is there a workaround to get borderless windowed mode?

[hipno]

I like playing in borderless windowed mode, is there a way to get DOW2:R to work in this way?

[Sectator Pragmaticam Lex]

Edit - Short answer: Yes.
Posted a quick how-to guide at the bottom of this message.

I hadn't tried it on this particular game before because all DoW2 games are super wonky on their own, but DxWnd can get pretty much anything on borderless windowed.
Simply forcing Retribution into borderless windowed however, resulted on this:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=467887955
But this wouldn't be the first game that goes bonkers when first introduced to DXWnd, yet can work flawlessly given the right settings. I'll fiddle with settings and try to get this working. In the meantime, you can get DxWnd here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dxwnd/

Editing in with...
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=467899638
Now it's "just" a matter of getting Retri to render in non-toaster resolution and fixing the input.

2nd edit:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=467905243
Will edit with instructions in a bit. Just in case though: The key is the "Fullscreen only" check box on the "Main" tab.
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OK, quick guide how to borderless windowed Retribution, coming right up:
- Click this link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dxwnd/files/latest/download
It will automatically download a v2_0#_##_build.rar file (#s because it'll get updated and version numbers change).
- Take that file into the folder where you want to "install" DxWnd, then extract it.
- Run dxwnd.exe, right click inside its window and select "Add".
- On the window that will appear, click the browse button on the Path field and browse to your Retribution executable. The Name field can be anything you want. Now here's when we get specific:
- On the Main tab, Generic section, tick the No banner and Fullscreen only check boxes, and untick Remap Client Rect. On the Position section, select Desktop. Go to the DirectX tab and select DirectX9.
- Click OK
- Click File > Save > Yes
Done! As long as DxWnd is running, Retribution will be borderless windowed, regardless of where you run it from.

Note: Retribution pauses rendering when you alt-tab out of it, but other than that, borderless windowed works flawlessly (on my end at least).

[Lolihag]

There's no "remap client rect." on main tab anymore.

[Sectator Pragmaticam Lex]

Check other tabs, if it isn't on any of them, ignore that step.
I don't have DxWnd in my system atm so this is all the help I can give you right now.

[Player 2]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/388080

and it's free on their home page

[Sectator Pragmaticam Lex]

To be fair, this thread and my first reply on it were posted a month before Borderless Gaming's release date on Steam. It does work and is usually much easier to set up, hence the price tag. You can indeed get it for free on their website, but if 4 dollars won't really affect your budget, why not show the devs some support?

[Lolihag]

Originally posted by Friend:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/388080

and it's free on their home page

Borderless gaming doesn't work lol. :[

[Lolihag]

Originally posted by Bread is delicious:

To be fair, this thread and my first reply on it were posted a month before Borderless Gaming's release date on Steam. It does work and is usually much easier to set up, hence the price tag. You can indeed get it for free on their website, but if 4 dollars won't really affect your budget, why not show the devs some support?

Got dxwnd to work, thanks for the guide.

[Rainboq]

Note for future readers, as of update V2_04_27, remap client rect. is under Libs, on the left side.

[The Kerminator]

Hm. I followed the guide (and unticked client rect under libs), but when launching the game from DXWnd it just crashes, and when launching it from steam it still tabs down when alt-tabbing.

[Rotya]

i have tried both options, didnt work

[KDM 16AAB]

Add the below to the Steam Launch options for the game

-nomovies -window -fullwindow -forceactive -lockmouse