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Hello guys i created this topic because i want share something i discover while playing SE. This works for all games without mods needed. Here some examples: 800x500 windowed mode a shitty resolution i don't play i used for test. Same resolution upscaled without quality lose and better fps. The Google Chrome web browser comes with options to launch sites in borderless windows to maximize the display space for these websites. The default version of Google Chrome displays website content and interface elements. Interface elements are the address bar and toolbar icons, and the tab bar.

Resolutions

Video settings

Hardware

For a list of games, see games with borderless fullscreen windowed support.


Borderless fullscreen windowed refers to a mode where the game presents the rendered image in a maximized window without borders making it cover the whole monitor. This is opposed to a regular window that uses window decorations around the contents of the window, or fullscreen exclusive mode where the game takes control over the output device and where each application switch required a display mode switch to occur.

This feature is known by a lot of different names between games, such as borderless mode, maximized window, fullscreen window, or any combination thereof. Some titles might also refer to it using less common names, such as scaling or even fullscreen if the game does not support exclusive fullscreen mode.

Key points

Borderless fullscreen windowed offers similar benefits as normal windowed mode, but with a fullscreen-like appearance.
Native feature in many modern titles, and can often be forced in the majority of older titles.
Can sometimes be used to enable wider or higher resolutions via resizing the game's viewport.[1][2]
Seamless task switching with no risk of crashes or freezes with a minor loss in performance.
Eliminates screen tearing on Windows (only on Vista and later) due to Vertical sync (Vsync) being applied for all windows by the Desktop Window Manager (DWM)..[3]
..but will subsequently cause additional input lag as well, due to the aforementioned vertical sync. It is possible to disable the vertical sync, however it requires either disabling DWM (only possible on Vista/7) or by using a certain presentation mode and flag.[4]
  • 1Windows
  • 2AutoHotkey
  • 3Linux
  • 4Windows troubleshooting

Windows[edit]

Borderless Gaming[edit]

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Download Borderless Gaming and install it.
  2. Navigate to the Borderless Gaming installation path and run BorderlessGaming.exe
  3. Run the game in a Windowed mode, then Alt+Tab ↹ to the Desktop and open Borderless Gaming again.
  4. Select the game's executable from under the Applications field, then push the first Right Arrow button located at the top.

Notes

Restart the game if the borderless mode isn't working, keep Borderless Gaming open.
If the game crashed after Borderless Gaming was launched then restart the game, keep Borderless Gaming open.
Requires UAC elevation to run.

Special K[edit]

See Special K > Borderless fullscreen windowed for instructions.

GeDoSaTo[edit]

Works with games on the Unreal Engine 3. Allows Windowed modes to be forced on games which don't have them.
Limited to DirectX 9 and 32-Bit games.
Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Install and run GeDoSaTo.
  2. Edit settings and find the following line in GeDoSaTo.ini.
  3. Edit the value from 'false' to 'true' to force this mode.
  4. Add the game's executable name to the user whitelist.
  5. Run the game in its normal fullscreen mode as opposed to windowed.
Updater/installer may crash. From an administrator command prompt, run REG ADD 'HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv4.0.30319' /v SchUseStrongCrypto /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /reg:32[5]

Simple Runtime Window Editor[edit]

Allows manipulating the size, position, and styles of a game's main/child windows.
Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Download SRWE and run it.
  2. Run the game in windowed mode, and switch back to SRWE.
  3. Select running application and open the game.
  4. Use the Remove borders and Fake fullscreen buttons.
  5. Save the profile to the same folder as SRWE.

Fullscreenizer[edit]

Doesn't have favorite games.
Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Download Fullscreenizer and run it.
  2. Run the game in windowed mode, and switch back to Fullscreenizer.
  3. Click on 'Show All', select a game and click on 'Add'.
  4. Use the Fullscreenize button.

Windowed Borderless Gaming[edit]

Has favorite games and can be minimized to tray.
Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Download Windowed Borderless Gaming and run.
  2. Run the game in windowed mode, and click to icon in tray.
  3. Use 'Add window (F3)' button, go to game and click F3.
  4. Restart the game.

Borderless Window Mode

Windows Border Stripper[edit]

Strips the Windows border in most games, and has options to move the window with axis options.
Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Download Windows Border Stripper and run.
  2. Run the game in windowed mode, and start Windows Border Stripper.
  3. Select the games name from the list, and click on the right arrows (>>) to strip the game of its borders.
  4. Input the number for X Axis, and Y Axis to wherever you want to move the stripped window.


Just Try Specific Version NVIDIA Driver for optimus devices[edit]

From 466.11 version of NVIDIA Driver for optimus devices(mostly are notebooks), there is a bug for OpenGL rendering that application cannot aquire exclusive fullscreen so that it will run in borderless mode
  1. Install 466.11/470.05/470.14(these are tested, other versions also may work) driver, then run OpenGL games and set fullscreen, game will enter borderless mode.
Hyperdimension Neptunia run in borderless mode
  1. Only optimus devices (devices have both integral and dedicated GPU, and use dedicated GPU to render and integral GPU to output) can use this bug
  2. May be fixed after driver update

AutoHotkey[edit]

Borderless Window Mode
Games utilizing PunkBuster as an anti-cheat measure may mistakenly treat AutoHotkey as a cheat.
Saving and running AutoHotkey scripts
  1. Download AutoHotkey and install it.
  2. Go to the Desktop, then Right Click on an empty space and select New, AutoHotkey script.
  3. Right Click on the AutoHotkey file, and select Edit Script, erase the contents of this file, close it and save any new changes.
  4. Double click on the file in order to launch the script.

Notes

AutoHotkey scripts can be placed in the Startup folder in order to be executed automatically.

Fullscreen Toggle Script[edit]

This script will remove any borders and center the currently active window on the primary monitor by pushing F12.
Instructions
  1. Download AutoHotkey and install it.
  2. Go to the Desktop, then Right Click on an empty space and select New, AutoHotkey script.
  3. Right Click on the AutoHotkey file, and select Edit Script, erase the contents of the file.
  4. Copy the following source code into the new file, close the file and save, then Double Click on it in order to execute the script.

5. Push F12 while in a game in order to activate the script.

Fullscreen Toggle Script (Hidden Taskbar)[edit]

This script will toggle between fullscreen and windowed modes when pressing F12 as well as hiding the taskbar on the fullscreen mode.
Fullscreen script

Multiple monitors script[edit]

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.
Fullscreen script
  • The values 0, 0, represent the coordinates of the upper left corner of the window.
  • For multiple resolutions the values have to be the sum of the monitors total width, for 3840x1080 them being.

Notes

Use 1920, 0, 1920, 1080 (right) or 0, 1920, 1920, 1080 (left) in order to change which side of the screen is filled.

Linux[edit]

Most Linux window managers allow fullscreen applications to natively run under a borderless mode by default.

Gnome[edit]

Instructions
  1. In the settings under: Set a hotkey for 'Toggle fullscreen mode'. e.g. Ctrl+Alt+Home
  2. Start the game in windowed mode.
  3. Move it to your preferred monitor.
  4. Select the game and enter the hotkey. e.g. Ctrl+Alt+Home

KDE/Plasma[edit]

Instructions
  1. Under System Settings: Select 'Make Window Fullscreen' and set a hotkey combination then click Apply e.g. Ctrl+Alt+Home
  2. Start the game in windowed mode.
  3. Move it to your preferred monitor.
  4. Select the game and enter the hotkey. e.g. Ctrl+Alt+Home

I3[edit]

Instructions
  1. Start the game in a windowed mode.
  2. Move it to a new virtual desktop by using ⇧ Shift+⊞ Win+Number.
  3. Switch to the virtual terminal with ⊞ Win+Number then go into fullscreen mode by pushing ⊞ Win+F.

Cinnamon[edit]

Instructions
  1. In the System Settings under: Set a hotkey for 'Toggle fullscreen mode'. e.g. Ctrl+Alt+Home
  2. Start the game in windowed mode.
  3. Move it to your preferred monitor.
  4. Select the game and enter the hotkey. e.g. Ctrl+Alt+Home

Mate[edit]

Instructions
  1. In Control Center under: Set a hotkey for 'Toggle fullscreen mode'. e.g. Ctrl+Alt+Home
  2. Start the game in windowed mode.
  3. Move it to your preferred monitor.
  4. Select the game and enter the hotkey. e.g. Ctrl+Alt+Home

Pantheon[edit]

Instructions
  1. In System Settings under: Set a hotkey for 'Toggle fullscreen'. e.g. Ctrl+Alt+Home
  2. Start the game in windowed mode.
  3. Move it to your preferred monitor.
  4. Select the game and enter the hotkey. e.g. Ctrl+Alt+Home

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:

Run Game in New X Server

Notes

Manually launch a Non-Steam game by replacing %command% with the path to the game executable. Some games, including Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor may run into glitches using this method (as verified by Feral Interactive)

Windows troubleshooting[edit]

Game crashes on startup[edit]

Borderless Window Mode Steam

Certain borderless applications have to be started before the game itself and not while the game is running.

Window constantly resizes itself[edit]

After applying the borderless mode simply restart the game itself, while keeping the borderless application open.

References

Borderless Windowed Mode Fallout New Vegas

  1. ↑Lantern | WSGF
  2. ↑Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team | WSGF
  3. ↑Microsoft Docs - Double Buffered Graphics - last accessed on 2018-04-13
  4. ↑DirectX Developer Blog - For best performance, use DXGI flip model - last accessed on 2018-04-13
  5. ↑Unexpected Error has occurred popup during installation · Issue #408 · PeterTh/gedosato