Minimizing?

[Cappy]

Running Ubuntu Feisty (7.04) 64-bit, is there anyway to minimize the game? I tried hitting "Escape" twice but that didn't seem to do anything. Has anyone tried running it in a separate X to be able to switch back and forth between the game and the desktop?
I'm running the demo.

[shinygerbil]

'Boss mode' doesn't work in Linux, unfortunately. I've not tried anything fancy like separate X sessions, though.

[Cappy]

Hi, thank you for the reply.
The game works well with a separate X; I used a post on this page:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=497332

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#!/bin/sh
#uncomment if launching from console session
#sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
#KDE use this instead
#sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop

# Launches a new X session on display 3. If you don't have an Nvidia card
# take out the "& nvidia-settings --load-config-only" part
sudo X :3 -ac & nvidia-settings --load-config-only

# Goto game dir (modify as needed)
cd "$HOME/defcon-v1.42"

# Forces the system to have a break for 2 seconds, X doesn't launch instantly
sleep 2

# Launches game (modify as needed)
DISPLAY=:3 "$HOME/defcon-v1.42/defcon"

(may need to run the script with gksudo or sudo)

and Control+Alt+F7 would switch to my desktop, Control+Alt+F9 would switch back to the game.
I tested it as a spectator to see if I would time-out of the game but it worked perfectly.
The sound became scratchy/skippy for 30 seconds, but then went away.

I'll use this when I'm spectating/playing and a player is using Defcon 1 like crazy or someone is like "brb few minutes". It's really a necessity =P

[shinygerbil]

Hmm, might use that myself. Thing is, my laptop's not too hot performance-wise, so it probably wouldn't be as smooth for me I do agree that sometimes it's very useful, though.