Manually editing MegaGlest configuration on OS X

[jaft]

I downloaded MegaGlest. Very excited! It started well, but it was a little window in my 22" iMac, so I upped the size in the Options screen.

Not quite big enough, so I upped it again. I re-started, and now the game screen is bigger than the viewable screen. So I can't play! And I can't resize, because the 'Okay' button is below the viewable area.

I tried to set my display to different resolutions, but in none of them let me view 'okay.' The little green button that, on Macs, usually resizes the window is grayed-out.

I deleted the file and re-downloaded, and it's -still- too big for me to view!

Did I miss a preference somewhere? How can I fix this?

Thanks!

[Psychedelic_hands]

In your Megaglest directory, file a file called glest.ini . In this file contains lots of options, you need to find:

ScreenHeight=600
ScreenWidth=800

Your values would be diffferent, but find out your screens resolution if you don't know it already and change these values in the ini file accordingly. Hope this helps.

[tomreyn]

Also try to hit Alt-Enter to switch to full screen. Or set Windowed=0 in glestuser.ini (the same file Psychedelic_hands discussed above). This file should be located at /Users/username/.megaglest/glestuser.ini (replace username by your OS X username).

Please be aware that the leading dot in .megaglest marks this as a hidden directory, so it may not show up on Finder (but if that's the case then I bet Finder has an option to show hidden files and directories).

Edit: Clarify that I'm not entirely sure about the file location

[jaft]

Thanks so much for the replies! I only have one more question.

I download the file, and all I get is the application icon thingie, Megaglest. How do I _find_ my 'megaglest directory?'

[Omega]

Thanks so much for the replies! I only have one more question.

I download the file, and all I get is the application icon thingie, Megaglest. How do I _find_ my 'megaglest directory?'

I don't use Macs, and have no idea how they work, but the wiki article says it should be /Users/[User name]/.megaglest.

[tomreyn]

Jaft: The problem is we don't have an OS X system available to test, and there is no one testing MegaGlest on OS X in general (help by someone who knows what a terminal is would be appreciated).

To (not) answer your question: Please search the web on how to "display hidden folders" in "OS X Finder". You should find several explanations. Once that's done, you can start a text editor and browse to the file. If the location I provided is correct then you need to click on your home folder (this is the one which displays with a small house icon next to it in finder), locate a folder ".megaglest" in it and in there you should find the file glestuser.ini.

[jaft]

Ah, gotcha! Many thanks, all!

[jaft]

I realize that the chance that anyone else will ever do again this is slim. However, just in case someone does, and finds this thread, this is how I fixed it: download Tinkertool for Mac. That'll show you your hidden preferences. Toss the folder. Download again. Ta da!