Resolutions
Video settings
Hardware
For a list of games, see List of games that support borderless fullscreen windowed.
Key points
- Games launched in a Windowed Mode are [Microsoft Developer Network - Double Buffered Graphics Double Buffered] acting as a VSync Mode.
- A borderless mode is a Windowed mode with no borders. Set the desired game to run in a Windowed mode first before applying a borderless mode.
- Seamless task switching with no risk of crashes or freezes with a minor loss in performance.
- AMD/ATI cards only support Crossfire in this mode for games using Mantle.[1]
Windows
- Keeps custom color profiles in use.
- Open source and simple to use application.
- Allows the taskbar to be hidden while also being on top.
- Customizable window size and window bounds per game.
- Cannot force windowed mode in games if not natively supported.
- Poor compatibility with Unreal Engine 3 and GameMaker games.
- Useful for Unreal Engine 3 games which Borderless Gaming does not support.
- Can force windowed or borderless mode if games don't offer them.
- Only DirectX 9 supported; no DX10, 11, 12 or OpenGL, and no 64-bit games.
- Slightly unintuitive interface.
- Allows manipulating the size, position, and styles of a game's main/child windows.
- Games utilizing PunkBuster as an anti-cheat measure may mistakenly treat AutoHotkey as a cheat.
Saving and running AutoHotkey scripts
Fullscreen Toggle Script
- This script will remove any borders and center the currently active window on the primary monitor by pushing F12.
Fullscreen Toggle Script (Hidden Taskbar)
- This script will toggle between fullscreen and windowed modes when pressing F12 as well as hiding the taskbar on the fullscreen mode.
Multiple monitors script
- Someone needs to check whenever this explanation for the script is correct or if 0, 0, and A_ScreenWidth/Height mean that the script automatically detects the user's resolution.
- This is a snippet from the Fullscreen toggle script.
Linux
- Most Linux window managers allow fullscreen applications to natively run under a borderless mode by default.
Another tip that exclusively works on Linux is running your game in a separate X server instance. This allows you to switch between your game and your desktop using Ctrl+Alt+F7 and Ctrl+Alt+F8 (buttons may differ, may be F1 through F12) and it increases performance and stability. To do this, edit the launch options for your game on Steam as follows:
Engines
Windows troubleshooting
Game crashes on startup
- Certain borderless applications have to be started before the game itself and not while the game is running.
Window constantly resizes itself
- After applying the borderless mode simply restart the game itself, while keeping the borderless application open.
References