How to move Quake 3 window while playing in windowed mode?

[nukesgoboom]

i play quake 3 arena in windowed mode, in 800x600, my desktop is 1024x768.

however, the window is off center and is very annoying to play in that position, but i cannot move the window to the center of the screen because quake 3 disable the alt+tab windows shortcut and also the windows key so i cant minimize and drag the window by clicking on the top of the window.

i have a program called Q3E Minimizer_v1.45, but that only allows me to minimize quake 3, NOT click and move the window.

is there anyway to move the quake 3 window while playing in windowed mode?!

[CyAne]

hit the tiltkey ~ (open the console)


(But I don't use minimizer)

[4days]

press the windows key or ctrl+alt+del to take focus away from the q3 window.

right-click on the bar at the top of the q3 window (not left-click, don't let the q3 window take focus).

from the right-click menu, select move - now move the window where you want it.

edit: re-reading your post - don't use the minimiser while you're following the steps above. windows should remember where you left the window, so you can go back to using the minimiser afterwards.

[Scourge]

Yeah, just use the tilde ~ and bring down the console like cyane suggested. You can move it easily. Even with minimizer.

[Lieutenant Dan]

Sometimes If you just move your mouse up and to the left you can get the focus to move away from the quake3 window.

[JB]

ive never experienced that, Chozen. But maybe like diseases, Quake 3 changes with computers

[Lieutenant Dan]

It might have to do with what version you play. I dunno.

[nukesgoboom]

thank you guys very much i was able to successfully move the quake 3 window using the ~ key and then dragging it into the center, and yes windows does remember where the window was placed.

thanks again. i feel that i play better in a window, because i dont have to move focus of my eyes to see everything like i do with fullscreen.

[JB]

imo, fullscreen adds to the experience

[Lieutenant Dan]

yeah, I've played in windowed mode before.

The game looks fine but everything on the desktop is crazy bright, so it's kinda distracting.

[Foo]

thanks again. i feel that i play better in a window, because i dont have to move focus of my eyes to see everything like i do with fullscreen.

Set the game to fullscreen and increase the value of cg_fov to something like 120.

You'll get the benefit of seeing everything in that smaller windowed area, plus the added benefit of extra viewing angle all around the edge.

[Bugsy]

yeah, I've played in windowed mode before.

The game looks fine but everything on the desktop is crazy bright, so it's kinda distracting.

Use the command r_ignorehwgamma "1" & that should solve the desktop background gamma issue.

That command ignores your graphic card gamma settings & uses Q3's instead. I also play Q3 in a window.

[JB]

i thought the gamma thing ignores Q3s gamma and uses your computers native colour. meh...