Problems with borderless windowed mode

[KenReels]

I run boarderless windowed mode because of me running a duel monitor setup and I want to be able to move to my second monitor when needed but for me the game still locks my mouse to the window and even when I alt+tab out it won't let my mouse go. I run windows 10 64bit mostly because I don't have any issues with my other programs and I don't know if its just an issue with Windows 10 or not.

[Kaldaien]

Originally posted by KenReels:

I run boarderless windowed mode because of me running a duel monitor setup and I want to be able to move to my second monitor when needed but for me the game still locks my mouse to the window and even when I alt+tab out it won't let my mouse go. I run windows 10 64bit mostly because I don't have any issues with my other programs and I don't know if its just an issue with Windows 10 or not.

Use Special K and set Borderless=true, RenderInBackground=true

This is going to be complicated, so I'll try to walk you through it:

1. Grab SpecialK_0_6_33.7z from here[github.com]
   
2. Extract it to your Skyrim SE install directory
   
3. Rename SpecialK64.dll to dxgi.dll and SpecialK64.pdb to dxgi.pdb
   
4. Delete SpecialK32.dll and SpecialK32.pdb
   
5. Run the game once
   
6. Edit dxgi.ini
   
   

   Under [Window.System]

   • Borderless=true
     
   • RenderInBackground=true

My mod is primarily designed for performance enhancement, but it will help you out a lot here. The mouse cursor won't be captured when alt+tabbing and as a bonus you'll even get a sound on achievement unlock :)

[Kaldaien]

There are also some performance tweaks you can make here if you're feeling adventurous :)

[Render.DXGI]
MaxDeltaTime=3
UseFlipDiscard=true
MaxRes=0x0
MinRes=0x0
Scaling=Centered
SwapChainWait=15

[Render.FrameRate]
TargetFPS=60.0
BackBufferCount=3
PreRenderLimit=2
PresentationInterval=0

[Textures.D3D11]
Cache=true
PreciseHash=false
Dump=false
Inject=true
ResourceRoot=SK_Res

This uses all available D3D11 features on Windows 10 to improve windowed mode performance.

[KenReels]

Thank you so much that helps a ton. I'm always happy when I see the boarderless windowed mode on games it just sucks when it doesn't function properly.

[SCP-708]

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

Originally posted by KenReels:

I run boarderless windowed mode because of me running a duel monitor setup and I want to be able to move to my second monitor when needed but for me the game still locks my mouse to the window and even when I alt+tab out it won't let my mouse go. I run windows 10 64bit mostly because I don't have any issues with my other programs and I don't know if its just an issue with Windows 10 or not.

Use Special K and set Borderless=true, RenderInBackground=true

This is going to be complicated, so I'll try to walk you through it:

1. Grab SpecialK_0_6_33.7z from here[github.com]
   
2. Extract it to your Skyrim SE install directory
   
3. Rename SpecialK64.dll to dxgi.dll and SpecialK64.pdb to dxgi.pdb
   
4. Delete SpecialK32.dll and SpecialK32.pdb
   
5. Run the game once
   
6. Edit dxgi.ini
   
   

   Under [Window.System]

   • Borderless=true
     
   • RenderInBackground=true

My mod is primarily designed for performance enhancement, but it will help you out a lot here. The mouse cursor won't be captured when alt+tabbing and as a bonus you'll even get a sound on achievement unlock :)

This sounds great, but the link is dead. I know it's been a couple years since you made this post, but do you have a current link?

[Kaldaien]

Pirates unfortunately got angry at me and had my GitHub repository torn-down.

I host my code on GitLab now and the project is MUCH more sophisticated (the number of things the software does now is way too long to list :P)


The latest release that I'm happy to offer any technical support to is here:

https://gitlab.com/Kaldaien/SpecialK/tags/TempCapcomFix

Same basic principle, but with a really neat twist -- there's an in-game config menu that eliminates the need to poke around with config files. Just drop the files in and press Ctrl + Shift + Backspace when you start the game, the settings you want are under:

Window Management / I/O Behavior.

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I have a Steam group dedicated to this project just FYI, if you find it helpful or need more help getting it to work, I'm active on those forums.

[SCP-708]

I'm sorry that I'm still so new to this, but how do you extract something to an "install directory"? Where do you find that?

[Chashmodai]

Originally posted by SCP-708:

I'm sorry that I'm still so new to this, but how do you extract something to an "install directory"? Where do you find that?

Your Skyrim install directory. Unsually
Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition

[Chashmodai]

Thanks Kaldaien. This has annoyed me for a long time. Trying to watch a YT video on second screen while playing Skyrim on the first has been impossible. Your solution seems to work so far. Usually, when scrolling in menus in Skyrim, the browser in the second screen would scroll as well, making it impossible to watch as I'd just end up in the comment section. This hasn't happened since getting your application.

[2xGHoSTx2]

Kaldaien you sir are a legend! thank you so much!

[Radiosity]

I don't have problems with the mouse. Instead, Bethesda apparently made the only game in the history of the world that manages to break the built-in Windows shortcut to move applications/games to another monitor (Win+Shift+L/R Arrow). Amazing that they even manage to introduce bugs into things outside the game.

Will check out Special K, I use it for a bunch of other games already, so why not this one too.

[Aleema143]

Hi Kaldaien! I used your program to fix my cursor issue and it worked. Now however, I have the double cursor while in game. What have I done wrong here?

[Kaldaien]

Originally posted by Aleema143:

Hi Kaldaien! I used your program to fix my cursor issue and it worked. Now however, I have the double cursor while in game. What have I done wrong here?

Double cursor? Are you referring to the Windows cursor being drawn in addition to the game's cursor? I can help with the Windows cursor (set auto-hide duration to 0.0), but not the game's cursor.

[Aleema143]

Thanks mate!

[Gyzr]

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

Originally posted by Aleema143:

Hi Kaldaien! I used your program to fix my cursor issue and it worked. Now however, I have the double cursor while in game. What have I done wrong here?

Double cursor? Are you referring to the Windows cursor being drawn in addition to the game's cursor? I can help with the Windows cursor (set auto-hide duration to 0.0), but not the game's cursor.

Hey, it seems as one person fixed the problem I'm having, which scrolls my windows on my second monitor while scrolling in the Skyrim menus, but it hasn't worked for me. Is there a specific option you suggest me to change in the ini to fix this problem? And for reference, this was the person that had the same problem as me:

Originally posted by Chashmodai:

Thanks Kaldaien. This has annoyed me for a long time. Trying to watch a YT video on second screen while playing Skyrim on the first has been impossible. Your solution seems to work so far. Usually, when scrolling in menus in Skyrim, the browser in the second screen would scroll as well, making it impossible to watch as I'd just end up in the comment section. This hasn't happened since getting your application.

Thanks in advance.

[Kaldaien]

Originally posted by Gyzr:

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

Double cursor? Are you referring to the Windows cursor being drawn in addition to the game's cursor? I can help with the Windows cursor (set auto-hide duration to 0.0), but not the game's cursor.

Hey, it seems as one person fixed the problem I'm having, which scrolls my windows on my second monitor while scrolling in the Skyrim menus, but it hasn't worked for me. Is there a specific option you suggest me to change in the ini to fix this problem? And for reference, this was the person that had the same problem as me:

Originally posted by Chashmodai:

Thanks Kaldaien. This has annoyed me for a long time. Trying to watch a YT video on second screen while playing Skyrim on the first has been impossible. Your solution seems to work so far. Usually, when scrolling in menus in Skyrim, the browser in the second screen would scroll as well, making it impossible to watch as I'd just end up in the comment section. This hasn't happened since getting your application.

Thanks in advance.

It's probably easier if I just give you a beta key for the Steam version... much easier to use.

MHXTJ-L9F0C-HW0NR

Rather than messing with INI options, just launch Special K through Steam, start up Global Injection, launch your game (Skyrim), open the control panel ( Ctrl + Shift + Backspace ) and then focus on the Window Management / Input/Output Behavior section.