Fullscreen keeps switching to windowed (FAR isn't helping)

[demonwyrm]

I just installed a new monitor and this started happening. Basically, the game boots into fullscreen, flickers for a bit, then switches to windowed. I can change it in the settings, but it'll keep reverting to windowed. Alt + Enter works (even though the game is still technically in windowed), but I was wondering if there is a permanent fix.

I'm using FAR, but I don't see anything in the settings to force/toggle fullscreen. Looking for any advice. I know this game is finicky on PC, but this is the only issue I've run into besides frame rate stutters here and there.

[Aemony]

Remove dinput8.ini from the game folder, then re-configure the game to run in fullscreen mode using the game's own settings menu, and see if that solves it.

Edit: removing dinput8.ini will reset most options of FAR.

[demonwyrm]

Thanks for the reply. I'll give that a try when I get home from work.

[demonwyrm]

That worked perfectly. No flickering and the game isn't trying to force windowed mode. Also, all my FAR setting stayed intact. Thanks for the help.

[Lateralus]

Alt tab also makes the game go into windowed mode. Any way i can fix this?

[Aemony]

Originally posted by Lateralus:

Alt tab also makes the game go into windowed mode. Any way i can fix this?

Not really, but you can restore fullscreen mode by using Alt+Enter when you bring focus back to the game.

[Swaz]

been dealing with this too since day 1. just a habit now to hit select + start to open FAR immediately while the game loads up and change it to full while im waiting for it to load. it would be nice to not have to not do that tho, on top of the other crap i have to do to avoid the white screen and freezing, which still occurs anyway :,,,,(

[demonwyrm]

There is a force override option in the display drop down menu that I didn't notice before. I tried using it before I went with the remove dinput8.ini option. All it did was create a weird loop where FAR would force the game into fullscreen, then the game's bugginess would force itself back into windowed. I also use a controller with this game, for some reason the game forcing itself back into windowed would also reset the game to keyboard controls. This all just irritated me to the point that I went with Aemony's suggestion, which solved the problem for me.