No Full Screen mode?

[Rudal]

I just started the game and went to see what settings we have and there's no dedicated full screen mode? Why? That's a bit dumb for PC game...

[Frigidman]

Is it needed? No.

I've played many AAA titles with far more heavy graphical needs in simple windowed borderless with zero negative effects to quality nor speed.

So why is this such a big deal for you?

[Cpt Oblivious]

It's there as I use full screen to play. Something must be out of place on your end. Have you tried adjusting resolution or other options? What res are you using?

[morph113]

Originally posted by Frigidman:

Is it needed? No.

I've played many AAA titles with far more heavy graphical needs in simple windowed borderless with zero negative effects to quality nor speed.

So why is this such a big deal for you?

There is a difference between an AAA game and smaller games though. AAA games are typically more optimized. A true fullscreen mode does increase performance on some systems compared to borderless window fullscreen, especially when it's not an AAA game.

Also at least for me I need to adjust the display scaling because I usually have it set to 125% because otherwise everything (in windows) is very small. This causes the game to run with a lower resolution than my native screen resolution. So I need to change the scaling each time I start the game. A true fullscreen mode wouldn't have this issue.

[Devias]

I'm also wondering where Full Screen mode is. I only have options for Windowed and Windowed Fullscreen, which isn't the same as Full Screen.

This is actually probably one of the very few games I have in my Steam library that doesn't have a Full Screen option. So, that's something.

[Martin]

Originally posted by Frigidman:

Is it needed? No.

I've played many AAA titles with far more heavy graphical needs in simple windowed borderless with zero negative effects to quality nor speed.

So why is this such a big deal for you?

Not everyone runs 15 apps in the background.. and a dedicated fullscreen is a much more stable platform than windowed.

However, steam overlay is buggy as hell with fullscreen in some games.. so really having to pick n choose depending on game is often an issue as well. Some games are suited to windowed some are not and resource intensive games certainly aren't. Astroneer isn't resource heavy tho, so in this case, windowed or fullscreen shouldn't really matter.

As for many "aaa" titles.. are those ARGH!!! Titles or allegedly good.. Didn't know there were many AAA games still around.

Biggest issues I have with windowed is loosing mouse control, scroll control and other control issues.. since astro doesn't use free mouselook etc or scrolls, it's not really an issue. (for me)

That all said.. your response was totally defensive of astroneer.. it's not your baby you know.. you don't have to defend it with tooth n claw.

[DuckTheCow]

If you go to C:\Users\[USER]\AppData\Local\Astro\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\GameUserSettings.ini and change these settings to this it will enable full fullscreen
FullscreenMode=0
LastConfirmedFullscreenMode=0
PreferredFullscreenMode=0

[Vanguard]

Borderless is not enough?

[DuckTheCow]

borderless can cause lag

[Nate]

Hmm, these were already set to 1 for me. I'm set to Windowed Fullscreen. Only other option is Windowed.

FullscreenMode=1
LastConfirmedFullscreenMode=1
PreferredFullscreenMode=1

Need a lock cursor to window option.

[DuckTheCow]

no i mean set them to 0

[Lil Puppy]

Fullscreen mode is required for some 3rd party things to properly work. AMD has some overlay stuff that only works in true fullscreen mode and I know there are others that require dedicated access to the fullscreen directX interface.

Anyway, fullscreen mode locks the cursor by default. Devs, LOCK THE CURSOR... ALT-TAB exists, it's ok, you don't have to be scared of locking the cursor.

[Rudal]

Originally posted by Frigidman:

Is it needed? No.

I've played many AAA titles with far more heavy graphical needs in simple windowed borderless with zero negative effects to quality nor speed.

So why is this such a big deal for you?

Yes it is needed.
I run 2 monitor set up and I prefer having games in full screen mode where I can lock cursor to the window. Some games don't work with Shadowplay for example when not in full screen mode, so yes it is nice to have exclusive Full Screen.

Originally posted by Cpt Oblivious:

It's there as I use full screen to play. Something must be out of place on your end. Have you tried adjusting resolution or other options? What res are you using?

There is no dedicated fullscreen. There's only Windowed Fullscreen and just Windowed option.
I have good enough PC to run this game with no problems in such mode but it's odd to not include one ofthe most basic and standard options.

[bugman]

yes im all time finding my cursor on my other screen gets annoying. fullscreen would be nice

[PhoenixGI]

I know some games have an issue where they don't start full screen even if you set it that way. Come to think of it, I think Battlefield had that issue. Generally when in game, I think it's alt+enter will make it full screen, do it again to go back to window. I don't know if this work if you specificly choose windowed version.

[MrGrudge]

Mine's running in Full Screen, don't know what's wrong on your end.