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Anonymous
10 years ago

SWTOR won't launch in fullscreen

Hello,

I think I have a problem with running the game in fullscreen mode. Even though I selected fullscreen mode from the settings, I think the game runs in windowed fullscreen mode instead. There are some reasons why I suspect this:

  • NVIDIA ShadowPlay, which requires fullscreen mode, is not working - the indicator doesn't show up.
  • When I try game capture with Open Broadcaster Software, which again requires fullscreen mode, the recording window shows a black screen. But when I choose window capture, then the game shows up without problem in the recording window.

I also tried reinstalling SWTOR and NVIDIA graphics drivers, but nothing has changed. So I'm wondering if maybe there is a way to force the game to launch in fullscreen manually? My preferred recording software is NVIDIA ShadowPlay, so I'd really like to get it working again.

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  • Belgorad's avatar
    Belgorad
    Hero (Retired)
    10 years ago

    @Supricious

    Pressing ALT + Enter switches the game between windowed and full screen mode.  You will know which one your in as your'll have the minimize, maximize and close icons on the top right when in Windowed mode.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    @Belgorad

    Thank you! Now after trying the Alt+Enter option, I realize that whenever I though I was in windowed fullscreen mode before, I was actually still in fullscreen mode. Even though I had changed the settings to windowed fullscreen. It seems that the game should indeed be in fullscreen right now, but for some reason not any of my recording softwares recognize it as a fullscreen game.

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