46 replies to this topic

[Sindarin]

Not supported anymore, please use a more cross-platform extension instead.

Edited by Sindarin, 24 February 2012 - 09:39 AM.

[TheMagicNumber]

I had made this dll in Delphi but I remade it in C++, so the result is a faster, lighter, more stable DLL.

Why did you need to, the only thing that would have changed would be the size. (Not too much as this contains no UI)

Personally I hate it when the resolution change changes my window sizes, I like them the way they are What's up with the "Sin" in the name?

[epicCreations]

Cuz his name! I might find a use for this at one point, but right now there doesn't seem to be any uses I can think of... BTW, can it tell whether or not the certain combination is allowed by the graphics card? Crap, didn't read all the features.

Edited by GT G33K T3RR1T0RY, 20 January 2009 - 04:16 AM.

[Sindarin]

Why did you need to, the only thing that would have changed would be the size. (Not too much as this contains no UI)

Actually my last display dll was a delphi wrapper for a c++ dll mostly because I did not know how to use doubles with C++ and Game Maker to make one. I also can't really blame Game Maker, I'll blame Delphi as I tried to make a dll that changed display settings but the result was exactly the same as Game Maker's function. Icons and windows messed up, so maybe that's a bug of Delphi after all.

What's up with the "Sin" in the name?

Well it's a way to differentiate my dll, maybe to give it a "branding". Originates from my username, that's right. I'll be putting the Sin prefix in every new dll I might release.

Edited by Sindarin, 20 January 2009 - 09:23 AM.

[TheMagicNumber]

Delphi and C++ both compile to the same thing, but you may have used a different function of some sort that was defined by Delphi.

Just like 39dll is named after 39ster.

[Sindarin]

I know, it's really odd, I used the exact same method, could be the compiler, I don't know.

Just like 39dll is named after 39ster.

Kinda yeah.

[TheMagicNumber]

I used the exact same method, could be the compiler

The Delphi units seem to have their own function if they can, if nit they do it the real way (that's done in C++). So they use less WinAPI.

Edited by GMREC1111, 21 January 2009 - 10:05 AM.

[Sindarin]

Not supported anymore, please use an extension instead.

Edited by Sindarin, 24 February 2012 - 09:37 AM.

[Jax]

Cool dll! I didn't know it cleared the surfaces... I like to store sprites in surfaces for easy loading and unloading, this could be useful to me!
Oh my gosh! I made a simple thing that draws onto a surface in the create, then draws it in the draw. When I locked the screen and come back, it said that it was trying to draw non-existing surface!
-Thanks Sindarin for introducing me to some knowledge, and a good dll!
-Rock on!

~Jax

[MrOpposite]

I dont get it... "Lock Screen"? how could you lock a screen? :S (I am not being rude, I'm trying to get some knowledge to!)

[ditdingiscool]

I dont get it... "Lock Screen"? how could you lock a screen? :S (I am not being rude, I'm trying to get some knowledge to!)

it's a function in windows, try to press [windows-key]+[L]
in some setups this only results in going to the logon screen(without logging you out!) in some setups it means only you can 'unlock' the pc

[MrOpposite]

Ahh, that... Im using the swedish version of windows XP, and that function is called "växla användare" (or translated, "Switch User") thats why i didt get it and then this DLL sounds ALOT more usefull than it did before (Now, i just have to learn to use surfaces first)

[uuf6429]

StarTrek: To switch user, you have to lock the screen first (ie to get to the user selection screen, also known as Logon screen).
By the way, "switch user" is also on english version. You won't see "lock screen" written anywhere.

Regards,
Christian V. Sciberras

[alex_pof]

Your demo works but when i try and add it into my game i get an unexpected error. Also, what kind of problems do you see when using the GM resolution changing because your example looks the same as if i was to use the built in functions.

[Sindarin]

Try initializing the dll at the first room and after a while call the function to change the resolution.
For some people, including me, Game Maker games have been reported to mess up the desktop icons and currently open windows when the resolution is set back to normal at game end.

[TheMyst]

oooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHhhhh! I'll have to take a look at this bad boy.

[prog]

Do you mind if I add this to a gex file (extension) I've been working on? I'll give you credit if you do.

[icuurd12b42]

Can you detect if the application looses focus and restore the resolution to the desktop when it does? And back to the specified resolution when it comes back? Your set function would have to store the values in the dll global variables...


Or provide a function that tells me if the application lost focus that I can test every step or in an alarm?

StepFocusCheck Script

var NOCHANGE; NOCHANGE = 0;
var GOTFOCUS; GOTFOCUS = 1;
var LOSTFOCUS; LOSTFOCUS = 2;

Focus = GetFocus()
if(Focus = LOSTFOCUS)
{
sin_resetDesktopDisplay(); //new dll fn
window_center();
}
else if(Focus = GOTFOCUS)
{
sin_resetGameDisplay(); //new dll fn
window_center();
}

C++

#define NOCHANGE 0
#define GOTFOCUS 1
#define LOSTFOCUS 2

HWND lasthwnd = 0;
gmexport double GetFocus()
{
	HWND hdt = GetDestopWindow();
	if(hdt != lasthwnd)
	{
		HWND hgm = GetActiveWindow();
		if(hdt == hgm) return GOTFOCUS;
		else if(lasthwnd == hgm) return LOSTFOCUS

		lasthwnd = hdt;

	}
	return NOCHANGE;
}

int dh,dw,dcd,dfr;
int gw = 800;
int gh = 600;
int gcd = 32;
int gfr = 60;
gmexport sin_display_init()
{
get desktop settings
set dh,dw,dcd,dfr to desktop settings
original code
}

gmexport sin_display_set()
{
original code
if setting to new values succeded
{
set gh,gw,gcd,gfr to passed argument;
}
}

gmexport sin_resetDesktopDisplay()
{
sin_display_set using desktop values
}

gmexport sin_resetGameDisplay()
{
sin_display_set using game values
}

[Sindarin]

Legal bump to announce version 2.0 of the dll with new added features! Check the 1st post for updates!

[Postality]

Sin, I love this DLL along with some others of yours.

keep em coming.

(Any chance of you doing a 2D Physics DLL? PhysX (Box2D) was going good but it's not being continued...)

[Sindarin]

No plans at the moment. But I am bound to create something even more advanced sooner or later.

Edited by Sindarin, 20 September 2009 - 08:07 PM.

[Sindarin]

Legal bump to announce total rewrite of the dll with new added features! Check the 1st post for updates!

[Yambam]

Wow!
Now thats a handy dll! its great!

[Peeter1000]

+ Does not mess up icons and windows,

Well, it does mess up the windows with my graphics card.

[Sindarin]

Yes, it seems to be doing that for some people although I never encountered it on 5 different computers with different specs I tried the DLL on. Care to your supply your specs?

Edited by Sindarin, 28 September 2009 - 07:25 AM.

[alex21]

No plans at the moment. But I am bound to create something even more advanced sooner or later.

You have to release something advanced now. Because gm 8 is out and I dont use it like many others because it sucks. Well forget about gm8 I am desperate to get something to finnish my noob work. Thank you.

I like red Idians I hope you are a red Indian. Red Indian are my best friends. Especially those are from Greece. Are you from greece?

Edited by alex21, 19 February 2010 - 06:50 PM.

[Sindarin]

You have to release something advanced now. Because gm 8 is out and I dont use it like many others because it sucks.

O_O?


Yes I am from Greece. Red Indian? It seems my avatar confuses people... :/

Zeus forgive my offtopicness...

Edited by Sindarin, 22 February 2010 - 07:52 PM.

[DJ-Habana]

I am using windows 7 and this dll doesn't work anymore I get this error


___________________________________________
ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object display_control:

Error defining an external function.

[57E]

I am using windows 7 and this dll doesn't work anymore I get this error


___________________________________________
ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object display_control:

Error defining an external function.

Same problem here, Windows 7 64bit.

[Madidus]

Yeah, got the same error on 7 64-bit. Worked a week ago, now it does not.

[Sindarin]

I am not using 64 bit so I can't really test it out myself. I made this DLL some time ago when I was still new to C++ and I now can spot some newb mistakes in the source.
For one, screen selection doesn't seem to work properly. Tested using my external HD TV.
I'll try to write a revision on this DLL when I get the time.

Worked a week ago, now it does not.

This is strange though. However I read in a forum the functions I use behave somehow buggy in Windows 7 64-bit. I'll try to figure it out.

[Madidus]

Worked a week ago, now it does not.

This is strange though. However I read in a forum the functions I use behave somehow buggy in Windows 7 64-bit. I'll try to figure it out.

Forgot to mention that I re-installed my system (because I wanted to install on striped disks.) Bu it's still weird, because I had W7 64-bit on my last install too.

[Big J]

This DLL is great! Only one problem: The resolution reset done "automatically" on game exit messes up my windows, but if do the reset myself in the code for example in the Game End event, it doesn't mess up the windows.

I basically just do this on startup:

global.NativeWidth = sin_display_get_width(0);
global.NativeHeight = sin_display_get_height(0);
global.NativeDepth = sin_display_get_colordepth(0);
global.NativeFrequency = sin_display_get_frequency(0);

Then I use those values for resetting the resolution back to default in my code, and ta-da! No messed-up windows.

Good job on the DLL anyway.

Now if Game Maker could get a fix for the primary drawing surface not matching the window size I would be really happy! (FRAPS would then work correctly on windowed games) As it is now, if my desktop resolution is 1024x768 and I play a 640x480 windowed Game Maker game, it records as 1024x768 with the actual 640x480 video at the top left... terrible.

Yes, I made a bug report just now.

Edited by Big J, 06 April 2011 - 03:03 AM.

[Ggd07]

It's the opposite with me. I've been using it from 5-6 months on my project and it worked a lot, but now that my project got complicated I tried moving to GM 8.1 because of the new improvements, and it doesn't work there.

It changes the resolution and either goes to black screen (and app is not responding anymore), or either doesn't stretch the screen at all.
In GM 8.0, after changing the resolution once, it starts to bug out a lot. On Windows 7 I could change some resolutions, but on XP after one change it goes to black screen and not responding every time..

:[

[57E]

After the gm81 patches that were relased this summer I no longer have the "Error defining an external function" error with Sin Display on Windows 7 64bit and everything seems to be working normaly, at least as far as I can tell.

[Tha_14]

In GM8 when I use it it return -2 and the screen resolution is changed successful.Why does it return -2?

[Tha_14]

In GM8 when I use it it return -2 and the screen resolution is changed successful.Why does it return -2?

Sry,I read the scripts again.

[rinkuhero]

i used it on vista, in game maker 7, and also get the "error defining an external function" error every time i try to use it

perhaps you could make this an extension instead?

does anyone know of any alternative dll which does the same thing this one does, since this is exactly what i've been looking for. or even just an older version of this dll that doesn't give the error defining external function bug?

[esco]

EDIT: OOPS WRONG THREAD.

Edited by esco, 24 November 2011 - 06:25 PM.

[Big J]

Ah darn. Windows 7 strikes again. All my games that use this DLL are now full of error.

[CraythurONE]

Hi, where can I find this DLL or extension? This is exactly what I’m looking for. Thanks in advance.

[d2king10]

Does anyone have a link to this .dll somewhere? Thanks.

[Big J]

This DLL needs a replacement that works on Windows 7.

[Razon]

Here's a mirror for the DLL version.

http://www.mediafire...8ps74hti9pnl0dl

[Razon]

Double posted by accident, the one in my prior post is a newer version of the same DLL I believe.

http://www.mediafire...mwn1axj8kx2zeuu

Edited by Razon, 31 May 2012 - 11:07 AM.

[CraythurONE]

http://www.mediafire.com/?mwn1axj8kx2zeuu

Awesome Razon!, Thanks a lot! The dll works like a charm with GameMaker 8.0 Pro, the big problem now is that it’s not working on GameMaker 8.1 (Version my games are currently working on).

Any idea how to fix this?

Already try it on GameMaker 8.1 on Windows 7 or Windows XP and still won’t work. It is definitely something related with 8.1 and not Windows version.

[Big J]

Strange, suddenly this DLL is working fine for me on Windows 7 64 bit... it didn't when I first got this computer.