Linux: Other programs popping a messagebox ruin the game

[Peet]

A better attitude is to expect other people who don't code spring to fix it, and growl at them for showing you how to fix it externally, evidently.

[Vadi]

Don't know who that is, since I'm not expecting anyone to fix it. I did however help out and show a possible solution that I knew of :)

[HAARP]

A better attitude is to expect other people who don't code spring to fix it, and growl at them for showing you how to fix it externally, evidently.

I am not "growling" at anybody. Sorry if I sounded offensive or anything...
I'm merely saying that the solution posted is too hacky for my tastes.

If I'm getting so spare time in the next few days I'll look into writing a better init script myself. Just to prove that I'm not a lazy git who cannot do anything but complain. Hah!

[LordMatt]

I am not "growling" at anybody. Sorry if I sounded offensive or anything...
I'm merely saying that the solution posted is too hacky for my tastes.

If I'm getting so spare time in the next few days I'll look into writing a better init script myself. Just to prove that I'm not a lazy git who cannot do anything but complain. Hah!

That would be cool; maybe it could be included in the official repos.

[YokoZar]

I am not "growling" at anybody. Sorry if I sounded offensive or anything...
I'm merely saying that the solution posted is too hacky for my tastes.

If I'm getting so spare time in the next few days I'll look into writing a better init script myself. Just to prove that I'm not a lazy git who cannot do anything but complain. Hah!

That would be cool; maybe it could be included in the official repos.

Yeah if it works I'd definitely merge it in

[Vadi]

Um, I really hope it won't be on by default.

[Hobo Joe]

If you have an nVidia card:

To make it so you can alt-tab/switch workspaces with Spring WITHOUT a separate X server, all you have to do is put the game in windowed mode, then as soon as it starts, use your window manager hotkey to put the game into fullscreen(if it's not set, in Ubuntu, go to 'System > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts'). Everything works as it should, but now you can alt-tab. :)

I originally did this because Linux with dual monitors and full screen apps tends to freak out, but if you put apps into fullscreen with the window manager hotkey it'll only fullscreen them on ONE of your screens, instead of trying to stretch it across both.

This works with or without Compiz.

This will fix alt-tab issues, you can use ctrl-alt-arrow keys, and pup-ups will no longer screw things up. It will also fix the game taking over your hotkeys(i.e. you can use media keys fine)

This is a known problem for almost every game that depends on SDL. What pisses me off even more is the fact that even if I want to switch to the background, I can't. SDL-based games hog my keys and don't allow the window manager to receive key events.
The obviously best solution would be to fix SDL in that regard and stop Spring from dropping its FPS.
Another interesting fact for SDL-based games is the corruption of mouse input should the game crash. Luckily for that there's umouse...

It should fix all that too, although I make no guarantees.

[Vadi]

Wow, that fullscreen thing rocks. Thanks for the tip.