Borderless Fullscreen Windowed mode on windows

[agris]

Does anyone have a solution? Using Borderless Gaming 7.9 (https://github.com/Codeusa/Borderless-Gaming/releases) the game minimizes when the mouse is clicked outside of the game screen.

I've set these options in my swkotor2.ini file:

[Display Options]
FullScreen=0

[Graphics Options]
AllowWindowedMode=1
FullScreen=0

[agris]

come on nerds!

[Lichenberg (Deaf)]

Perfect! I am wondering about the windowed mode. Let you know, Steam screw up the link. Can you clean that up?

[agris]

Not sure what you mean about the link, but google borderless gaming github and you'll find it.

[Jaarka]

I'm encountering the same issue. Minimizes instead of allowing clicking, meaning that the Borderless mode isn't actually working.

[UnarmedPug]

Has anyone ever solved this problem? I'm pretty sure I've tried everything on the internet & they all minimize the game when I click on my other monitor.

[UnarmedPug]

Ok I finally got it to work (running Windows 10 Pro with the latest updates as of May 8, 2017). As far as I can tell this is the only solution that works with the Steam version of the game. I used a program called Windowed Borderless Gaming which you can download here: http://westechsolutions.net/sites/WindowedBorderlessGaming/

The Borderless Gaming app in the OP & recommended everywhere else does not work. I will also explain everything else I had done prior to using it. I don't know how much or even if any of this is actually necessary, but now that I've finally got it working I'm not going to start messing with it. Someone else can post here later which parts actually have to be done.

First I edited the swkotor2.ini file located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Knights of the Old Republic II\ and changed FullScreen=1 to FullScreen=0 under [Display Options].

Then under [Graphics Options] I changed the Height and width to Height=1080 & Width=1920 from whatever they were originally (I think 600 & 800). Also under [Graphics Options] I changed the other instance of FullScreen=1 to FullScreen=0, and finally I added the line AllowWindowedMode=1 to the end of the [Graphics Options] section & saved the file.

I had also right clicked on the swkotor2.exe file, selected properties, compatibility tab, and checked Run this program as an administrator, then hit OK.

Then I installed the Windowed Borderless Gaming app from the link above and ran the program. It automatically minimizes itself to an icon (that looks like a little monitor) in the bottom right of the taskbar.

Once all this is done launch the game. It will be in windowed mode on your main monitor. minimize it if you have to in order to right click on the monitor icon in the taskbar for Windowed Borderless Gaming and select Add window (F3). Then restore the game so it is currently the top window on your PC and press the F3 key on your keyboard.

And that was it, the game finally went into true fullscreen borderless windowed mode, as I could now click on anything I wanted on my second monitor without the game minimizing.

Hopefully this page will eventually rise to the first result on Google so no one else has sift through all the other crap recommendations that don't work.

[Jaarka]

Great work, Contempt!

[svensk fågel]

I had a problem with the mouse being off center after applying this. It's a easy fix though, just go to the taskbar and press the "windowed borderless gaming" icon, press settings then game settings. switch the resolution to (width: 1920) (height:1080). Also make sure you have the mouse option on "lock to game window".

[Baschiro]

Originally posted by UnarmedPug:

Ok I finally got it to work (running Windows 10 Pro with the latest updates as of May 8, 2017). As far as I can tell this is the only solution that works with the Steam version of the game. I used a program called Windowed Borderless Gaming which you can download here: http://westechsolutions.net/sites/WindowedBorderlessGaming/

The Borderless Gaming app in the OP & recommended everywhere else does not work. I will also explain everything else I had done prior to using it. I don't know how much or even if any of this is actually necessary, but now that I've finally got it working I'm not going to start messing with it. Someone else can post here later which parts actually have to be done.

First I edited the swkotor2.ini file located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Knights of the Old Republic II\ and changed FullScreen=1 to FullScreen=0 under [Display Options].

Then under [Graphics Options] I changed the Height and width to Height=1080 & Width=1920 from whatever they were originally (I think 600 & 800). Also under [Graphics Options] I changed the other instance of FullScreen=1 to FullScreen=0, and finally I added the line AllowWindowedMode=1 to the end of the [Graphics Options] section & saved the file.

I had also right clicked on the swkotor2.exe file, selected properties, compatibility tab, and checked Run this program as an administrator, then hit OK.

Then I installed the Windowed Borderless Gaming app from the link above and ran the program. It automatically minimizes itself to an icon (that looks like a little monitor) in the bottom right of the taskbar.

Once all this is done launch the game. It will be in windowed mode on your main monitor. minimize it if you have to in order to right click on the monitor icon in the taskbar for Windowed Borderless Gaming and select Add window (F3). Then restore the game so it is currently the top window on your PC and press the F3 key on your keyboard.

And that was it, the game finally went into true fullscreen borderless windowed mode, as I could now click on anything I wanted on my second monitor without the game minimizing.

Hopefully this page will eventually rise to the first result on Google so no one else has sift through all the other crap recommendations that don't work.

this worked great
28. October 2018

[TheProScout]

Originally posted by UnarmedPug:

Ok I finally got it to work (running Windows 10 Pro with the latest updates as of May 8, 2017). As far as I can tell this is the only solution that works with the Steam version of the game. I used a program called Windowed Borderless Gaming which you can download here: http://westechsolutions.net/sites/WindowedBorderlessGaming/

The Borderless Gaming app in the OP & recommended everywhere else does not work. I will also explain everything else I had done prior to using it. I don't know how much or even if any of this is actually necessary, but now that I've finally got it working I'm not going to start messing with it. Someone else can post here later which parts actually have to be done.

Thankyou this solved it for me aswell,
I also own Borderless Gaming for a couple of years, and at first i thought my monitor was at fault. as it kept going off and on, off and on, off and on.
but after installing this "windowedborderlessgaming" from westechsolutions, it suddenly worked,. and it stayed windowed fullscreen without turning off and on again.

i have no idea why this one does work, but im very happy.
now i can easily switch between my monitors on my triple monitor setup.

kudos !!!

[Nirain]

Originally posted by UnarmedPug:

Ok I finally got it to work (running Windows 10 Pro with the latest updates as of May 8, 2017). As far as I can tell this is the only solution that works with the Steam version of the game. I used a program called Windowed Borderless Gaming which you can download here: http://westechsolutions.net/sites/WindowedBorderlessGaming/

Can confirm 2023, this still works. It also fixes the Cutscene crashing bug that plagues KoToR2, in fact you might find the game running much better like this than in full screen. I'm running high resolution texture packs and was noticing frame loss in some of the cities and what i'm calling "load hickups" while loading saves where it was pause for about 6 secs, after doing this all that has stopped and I'm capped at 60 fps now. I'm still not sure how after all those QoL patches years ago didn't fix the Cutscene crash, I assumed it would've been because it's an old game on a newer OS but reddit reports say this was happening in 2015. As well, and i might be misremembering i recalled crashing on the telos cutscene on the Xbox original requiring older saves to by pass it and that would've been in 2004. This game used to crash constantly on my xbox original, requiring loading older saves and reattempting for instance the silver lightsaber crashed my game almost every time combat started.

Thank you, poster for explaining this so well worked great.

[rizefall]

Originally posted by UnarmedPug:

Ok I finally got it to work (running Windows 10 Pro with the latest updates as of May 8, 2017). As far as I can tell this is the only solution that works with the Steam version of the game. I used a program called Windowed Borderless Gaming which you can download here: http://westechsolutions.net/sites/WindowedBorderlessGaming/

The Borderless Gaming app in the OP & recommended everywhere else does not work. I will also explain everything else I had done prior to using it. I don't know how much or even if any of this is actually necessary, but now that I've finally got it working I'm not going to start messing with it. Someone else can post here later which parts actually have to be done.

First I edited the swkotor2.ini file located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Knights of the Old Republic II\ and changed FullScreen=1 to FullScreen=0 under [Display Options].

Then under [Graphics Options] I changed the Height and width to Height=1080 & Width=1920 from whatever they were originally (I think 600 & 800). Also under [Graphics Options] I changed the other instance of FullScreen=1 to FullScreen=0, and finally I added the line AllowWindowedMode=1 to the end of the [Graphics Options] section & saved the file.

I had also right clicked on the swkotor2.exe file, selected properties, compatibility tab, and checked Run this program as an administrator, then hit OK.

Then I installed the Windowed Borderless Gaming app from the link above and ran the program. It automatically minimizes itself to an icon (that looks like a little monitor) in the bottom right of the taskbar.

Once all this is done launch the game. It will be in windowed mode on your main monitor. minimize it if you have to in order to right click on the monitor icon in the taskbar for Windowed Borderless Gaming and select Add window (F3). Then restore the game so it is currently the top window on your PC and press the F3 key on your keyboard.

And that was it, the game finally went into true fullscreen borderless windowed mode, as I could now click on anything I wanted on my second monitor without the game minimizing.

Hopefully this page will eventually rise to the first result on Google so no one else has sift through all the other crap recommendations that don't work.

Funnliy enough this does nothing for me. I've followed the guide througholy and it just doesn't work. Nothing changes with the changes in the ini document and the program doesn't seem to respond, in the sense that nothing changes.

Strange considering so many people saying it worked, but it didn't for me.

[rizefall]

Originally posted by rizefall:

Originally posted by UnarmedPug:

Ok I finally got it to work (running Windows 10 Pro with the latest updates as of May 8, 2017). As far as I can tell this is the only solution that works with the Steam version of the game. I used a program called Windowed Borderless Gaming which you can download here: http://westechsolutions.net/sites/WindowedBorderlessGaming/

The Borderless Gaming app in the OP & recommended everywhere else does not work. I will also explain everything else I had done prior to using it. I don't know how much or even if any of this is actually necessary, but now that I've finally got it working I'm not going to start messing with it. Someone else can post here later which parts actually have to be done.

First I edited the swkotor2.ini file located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Knights of the Old Republic II\ and changed FullScreen=1 to FullScreen=0 under [Display Options].

Then under [Graphics Options] I changed the Height and width to Height=1080 & Width=1920 from whatever they were originally (I think 600 & 800). Also under [Graphics Options] I changed the other instance of FullScreen=1 to FullScreen=0, and finally I added the line AllowWindowedMode=1 to the end of the [Graphics Options] section & saved the file.

I had also right clicked on the swkotor2.exe file, selected properties, compatibility tab, and checked Run this program as an administrator, then hit OK.

Then I installed the Windowed Borderless Gaming app from the link above and ran the program. It automatically minimizes itself to an icon (that looks like a little monitor) in the bottom right of the taskbar.

Once all this is done launch the game. It will be in windowed mode on your main monitor. minimize it if you have to in order to right click on the monitor icon in the taskbar for Windowed Borderless Gaming and select Add window (F3). Then restore the game so it is currently the top window on your PC and press the F3 key on your keyboard.

And that was it, the game finally went into true fullscreen borderless windowed mode, as I could now click on anything I wanted on my second monitor without the game minimizing.

Hopefully this page will eventually rise to the first result on Google so no one else has sift through all the other crap recommendations that don't work.

Funnliy enough this does nothing for me. I've followed the guide througholy and it just doesn't work. Nothing changes with the changes in the ini document and the program doesn't seem to respond, in the sense that nothing changes.

Strange considering so many people saying it worked, but it didn't for me.

I'll quote myself and say that with alt + enter i got the game into window mode at least, but then you obviously get taken out of the experience because you see borders and stuff like that.

Still, the program does nothing for me.

[rizefall]

Originally posted by rizefall:

Originally posted by rizefall:

Funnliy enough this does nothing for me. I've followed the guide througholy and it just doesn't work. Nothing changes with the changes in the ini document and the program doesn't seem to respond, in the sense that nothing changes.

Strange considering so many people saying it worked, but it didn't for me.

I'll quote myself and say that with alt + enter i got the game into window mode at least, but then you obviously get taken out of the experience because you see borders and stuff like that.

Still, the program does nothing for me.

Another update: I got it to work.

Thing is though, changing stuff in the .ini file did nothing for me. All i had to do was hit Alt+Enter to get Window mode, then follow the specific instructions on the WindowedBorderlessGaming website:

> Run the app and start up a game.
> Make sure you run the game in windowed mode before adding it to the application.
> After you have set your game to run windowed, click the app's tray icon and select "Add window"
> Go back to your game and while the game window is active press the hotkey ("by default it's F3")

But then i get that issue where the mouse cursor is a bit off. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

[finnegan]

I must say I was having a runtime error on certain back-to-back cutscenes (Peragus-Harbinger, Telos Restoration Zone, etc.), and the Borderless Window app allowed me to play it. But like @rizefall said, the mouse cursor is off-center (and even offsetting the captured window slightly does not properly fix it), so I suggest that if anyone is experiencing c++ runtime crashes once the game tries to load certain cutscenes, switch to the borderless window mode.

The only ini setting one needs is the allow windowed mode command, and just press alt+enter to turn the game into a window (make sure the ini does report the proper resolution under [graphics] and [display options] sections), and then run the borderless app.

This will allow you to see the cutscenes playout normally, and once you're passed them you can switch back to the default ini (just make backups). I haven't found any other way, though I tried to hex edit the executable (unsuccessfully, it was an old method and steam won't let you play if you replace or edit the current executable - even if you replace with an editable one from deadlystream, for instance, the game just won't start), so I guess this is the best solution I have come up with to address this runtime issue.