Windowed Mode Question

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  1. jmcclain

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    I always play in windowed mode and have since i stared the game. However since last release when i click to play in windowed mode it will only allow for minimized window when i click to maximize window it goes full screen not windowed. Anyone have an idea why this is happening or how to fix it?
     
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    Thank you
     
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    Any word on this solution??

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    4. Unless I'm mistaken, I think you didn't read correctly the OP's post. Changing resolution while in game in indeed trivial, and so is switching between fullscreen and windowed.

      The issue is swtiching between "Exclusive Fullscreen" and "Windowed fullscreen", which uses a Unity setting that is only available at compile time, not at runtime.

      That being said, I HAVE seen some unity games offer both options. I believe Kingmaker and Pillars Of Eternity 2 both allow the user to choose between "exclusive fullscreen" and "windowed fullscreen" and are using Unity, so there is certainly a way. I suspect they're using custom code to make it happen though.
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      Apologies, I think I'm confused because the unity doc doesn't seem to match what's going on in my game. I used https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/FullScreenMode.html and when selecting "ExclusiveFullScreen" it does indeed go exclusive and stuff like GeForce overlay is enabled and it's definitely in exclusive mode. "FullscreenWindow" it goes borderless windowed and you can hit the win key and your start menu appears over the game window but I don't get any Window OS UI. When I select "Windowed" only then does the window max / min / close UI appear.

      I suggest trying it out and see what happens!

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      Apologies, I think I'm confused because the unity doc doesn't seem to match what's going on in my game. I used https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/FullScreenMode.html and when selecting "ExclusiveFullScreen" it does indeed go exclusive and stuff like GeForce overlay is enabled and it's definitely in exclusive mode. "FullscreenWindow" it goes borderless windowed and you can hit the win key and your start menu appears over the game window but I don't get any Window OS UI. When I select "Windowed" only then does the window max / min / close UI appear.

      I suggest trying it out and see what happens!
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      Hah! Very interesting. That actually did the trick!
      It seems like:
      Screen.SetResolution(with, height, true);

      Will use whatever the "Player Settings -> Fullscreen Mode" value is, and that value cannot be changed at runtime, just build time (hence the confusion for some people, myself included).

      Whereas:
      Screen.SetResolution(width, height, FullScreenMode.ExclusiveFullScreen);

      Will correctly use Exclusive full screen, regardless of the "Player Settings -> Fullscreen Mode" value.

      I admit, I had not noticed the call with "FullScreenMode" rather than "bool isFullscreen" in the unity documentation.

      Thanks a lot for the help friend! :)

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    I took this off Unities page so is this the fix?????
     
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    Hopefully this gets fixed soon. I hate being in full screen :(
     
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    i can't test myself since it's a windows bug, but have you tried today's release? saw this on discord:

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    Maximize no longer goes full screen. \o/
     
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    YAY! It's fixed! :D
    Thanks for the heads up
     
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    it seems to work for me if I snap it to the top of the screen
     
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    Yeah now it does, but for the past 2-3 releases when you would snap it up top you would go back to fullscreen.
     
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    Fixed this past release.

    Dunno if it was an intentional or not, since there is no more option for windowed mode.

    BUT if you d click a small window the game will now open to fit full screen windowed.

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    It was a Unity bug, Options > Full Screen toggles windowed mode.
     
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