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Windowed mode ugliness


Landrassa

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Some of the other games I play where being in windowed mode has advantages have had tools/gadgets released for them, usually by volunteer 3rd parties, to "fake" fullscreen mode (effectively hiding the titlebar and edges) while still running in fullscreen.

 

Is there such a tool for Sacred 2 by any chance? I did some searching on both google and the forums but no joy.

Edited by Landrassa
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I had never thought of this, I figured it was something that was embedded into the game and could not be changed.

 

I did a bit of looking around and I found a script using AutoHotKey to resize FF14. I haven't got Sacred 2 installed here, but I tried it with WoW and it worked perfectly. I am sure you can adapt it to Sacred 2, I know I will be trying when I get home.

 

http://www.ffxivcore.com/topic/10729-borde...-window-script/

http://www.autohotkey.com/download/

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Edit: For the reason listed below, I do not recommend this method. Try at your own risk.

 

Just tried this for Sacred 2, works perfectly. Looks exactly like full screen mode.

 

Process

  • Download and install AutoHotKey: http://www.autohotkey.com/download/
  • After install, run the AutoHotKey application. On the first run it will ask if you want to install an example script, select yes.
  • The script will popup in notepad. Add the following lines to the file.
     
    !^f::
    WinSet, Style, -0xC40000, A
    WinMove, A, , 0, 0, 1024, 768
    ;WinActivate, A
    return


     

  • Change the values '1024, 768' to match your monitor resolution.
  • Save and exit notepad.
  • Ensure AutoHotKey is running ('H' icon in your tasktray)
  • Launch Sacred 2 (or any full screen application) and set it to windowed mode.
  • Press CTRL+ALT+F
  • Enjoy!

Credit for this script goes to valru (link)

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On further testing of this method, the adjustment to the dimensions of the window is throwing the coordinates of game elements out.

 

In the example below, the cursor thinks it's still hovering the single player button. This could lead to mis-clicking in the game.

 

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Thanks for looking into it dreeft, despite the initial hiccups there might still be room to get it working. I know that on my eve online clients I have something similar and they're entirely mouse driven as well.

 

Will report back in if I have some news of my own :D

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