Disabling Console Screen

e_orz · Post by **e_orz** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:30 pm

Is there a way to disable the console screen that starts with scummVM?

clem · Post by **clem** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:36 pm

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.ph ... tid=418823

I managed to work around it by running ScummVM as a hidden window from a NSIS installation script, though

ExultDominus · Post by **ExultDominus** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:16 pm

sorry for the necrophilia.
I was searching the documentation and the FAQ but couldn't find any mention of whether you can hide the console window nowadays, so then I searched the forum and found only this small thread.
So is it possible nowadays or still not possible? (I assume you can still compile it with the No_Console switch, though)

Lostech · Post by **Lostech** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:03 pm

I think this depends on with which compiler or project file ScummVM for Windows was build.
IMHO it seems that this console window does only show up if ScummVM has been compiled with MSVC.
If ScummVM has been compiled with MinGW (GNU style in MSYS bash) there is no console window shown when it starts.
So perhaps the Windows MSVC maintainer should have an eye on the project file. Perhaps there is also in release configuration something enabled in the SDL part which was meant for debug config.
BTW: actually the actual SVN does also not compile with MSVC8.

ExultDominus · Post by **ExultDominus** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:38 pm

If ScummVM has been compiled with MinGW (GNU style in MSYS bash) there is no console window shown when it starts.

Ah, thanks. I'll try the snapshot then. If that is still done by Kirben, it'll be compiled with Mingw...

Edit: grrr, snapshot also opens a console

Oh, well, let's get the SVN and see how far I'll get in compiling it myself

md5 · Post by **md5** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:42 pm

Lostech wrote:I think this depends on with which compiler or project file ScummVM for Windows was build.
IMHO it seems that this console window does only show up if ScummVM has been compiled with MSVC.
If ScummVM has been compiled with MinGW (GNU style in MSYS bash) there is no console window shown when it starts.
So perhaps the Windows MSVC maintainer should have an eye on the project file. Perhaps there is also in release configuration something enabled in the SDL part which was meant for debug config.
BTW: actually the actual SVN does also not compile with MSVC8.

That's not true, you can disable the console in both MSVC and MinGW. It's enabled by default in ScummVM's MSVC project options, and to disable it in GCC you need to supply the "-mwindows" switch, which builds a windows application (without the console). If you do wish to disable the console under MSVC, you can always check the compilation instructions we got, it's right there:
http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Compi ... he_console
(follow the reverse procedure)

Also, both the stable 0.11.1 source and the SVN version compile fine under MSVC7.1, MSVC8 and MSVC9, so I'm not sure why you're saying that you can't compile it. Have you included all the required libraries? What sort of error are you getting?

Step-by-step instructions for compiling the source for a variety of compilers and platforms can be found in the project's wiki:
http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Compiling_ScummVM

Lostech · Post by **Lostech** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:47 pm

The MSVC compiling problem is solved.
It seems that I checked out this morning a SVN revision which was finally not fully updated (pretty much changes today).
So I copied the working SVN source files from the MinGW folder where a older SVN checkout from yesterday has been to the MSVC folder and compiling worked then. Now I have only a small linking problem because I´ve copied the MinGW libs... But this is easy to solve.

But why is the console enabled by default within the MSVC project and not in the normal GCC makefile?

ExultDominus · Post by **ExultDominus** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:50 pm

compiling with mingw indeed has the -mwindow set by default. Thanks. The initial compile went well, now I only need to put all the libs there, so everything get enabled

MusicallyInspired · Post by **MusicallyInspired** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:09 pm

md5 wrote:That's not true, you can disable the console in both MSVC and MinGW. It's enabled by default in ScummVM's MSVC project options, and to disable it in GCC you need to supply the "-mwindows" switch, which builds a windows application (without the console).

Sorry for the necromancy. What exactly do you type in MSYS to do this? Eveything I try is unrecognized. Or do you edit the makefile to include it or something?

KuroShiro · Post by **KuroShiro** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:08 pm

MusicallyInspired wrote:
md5 wrote:That's not true, you can disable the console in both MSVC and MinGW. It's enabled by default in ScummVM's MSVC project options, and to disable it in GCC you need to supply the "-mwindows" switch, which builds a windows application (without the console).
Sorry for the necromancy. What exactly do you type in MSYS to do this? Eveything I try is unrecognized. Or do you edit the makefile to include it or something?

You don't do anything in msys. Find the sdl-config file (it should be in your MinGW /bin directory) and edit it with some sort of notepad program. Scroll down a bit, and you should see the various flags. By default, under --libs and --static-libs, there should be a -mwindows flag. If you want the console to appear, you have to delete it (doing so shouldn't affect anything else). Alternatively, if you don't want it to appear, you have to add the flag along with the others.

MusicallyInspired · Post by **MusicallyInspired** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:15 pm

I see. Where do I add it then? It's already there. I assume I have to add it somewhere else? Thanks for the response.

KuroShiro · Post by **KuroShiro** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 4:17 am

MusicallyInspired wrote:I see. Where do I add it then? It's already there. I assume I have to add it somewhere else? Thanks for the response.

If it's already there twice then the console should be disabled by default (you'll have to run configure again for it to change I think). If it's not you could try downloading a new copy of the sdl stuff from their website. If you're trying to reactivate the console then just delete -mwindows wherever it appears.

Kirben · Post by **Kirben** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:04 am

The console window can no longer be disabled during compilation.

Use the --no-console command line option, to disable the console window under Windows.

MusicallyInspired · Post by **MusicallyInspired** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:24 pm

Oh nice! I was waiting for it to be a command line parameter option. Didn't see it in the command line info page.