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Herostats question

Cracked

By Cracked,
Posted on: 2009-11-11 15:10 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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I just got a new computer with windows 7 and I can't get the in game Herostats toggle to stay open when in game. I guess its running in the backgound. Anyone else have this problem? Does anyone have a fix for this?

Thanks

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Before I explain, if you run the latest unstable version in Admin mode, you shouldn't have this problem.

Now that that's out of the way, the reason for this is because of how Vista/7 deal with "OnTop". In previous versions of Windows it was apparently quite easy to get a program to stay on top by simply forcing it. In Windows Vista/7 they changed the way this functions. The developer of HeroStats has said he's planning to work on it, but it's on the backburner. Not something he's looking to fiddle with right now. At least that's what I gathered from the last time I read up on the issue.

Like I said though, the current unstable version appears to work fine in both Vista and 7, or at least has on my machine.



We'll see....

 

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Originally Posted by Cracked View Post
I just got a new computer with windows 7 and I can't get the in game Herostats toggle to stay open when in game. I guess its running in the backgound. Anyone else have this problem? Does anyone have a fix for this?

Thanks
If it's like Vista for me, I need to run CoH in Windowed mode for HeroStats to stay on top.

 

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hey,

thanks for the responses.

Running the unstable version hasn't fixed my issue. Will try running the game in windowed mode.

thanks

50's
Darth Keiv DM/Reg, Crack'ed Justice BS/Reg, Crack'ling Cage Fire/Rad,
Crack'ed Earth SS/Stone, Crack'ed Brawler DM/WP, Crack'ed Legend Axe/WP,
Crack'ed Current SS/Elec,Crack'ed Ice Ice/Kin, Crack'ed Cacophony Son/Son,
Crack'ed Widow SOA, Crack'ed Bully Thugs/Dark, Broil-O Fire/Kin, iCrack'ed DB/WP.

 

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Originally Posted by Flameshot View Post
Now that that's out of the way, the reason for this is because of how Vista/7 deal with "OnTop". In previous versions of Windows it was apparently quite easy to get a program to stay on top by simply forcing it. In Windows Vista/7 they changed the way this functions. The developer of HeroStats has said he's planning to work on it, but it's on the backburner. Not something he's looking to fiddle with right now. At least that's what I gathered from the last time I read up on the issue.
I have indeed said this in the past, but recently I did try to fix this on Vista and I got exactly nowhere. I can't find anything in the .NET APIs that actually lets you force something to stay on top - except for the properties I'm already using that don't work with Vista (and apparently Win7) full-screen mode. So I'm afraid this is one of those things we're just going to have to live with. I myself am running the game in windowed mode these days, for exactly this reason.

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