's faster to not add any extra conditions as events are slower than runtime stuff coded in c++.

In this case the difference is impossible to notice, but it's a good habit to not add any extra code when you don't have to.

[Rabagast]

Thank you all for the help. It works. Just a question.
I know what flag ON and flag OFF do, but what is toggle flag?