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Hi,

I'm wondering how I can switch the game to fullscreen mode on my Mac or if it's even possible. The game is always starting in windowmode and I couldn't find something in the game options to switch it to fullscreen.
This question / problem has been solved by NecroHeatherimage
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Silverhawk170485: Hi,

I'm wondering how I can switch the game to fullscreen mode on my Mac or if it's even possible. The game is always starting in windowmode and I couldn't find something in the game options to switch it to fullscreen.
Hi Silverhawk170485!

You can hit the green plus sign in the corner of the window to make the game larger, but that's probably not the true fullscreen mode you are looking for. To get that you will need to use the command line.

1. cd to the directory where the NecroDancer.app file is installed
2. type the following:

./NecroDancer.app/Contents/MacOS/NecroDancer 1

That should do it. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks for the quick response.
Sure thing! :D
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Silverhawk170485: Hi,

I'm wondering how I can switch the game to fullscreen mode on my Mac or if it's even possible. The game is always starting in windowmode and I couldn't find something in the game options to switch it to fullscreen.
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NecroHeather: Hi Silverhawk170485!

You can hit the green plus sign in the corner of the window to make the game larger, but that's probably not the true fullscreen mode you are looking for. To get that you will need to use the command line.

1. cd to the directory where the NecroDancer.app file is installed
2. type the following:

./NecroDancer.app/Contents/MacOS/NecroDancer 1

That should do it. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
This does not work for me using the gog version. i get a no such file or directory error.

after fiddling around i had to do this "/Applications/GOG.com/Crypt\ of\ the\ Necrodancer.app/Contents/Resources/game/NecroDancer.app/Contents/MacOS/NecroDancer 1"

this is a real fiddly way of getting full screen can this not be patched in as a more normal application UI switch please?
Post edited August 15, 2015 by jacknozwad
Yep it would be great...
Ah sorry folks, the path should be:

"./Crypt\ of\ the\ Necrodancer.app/Contents/Resources/game/NecroDancer.app/Contents/MacOS/NecroDancer 1"

To get there though you have to follow step one of cd'ing to the directory where the game is installed.
I feel like i'm missing something here, i've tried this multiple times with no success. i even went into the app files to make sure the file path was right, and it was, but once i'm in terminal it says "no such file or directory exists" or whatever. and when i do get it working, is this how i'm supposed to start up the game every time to put it in fullscreen? it doesn't seem like i'm actually altering anything in the game's files, unless something is just flying right over my head. : P (i hope i don't come off badly i'm just so very confusedddd)
Post edited November 12, 2015 by beatnikbedlam
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beatnikbedlam: I feel like i'm missing something here, i've tried this multiple times with no success. i even went into the app files to make sure the file path was right, and it was, but once i'm in terminal it says "no such file or directory exists" or whatever. and when i do get it working, is this how i'm supposed to start up the game every time to put it in fullscreen?
First, you are using the command in post #7, yes? Second, the ./ at the beginning of the command means the rest of the path is relative to the pwd (present working directory). You need to cd to the containing folder or you can specify the full path (which is what I would do, post #5). Yes, you need to do this every time or create a batch file which you can double-click on.
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beatnikbedlam: it doesn't seem like i'm actually altering anything in the game's files, unless something is just flying right over my head. : P (i hope i don't come off badly i'm just so very confusedddd)
You're not. I would say it might be possible to edit the Info.plist to add the parameter, but as it wasn't suggested perhaps it wouldn't work. The Macs I have access to are too old to launch the game.
Post edited November 13, 2015 by Gydion
Using the full file path seemed to do the trick. I'm still not exactly sure why it didn't work before, given your explanation it really should have. Thank you so much for your help though! I normally try to figure stuff out on my own but i was was just really stuck on this one.