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DucklyQuack
8 years ago
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Battlefield 1 Fullscreen not working

So I just bought BF1, and wanted to play, but the game stays in windowed mode.. When I try to switch to fullscreen (or borderless), my screen flips out (black flickering), I hear audio distortion in the music and after a couple of seconds it goes back to windowed mode.

UPDATE:

For anyone experiencing the same problem, it was the fact I was using a TV. Yes, I was gaming on a TV instead of a monitor. I bought a 144hz 1080p monitor, and all issues disappeared. Meaning that Battlefield just has an issue with TVs. Which might be something to look into for the devs... Since I can't be the only one who was doing this.  

I've tried all following "fixes":

- Any in-game-option - DOESN'T WORK
- Disabling/enabling DirectX 12 - DOESN'T WORK
- Disabling Origin in-game overlay - DOESN'T WORK
- Shortcut compatibility "disable fullscreen optimization" - DOESN'T WORK
- Alt + Enter - DOESN'T WORK
- Windows Scale back to default (100%) - DOESN'T WORK
- Borderless window - DOESN'T WORK
- NVidea 59 Hz screen setting - DOESN'T WORK
- Any other resolution/refreshrate - DOESN'T WORK
- Rebooting, clean boot, sign out/in - DOESN'T WORK
- "Repair game" in Origin - DOESN'T WORK
- Reinstall the game - DOESN'T WORK
- Reverting back to an older GPU driver - DOESN'T WORK

- Reinstalling GPU drivers - DOESN'T WORK
- NVidea control panel > Display > Adjust desktop size and position > No Scaling/fullscreen - DOESN'T WORK
- I don't use TeamViewer
- I don't use Samsung Magician
- I don't use any streaming software

- There's in fact nothing but Origin running in the background


Soooooooo.......... I'm kind of desperate here.
Thanks in advance.

MY SYSTEM (all drivers up to date):
Windows 10
CPU: 6700k with custom cooler (not overclocked)
RAM: 16GB 2666mHz
GPU: GTX 1070 (not overclocked, just removed power restrictions)
PSU: 650 watts
OS Drive: SSD 240GB
Game Drive: HDD 2TB 7200rp/m

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  • EA_Blueberry's avatar
    EA_Blueberry
    6 years ago
    @DucklyQuack wrote:

    So I just bought BF1, and wanted to play, but the game stays in windowed mode.. When I try to switch to fullscreen (or borderless), my screen flips out (black flickering), I hear audio distortion in the music and after a couple of seconds it goes back to windowed mode.

    UPDATE:

    For anyone experiencing the same problem, it was the fact I was using a TV. Yes, I was gaming on a TV instead of a monitor. I bought a 144hz 1080p monitor, and all issues disappeared. Meaning that Battlefield just has an issue with TVs. Which might be something to look into for the devs... Since I can't be the only one who was doing this.  

    I've tried all following "fixes":

    - Any in-game-option - DOESN'T WORK
    - Disabling/enabling DirectX 12 - DOESN'T WORK
    - Disabling Origin in-game overlay - DOESN'T WORK
    - Shortcut compatibility "disable fullscreen optimization" - DOESN'T WORK
    - Alt + Enter - DOESN'T WORK
    - Windows Scale back to default (100%) - DOESN'T WORK
    - Borderless window - DOESN'T WORK
    - NVidea 59 Hz screen setting - DOESN'T WORK
    - Any other resolution/refreshrate - DOESN'T WORK
    - Rebooting, clean boot, sign out/in - DOESN'T WORK
    - "Repair game" in Origin - DOESN'T WORK
    - Reinstall the game - DOESN'T WORK
    - Reverting back to an older GPU driver - DOESN'T WORK

    - Reinstalling GPU drivers - DOESN'T WORK
    - NVidea control panel > Display > Adjust desktop size and position > No Scaling/fullscreen - DOESN'T WORK
    - I don't use TeamViewer
    - I don't use Samsung Magician
    - I don't use any streaming software

    - There's in fact nothing but Origin running in the background


    Soooooooo.......... I'm kind of desperate here.
    Thanks in advance.

    MY SYSTEM (all drivers up to date):
    Windows 10
    CPU: 6700k with custom cooler (not overclocked)
    RAM: 16GB 2666mHz
    GPU: GTX 1070 (not overclocked, just removed power restrictions)
    PSU: 650 watts
    OS Drive: SSD 240GB
    Game Drive: HDD 2TB 7200rp/m

    @DucklyQuack 

    Thanks for coming back to update your post from 2017, that's something we don't normally see and we really do appreciate that. When players are searching our forums posts that are "solved" will be easier to find. If you think this will help others out, feel free to mark it as solved. 👍

    See you on the battlefield!

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  • DucklyQuack's avatar
    DucklyQuack
    8 years ago

    OK so far I have ruled out the following:

    - It's not a GPU driver problem (installed, reinstalled, reverted back, etc a 1000 times)
    - It's not a resolution/refreshrate problem (changed the settings in-game and PC a 1000 different ways)
    - It's not a "broken file" problem ("Repaired", uninstalled, reinstalled the game several times now (12 hours of trying))
    - The problem is not my system (all my other 24 games run PERFECTLY)
    - It's not a scaling problem (tried every imaginable setting/change)
    - It's not a problem with the PROSAVE files (deleted, edited, copied, replaced a 1000 times)
    - So far it's not a conflicting software problem (there's nothing but Origin and Malwarebytes running. I have uninstalled and disabled EVERYTHING ELSE, even stuff I didn't even know I had, like Intel Rapid Storage Technology?) Guess the last thing to try is uninstalling Malwarebytes. EDIT: Uninstalling Malwarebytes solves nothing.
    - To be clear, it's not a problem with the Creator's update for Windows 10 either. The problem occurred BEFORE I installed the update.

    THE ONLY THING LEFT with which I can imagine something being wrong: BF1 identifies my screen as "0 Generic PnP screen", while all my other games do identify it correctly. Something to do with this perhaps? 

  • VIP-AHMAD-007's avatar
    VIP-AHMAD-007
    Creator Network Member
    8 years ago
    Hey,

    I had the same issue before and I’ve tried several ways to fix it, finally i had to check the game settings itself from more - options - video and had to change the mode from there.

    Give it a try it might work for you as well.

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  • EA_Blueberry's avatar
    EA_Blueberry
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    6 years ago
    @DucklyQuack wrote:

    So I just bought BF1, and wanted to play, but the game stays in windowed mode.. When I try to switch to fullscreen (or borderless), my screen flips out (black flickering), I hear audio distortion in the music and after a couple of seconds it goes back to windowed mode.

    UPDATE:

    For anyone experiencing the same problem, it was the fact I was using a TV. Yes, I was gaming on a TV instead of a monitor. I bought a 144hz 1080p monitor, and all issues disappeared. Meaning that Battlefield just has an issue with TVs. Which might be something to look into for the devs... Since I can't be the only one who was doing this.  

    I've tried all following "fixes":

    - Any in-game-option - DOESN'T WORK
    - Disabling/enabling DirectX 12 - DOESN'T WORK
    - Disabling Origin in-game overlay - DOESN'T WORK
    - Shortcut compatibility "disable fullscreen optimization" - DOESN'T WORK
    - Alt + Enter - DOESN'T WORK
    - Windows Scale back to default (100%) - DOESN'T WORK
    - Borderless window - DOESN'T WORK
    - NVidea 59 Hz screen setting - DOESN'T WORK
    - Any other resolution/refreshrate - DOESN'T WORK
    - Rebooting, clean boot, sign out/in - DOESN'T WORK
    - "Repair game" in Origin - DOESN'T WORK
    - Reinstall the game - DOESN'T WORK
    - Reverting back to an older GPU driver - DOESN'T WORK

    - Reinstalling GPU drivers - DOESN'T WORK
    - NVidea control panel > Display > Adjust desktop size and position > No Scaling/fullscreen - DOESN'T WORK
    - I don't use TeamViewer
    - I don't use Samsung Magician
    - I don't use any streaming software

    - There's in fact nothing but Origin running in the background


    Soooooooo.......... I'm kind of desperate here.
    Thanks in advance.

    MY SYSTEM (all drivers up to date):
    Windows 10
    CPU: 6700k with custom cooler (not overclocked)
    RAM: 16GB 2666mHz
    GPU: GTX 1070 (not overclocked, just removed power restrictions)
    PSU: 650 watts
    OS Drive: SSD 240GB
    Game Drive: HDD 2TB 7200rp/m

    @DucklyQuack 

    Thanks for coming back to update your post from 2017, that's something we don't normally see and we really do appreciate that. When players are searching our forums posts that are "solved" will be easier to find. If you think this will help others out, feel free to mark it as solved. 👍

    See you on the battlefield!

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