How to minimize the game window.

[cpt krunch13]

I recently purchased my first copy of RTW (a little late, I know) but I am wondering how I can minimize the game screen...if that makes sense? You see, in NTW you can select the "run game in window" option in the graphical display section of the options menu, this makes the game screen smaller so I can move it around and multitask on other things because I can click on stuff on my desktop at the same time as I'm playing without having to fully exit the game.

So, I was wondering since there is no option to do this in the RTW menus is there some secret button combo that I just don't know? I am not that great with computers and do not want to risk doing something unfixable by testing button combos myslef

-Thanks in advance

[champloo11]

Most people use Alt + Tab, but i've heard that it's shunned when you are playing online games. As it boots you from the lobby. Not sure about an alternative.

[cpt krunch13]

Oh, this will work, I don't play online anyway. I was afraid I would have to open some file thing in the game data and risk screwing my game up. I just like to be able to listen to my own music off of You Tube or itunes while I play. Thanks

[Magic_8_Ball]

Most people use Alt + Tab, but i've heard that it's shunned when you are playing online games. As it boots you from the lobby. Not sure about an alternative.

If you alt tab/minimize during game, it does get some people annoyed. It pauses the game until you get back on, and if you take too long, you can kill the game. Doing it quickly in, say, the lobby doesn't get you booted if you're doing something fast. It's nice to warn people before you do it though if you're in the middle of building your army or in game.

[emotion_name]

or, you could right click on your RTW Shortcut on your desktop, select properties, then in the target line add one space and -nw to the end of the text already there!

This makes RTW run in windowed mode, same as what you said you preferred in NTW!

[Magic_8_Ball]

=/ I never got that to work. Maybe it's a Win7 problem.

[emotion_name]

Hmmm, strange!

It could be a Win7 problem, but i get it to work on Vista and if any OS was gonna have probs with anything its Vista!

[Plant]

or, you could right click on your RTW Shortcut on your desktop, select properties, then in the target line add one space and -nw to the end of the text already there!

It's -ne, not -nw. That would be the problem. I use it myself, in Win7, so that I don't have the alt tab problem. Example;

\RomeTW.exe" -ne

[emotion_name]

It's -ne, not -nw. That would be the problem. I use it myself, in Win7, so that I don't have the alt tab problem. Example;

\RomeTW.exe" -ne

Ahhhhh, well i was close considering i was guessing!

I dont rly run RTW in windowed mode, i do for M2TW but for some reason i dont like it on RTW!

[Plant]

Ahhhhh, well i was close considering i was guessing!

That's a bloody good guess. Is -nw used for some other programs?

[Magic_8_Ball]

It's -ne, not -nw. That would be the problem. I use it myself, in Win7, so that I don't have the alt tab problem. Example;

\RomeTW.exe" -ne

Maybe it's a Steam problem then. Last time I tried it, it just took a really long time to get the game started and did nothing else.

[KittySN]

Works fine with XP & Activision version. (-ne)

Now I can multi-task while RTW is in the background, waiting for decent games to form.