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Another tip that exclusively works on Linux is running your game in a separate X server. This allows you to switch between your game and your desktop using {{key|Ctrl|Alt|F7}} and {{key|Ctrl|Alt|F8}} and it increases performance and stability. To do this, edit the launch options for your game on Steam as follows:
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Revision as of 08:06, 1 August 2015

For a list of games, see List of games that support borderless fullscreen windowed.


Key points

A forced Windowed mode will need to be set first for games which do not natively provide a borderless mode.
Fast, seamless task switching with no risk of crashes or freezes with no performance costs.
Eliminates screen tearing.
AMD/ATI cards only support Crossfire in this mode for games using a Mantle renderer.[1]
Most games will have problems with edge scrolling on multi-monitor setups. See Mouse locking.

Windows

Borderless Gaming

Open source and simple to use application.
Dynamic, adapts easily when switching to a different resolution on another monitor.
Allows games to lock the mouse to the current window.
Instructions

GeDoSaTo

GeDoSaTo and Borderless Gaming can be used together.
Allows games to be downsampled at any resolution.
Unintuitive interface.
Instructions

AutoHotkey

The following scripts require AutoHotkey.
Games utilizing PunkBuster as an anti-cheat measure may mistakenly treat AutoHotkey as a cheat.

Saving and running a script

Instructions

Scripts compilation

Borderless scripts

Fullscreen script

This script will full screen the currently active window onto your primary monitor with F12.
Instructions

Fullscreen toggle script

This script will toggle between fullscreen and windowed modes when pressing F12 as well as hiding the taskbar on the fullscreen mode.
Instructions

Multiple monitors script

This is a snippet from the Fullscreen toggle script.
Instructions

Linux

Most Linux windows managers allow fullscreen applications to natively run under a borderless mode by default.

Another tip that exclusively works on Linux is running your game in a separate X server instance. This allows you to switch between your game and your desktop using Ctrl+Alt+F7 and Ctrl+Alt+F8 (buttons may differ, may be F1 through F12) and it increases performance and stability. To do this, edit the launch options for your game on Steam as follows:

Instructions

Improved tiling windows manager

Instructions

Engines

Source

Games built on the Source engine can be run in a borderless window by enabling windowed mode and adding the launch argument -windowed -noborder to the main executable.[2]

Unity

Games built on the Unity engine can be run in a borderless window by enabling windowed mode and adding the launch argument -popupwindow to the main executable.[3]

Windows troubleshooting

Game crashes on startup

Certain borderless applications have to be started before the game itself and not while the game is running.

Window constantly resizes itself

After applying the borderless mode simply restart the game itself, while keeping the borderless application open.


References