Microsoft defaults all games installed on Windows 10 run in fake-fullscreen borderless window mode. You can still make them run in fullscreen exclusive by disabling "Full Screen Optimization" on each process. However, this only works in non-DX12 games.
I've tested DX12 mode in Metro Exodus, Remedy's Control, Gears of War 5 and Warhammer 2 Total War. Disabling FSO does not work as they still run in fake borderless window fullscreen mode. I can tell because the "Activate Windows" watermark will be displayed on the bottom right of my screen. But with DX11 mode + FSO disabled, the watermark will be completely overlapped by the game and thus not showing.
Running in DX12 borderless mode also create some other issues such as input delay, stuttering and Freesync not working in those games I've tested despite having overall framerate improvement. Is there a way to force DX12 into fullscreen exclusive?
Is there a way to make DX12 games run in "true" fullscreen mode?
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Re: Is there a way to make DX12 games run in "true" fullscreen mode?
That's weird. When I run frameview by Nvidia I get the F, I, icons (Fullscreen, Independent Flip) vs W, I (Windowed, Independent)
EDIT: I don't think Frameview can discern between the two so it's probably a Frameview problem with identifying what mode Windows runs. I just disabled FSO and ran the same game when I didn't disable FSO and Frameview reported the same F, I,.
EDIT: I don't think Frameview can discern between the two so it's probably a Frameview problem with identifying what mode Windows runs. I just disabled FSO and ran the same game when I didn't disable FSO and Frameview reported the same F, I,.
Re: Is there a way to make DX12 games run in "true" fullscreen mode?
You can tell easily by adjusting sound using media keys on keyboard, or changing keyboard language (while in-game) if you see pop out menu, FSO is on. If you don't: it is off. Also you should be able to tell difference in input lag, after it is disabled! It works only using these registry tweaks: https://www.mediafire.com/file/y10n4s81 ... s.REG/fileBTRY B 529th FA BN wrote: ↑18 Feb 2021, 09:58That's weird. When I run frameview by Nvidia I get the F, I, icons (Fullscreen, Independent Flip) vs W, I (Windowed, Independent)
EDIT: I don't think Frameview can discern between the two so it's probably a Frameview problem with identifying what mode Windows runs. I just disabled FSO and ran the same game when I didn't disable FSO and Frameview reported the same F, I,.
Up until DX11, doesn't work on DX12! DX12 is not that good anyways, so change direct to 11 everywhere you can, or use Vulkan, if possible. Still annoying in some DX12 games... Microsoft is so...
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Re: Is there a way to make DX12 games run in "true" fullscreen mode?
So simply disabling FSO via the game .exe doesn't fully disable FSO, and those reg keys are needed?empleat wrote: ↑21 Feb 2021, 11:35You can tell easily by adjusting sound using media keys on keyboard, or changing keyboard language (while in-game) if you see pop out menu, FSO is on. If you don't: it is off. Also you should be able to tell difference in input lag, after it is disabled! It works only using these registry tweaks: https://www.mediafire.com/file/y10n4s81 ... s.REG/fileBTRY B 529th FA BN wrote: ↑18 Feb 2021, 09:58That's weird. When I run frameview by Nvidia I get the F, I, icons (Fullscreen, Independent Flip) vs W, I (Windowed, Independent)
EDIT: I don't think Frameview can discern between the two so it's probably a Frameview problem with identifying what mode Windows runs. I just disabled FSO and ran the same game when I didn't disable FSO and Frameview reported the same F, I,.
Up until DX11, doesn't work on DX12! DX12 is not that good anyways, so change direct to 11 everywhere you can, or use Vulkan, if possible. Still annoying in some DX12 games... Microsoft is so...
EDIT: Wait, is this for people using GameDVR?
Re: Is there a way to make DX12 games run in "true" fullscreen mode?
u want iFlip Immediate on DX12 to achieve that u need force vsync off
u can try new driver from nvidia which bypass the dwm its start from 461.09 and could force iflip immediate on game? i dont know
info
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers ... er-version
u can try new driver from nvidia which bypass the dwm its start from 461.09 and could force iflip immediate on game? i dont know
info
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers ... er-version
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If V-Sync is OFF, then there will be tearing (even in windowed mode) because, as in full-screen mode, there is now no desktop compositor controlling the presentation
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Re: Is there a way to make DX12 games run in "true" fullscreen mode?
I recently tested disabling FSO and without these registry values: it didn't work even for DX9! After setting these values in registry - it allows you to disable FSO up until DX11. But problem with DX12, I read developers can now choose, if their game will support classic Fullscreen exclusive mode. Some developers chosen not to program Fullscreen exclusive mode into their games, so you are stuck with hybrid now (FSO). Which is WTF?! Vulkan has same problem supposedly. So some of these games won't work, because they don't even have option to use anything else then FSO! As least that's what i read...BTRY B 529th FA BN wrote: ↑21 Feb 2021, 12:58So simply disabling FSO via the game .exe doesn't fully disable FSO, and those reg keys are needed?empleat wrote: ↑21 Feb 2021, 11:35You can tell easily by adjusting sound using media keys on keyboard, or changing keyboard language (while in-game) if you see pop out menu, FSO is on. If you don't: it is off. Also you should be able to tell difference in input lag, after it is disabled! It works only using these registry tweaks: https://www.mediafire.com/file/y10n4s81 ... s.REG/fileBTRY B 529th FA BN wrote: ↑18 Feb 2021, 09:58That's weird. When I run frameview by Nvidia I get the F, I, icons (Fullscreen, Independent Flip) vs W, I (Windowed, Independent)
EDIT: I don't think Frameview can discern between the two so it's probably a Frameview problem with identifying what mode Windows runs. I just disabled FSO and ran the same game when I didn't disable FSO and Frameview reported the same F, I,.
Up until DX11, doesn't work on DX12! DX12 is not that good anyways, so change direct to 11 everywhere you can, or use Vulkan, if possible. Still annoying in some DX12 games... Microsoft is so...
EDIT: Wait, is this for people using GameDVR?
This is very interesting, but how do you verify. OS promoted app to MPO plane? In other words, that it works? As it is on OS to decide.pox02 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2021, 13:52u want iFlip Immediate on DX12 to achieve that u need force vsync off
u can try new driver from nvidia which bypass the dwm its start from 461.09 and could force iflip immediate on game? i dont know
info
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers ... er-version
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If V-Sync is OFF, then there will be tearing (even in windowed mode) because, as in full-screen mode, there is now no desktop compositor controlling the presentation
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Re: Is there a way to make DX12 games run in "true" fullscreen mode?
So basically with 461.09 or newer drivers DWM is in some sort of disabled state or disabled?pox02 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2021, 13:52u want iFlip Immediate on DX12 to achieve that u need force vsync off
u can try new driver from nvidia which bypass the dwm its start from 461.09 and could force iflip immediate on game? i dont know
info
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers ... er-version
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If V-Sync is OFF, then there will be tearing (even in windowed mode) because, as in full-screen mode, there is now no desktop compositor controlling the presentation
EDIT: I was using 441.41 for a few months and recently changed (yesterday actually) and the input delay is drastically reduced. I'm also doing FSO disabled via the game .exe
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Re: Is there a way to make DX12 games run in "true" fullscreen mode?
You can't disable DWM on Windows, without running into errors probably. However this MPO will assume control of supported applications, instead of DWM. If I understand it correctly. Try this: this helps reduce input lag from DWM, didn't have any problems using this for awhile... viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4512BTRY B 529th FA BN wrote: ↑21 Feb 2021, 17:44So basically with 461.09 or newer drivers DWM is in some sort of disabled state or disabled?pox02 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2021, 13:52u want iFlip Immediate on DX12 to achieve that u need force vsync off
u can try new driver from nvidia which bypass the dwm its start from 461.09 and could force iflip immediate on game? i dont know
info
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers ... er-version
Code: Select all
If V-Sync is OFF, then there will be tearing (even in windowed mode) because, as in full-screen mode, there is now no desktop compositor controlling the presentation
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Re: Is there a way to make DX12 games run in "true" fullscreen mode?
EDIT: I was using 441.41 for a few months and recently changed (yesterday actually) and the input delay is drastically reduced, with just the driver alone. I'm also doing FSO disabled via the game .exeempleat wrote: ↑21 Feb 2021, 17:48You can't disable DWM on Windows, without running into errors probably. However this MPO will assume control of supported applications, instead of DWM. If I understand it correctly. Try this: this helps reduce input lag from DWM, didn't have any problems using this for awhile... viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4512BTRY B 529th FA BN wrote: ↑21 Feb 2021, 17:44So basically with 461.09 or newer drivers DWM is in some sort of disabled state or disabled?pox02 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2021, 13:52u want iFlip Immediate on DX12 to achieve that u need force vsync off
u can try new driver from nvidia which bypass the dwm its start from 461.09 and could force iflip immediate on game? i dont know
info
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers ... er-version
Code: Select all
If V-Sync is OFF, then there will be tearing (even in windowed mode) because, as in full-screen mode, there is now no desktop compositor controlling the presentation
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Re: Is there a way to make DX12 games run in "true" fullscreen mode?
Just found this. Reg key to enable or disable MPO. Careful clicking the download links inside the page, they are actual reg files so you want to 'save link as'
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers ... ElMjElMjE=
mpo_restore
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Dwm]
"OverlayTestMode"=-
mpo_disable
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Dwm]
"OverlayTestMode"=dword:00000005
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers ... ElMjElMjE=
mpo_restore
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Dwm]
"OverlayTestMode"=-
mpo_disable
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Dwm]
"OverlayTestMode"=dword:00000005
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