Easy, working way to set the game to Windowed mode

[Jack I]

I've talked to a few members who have had trouble setting there game from Full Screen to windowed mode with the Full Screen button ingame, and I'm sure there are others out there experiencing the same problem, so I decided that it would be best to go ahead and post this.

Note: This was wrote from a computer running Windows XP. Steps may vary based on a Vista and/or Macintosh computer.

Step 1: Find your Pirates folder
Of course, to change anything without logging into the game, you will need to goto your pirates folder where all the data is stored. While location could slightly vary, you should find it under this location.

C:\Program Files\Disney\Disney Online\PiratesOnline

Step 2: Locate game_options.txt
Self explanatory, once you find it open the file.

Step 3: Change to windowed mode.
Alright, this is where you will be changing from fullscreen to windowed. Please note that if you are logged in, you should log out before changing this file. The contents of the file should look something like this...

Note: DO NOT change anything else in this file besides this. While there are other parts of this file that can be changed to work in the way the fullscreen option will, others could cause your game to not work.

version 
14
state 
working
api 
default
window_width 
1024
window_height 
768
fullscreen_width 
1024
fullscreen_height 
768
resolution 
0
fullscreen 
0
widescreen 
0
widescreen_resolution 
0
widescreen_fullscreen 
0
reflection 
1
shader 
1
shadow 
0
texture 
-1
texture_compression 
1
sound 
0
sound_volume 
0.30236050486564636
music 
0
music_volume 
1.0
gui_scale 
0.5
special_effects 
2
texture_scale 
1.0
character_detail_level 
2
terrain_detail_level 
2
memory 
0
mouse_look 
0
gamma 
0.0
gamma_enable 
0
cpu_frequency_warning 
0
hdr 
0
hdr_factor 
1.0
ocean_visibility 
0

Find the section that has fullscreen and either a 1 or 0 underneath it. I have bolded it above and will be copy/pasting it from here on out. While the one above has a 0 underneath it, my file is already set to windowed. Your file should have a 1 underneath it as shown below.

fullscreen 
1

All you need to do is simply change this from 1 to 0. As I said above, DO NOT tamper with anything else in the file unless you are sure that it will not impend your access to play the game.

fullscreen 
0

After that, just save the file and launch the game. It should start up in windows mode without going to a black screen like players have mentioned to me before.

[Gabyta]

I have this problem too! I'll try this and I'll tell you if it works for me thank you