windowed mode.

[Actual Dad]

so everytime i start the game, it starts in windowed mode slightly off of my screen. so i can only see like half of the game at any given point. when i try to start a new game or go in to the actual pc settings to change my scale, the game crashes. anyone else having these troubles?

[Funpire]

Did you ever fix this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥? Still happening to me.

[OldRoshi]

same i hjave to go change it to full in settings each time too. Commenting so i can sub here.

[SterbendeMilch]

Same problem, but on top of that, I'm getting a blank white screen. Still hearing the menu's sounds, but unable to interact with the game. Any idea?

[Actual Dad]

still havent been able to fix it, but somehow i have managed to trap my mouse inside the windowed game mode now, so there is literally no hope.

[Fang]

I get the Windowed mode thing too, but the moment I click my mouse in the main menu it switches to Borderless, as it should. The crash to settings is a seperate issue, iirc.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/570940/discussions/0/1694922345927146873/

[Morheet]

Well, I've managed to sort of fix the issue. It still crashes if I go into settings but I've been able to play it.

To fix the windowed mode issue:
Go into darksouls.ini
Change to "WindowMode = 2"

That should clear up the windowed mode issue. Now for the game crashing when making a new character if you have this problem. I had to hook my laptop to a separate monitor, only use the separate monitor as a display and proceed forward with a new game and character. Once I did that, it was all good. I went back into the darksouls.ini and changed the RefreshRate to 120. Not really having any problems with gameplay or anything anymore and I just don't mess with the settings.

[Actual Dad]

thank you so much i just did that and it fixed it. the game crashed right when i went to settings and changed it to borderless, but then updated? i think... upon restarting, game worked fine. hats off to you.

[tatterdemalian]

Originally posted by Cradl3ofS1n:

Well, I've managed to sort of fix the issue. It still crashes if I go into settings but I've been able to play it.

To fix the windowed mode issue:
Go into darksouls.ini
Change to "WindowMode = 2"

That should clear up the windowed mode issue. Now for the game crashing when making a new character if you have this problem. I had to hook my laptop to a separate monitor, only use the separate monitor as a display and proceed forward with a new game and character. Once I did that, it was all good. I went back into the darksouls.ini and changed the RefreshRate to 120. Not really having any problems with gameplay or anything anymore and I just don't mess with the settings.

Having a somewhat more frustrating problem. Every time I have any phantoms with me when fighting a boss, at some point in the fight the screen suddenly switches to windowed 800x600 all by itself, right in mid fight. This also repositions the window so half of it is offscreen, and usually leads to my quick death. Died three times in a row to this bug fighting the Belfry Gargoyles with two PC phantoms the first two times, and a PC phantom and Solaire the third.

[Craymeco]

I'm really sixk of this issue. :(
Also, trying to tab out of the game is a nightmare.

[Actual Dad]

Try taking off the auto detect for your graphics, i forget what the actual click option was, but i had a similar issue that kept changing that. i just did a custom graphics settings. still dumb that we have to mess with the game this much to get it to work. although, the original pc port for ds1 was way worse.

[Pižďuch]

if you have alt+tab issue...try use ctrl+shift+esc and then click where you need it. Its work for me. When I go back to the game it's still full screen!

[Tyrion]

It's been 3 years since the last post here and I literally just bought this game and same problem....good freaking job muppets. Fix your ♥♥♥♥

[Apathy]

Alt + Enter

[LaGataDeCheshire]

For the alt+tab issue: open the game and in the menu select "System" (4th option, with the game windowed you should still see the menu), select "PC settings" and in "Display mode" select "Full screen".

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