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{{++}} Allows games to lock the mouse to the current window. | {{++}} Allows games to lock the mouse to the current window. | ||
+ | <!-- Anything below, other than GeDoSaTo, is possibly crap, and the list would otherwise be way shorter if it was for me, I just never had the time to test this crap, I never made this list before, I made it readable --> | ||
+ | <!-- Possibly redundant, and crap. --> | ||
===[http://runtimelegend.com/rep/fullscreenizer/index Fullscreenizer]=== | ===[http://runtimelegend.com/rep/fullscreenizer/index Fullscreenizer]=== | ||
{{ii}} Small open source program | {{ii}} Small open source program | ||
− | {{++}} Lightweight easy to use utility, useful for TVs. | + | {{++}} Lightweight easy to use utility. <!-- , useful for TVs. - All borderless app are when in a Windowed mode, because of the way the Windows manager behaves, this would be useful for TVs if it featured more Plasma like features, such as some anti burn-in feature, now that would be a nice feature. --> |
− | {{++}} Can apply stay-on-top flag to avoid taskbar flickering | + | {{++}} Can apply stay-on-top flag to avoid taskbar flickering <!-- Meh --> |
− | ===[ | + | <!-- Binaries need to be compiled, baaaaad --> |
+ | <!-- Needs testing --> | ||
+ | ===[http://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/529-full-window-release/ Full Window]=== | ||
{{ii}} Open source. | {{ii}} Open source. | ||
{{ii}} Attempts to expand the game's viewport in order to fill the entire screen, emulating a fullscreen borderless mode for games where the borders cannot be removed. | {{ii}} Attempts to expand the game's viewport in order to fill the entire screen, emulating a fullscreen borderless mode for games where the borders cannot be removed. | ||
{{++}} Supports multi-monitors, customizable window position and size. | {{++}} Supports multi-monitors, customizable window position and size. | ||
+ | <!-- Had issues getting it to work, felt unintuitive, requires proper testing --> | ||
===[http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/39550/? GameCompanion]=== | ===[http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/39550/? GameCompanion]=== | ||
{{++}} Full of customizable features. | {{++}} Full of customizable features. | ||
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+ | <!-- Doesn't seem to be working correctly on Windows 8, overall unintuitive and not easy to use --> | ||
===[http://sourceforge.net/projects/mmfh/ Window Manager]=== | ===[http://sourceforge.net/projects/mmfh/ Window Manager]=== | ||
{{ii}} Open source, easy to use | {{ii}} Open source, easy to use |
Revision as of 07:47, 6 April 2015
Graphics and video
Resolutions
Video settings
- Field of view (FOV)
- Windowed / borderless fullscreen
- Anisotropic filtering (AF)
- Anti-aliasing (AA)
- High-fidelity upscaling
- Vertical sync (Vsync)
- Frame rate (FPS)
- High dynamic range (HDR)
- Ray tracing (RT)
- Color blind mode
Hardware
Key points
- A forced Windowed mode will need to be set first for games which do not natively provide a borderless mode.
- Fast, seamless task switching with no risk of crashes or freezes with no performance costs.
- Eliminates screen tearing.
- AMD/ATI cards do not support Crossfire in this mode.
- Most games will have problems with edge scrolling on multi-monitor setups.
Windows
- See Mouse locking for a mouse locking alternative.
Borderless Gaming
- Open source and simple to use application.
- Dynamic, adapts easily when switching to a different resolution on another monitor.
- Allows the taskbar to be hidden while also being on top.
- Allows games to lock the mouse to the current window.
Fullscreenizer
- Small open source program
- Lightweight easy to use utility.
- Can apply stay-on-top flag to avoid taskbar flickering
Full Window
- Open source.
- Attempts to expand the game's viewport in order to fill the entire screen, emulating a fullscreen borderless mode for games where the borders cannot be removed.
- Supports multi-monitors, customizable window position and size.
GameCompanion
- Full of customizable features.
GeDoSaTo
- GeDoSaTo and Borderless Gaming can be used together.
- Allows games to be downsampled at any resolution.
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ShiftWindow
- Manually completely override the size of a game's border sending it off screen.
- Slightly overly complicated, not compatible with certain games.
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Window Manager
- Open source, easy to use
- Highly configurable
- Aids multimonitor setups
AutoHotkey
- The following scripts require AutoHotkey.
- Games utilizing PunkBuster as an anti-cheat measure may mistakenly treat AutoHotkey as a cheat.
Saving and running a script
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Scripts compilation
Borderless scripts
Fullscreen script
- This script will full screen the currently active window onto your primary monitor with F12.
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Fullscreen toggle script
- This script will toggle between fullscreen and windowed modes when pressing F12 as well as hiding the taskbar on the fullscreen mode.
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Multiple monitors script
- This is a snippet from the Fullscreen toggle script.
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Linux
- Most Linux windows 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. This allows you to switch between your game and your desktop using Ctrl+Alt+F7 and Ctrl+Alt+F8 and it increases performance and stability. To do this, edit the launch options for your game on Steam as follows:
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Improved tiling windows manager
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Engines
Unity
- Games built on the Unity engine can be run in a borderless window by enabling windowed mode and adding the launch argument
-popupwindow
to the main executable.[1]
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.