Doesn't PowerStrip do something like that, on a per-application basis?
https://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm

tomexplodes wrote on 2020-07-08, 18:39:

Title. I found nircmd at one point, which lets me change res via a batch file, the problem is I'd do something like […]
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Title. I found nircmd at one point, which lets me change res via a batch file, the problem is I'd do something like

nircmd setdisplay 800x600x16
mageslay.exe
nircmd setdisplay 800x600x32

and it would WORK but it did all three of those things in rapid succession, so it skipped the whining but went right back to 32bit color.

If there's no way to do it, that's totally fine, but I figured it couldn't hurt to check. Thanks!

- Tom

You should use 'start' command with /w[ait] option to execute your program. This way your batch file (and thus 'nircmd setdisplay 800x600x32') will wait for your game to exit.

1nircmd setdisplay 800x600x16
2start /w mageslay.exe
3nircmd setdisplay 800x600x32

Falcosoft wrote on 2020-07-08, 20:40:

You should use 'start' command with /w[ait] option to execute your program. This way your batch file (and thus 'nircmd setdispla […]
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tomexplodes wrote on 2020-07-08, 18:39:

Title. I found nircmd at one point, which lets me change res via a batch file, the problem is I'd do something like […]
Show full quote

Title. I found nircmd at one point, which lets me change res via a batch file, the problem is I'd do something like

nircmd setdisplay 800x600x16
mageslay.exe
nircmd setdisplay 800x600x32

and it would WORK but it did all three of those things in rapid succession, so it skipped the whining but went right back to 32bit color.

If there's no way to do it, that's totally fine, but I figured it couldn't hurt to check. Thanks!

- Tom

You should use 'start' command with /w[ait] option to execute your program. This way your batch file (and thus 'nircmd setdisplay 800x600x32') will wait for your game to exit.

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1nircmd setdisplay 800x600x16
2start /w mageslay.exe
3nircmd setdisplay 800x600x32

That's perfect! Thank you so much!

Er, once I took out the Xs anyway, haha. Thanks again!