Alt-tab from fullscreen

[Belial]

Heck, I'd like to be able to have windowed full screen. While I'm aware there are methods for a "pseudo form" of it, I'm not keen on having to download extra programs for this.

Problem is, this "pseudo form" (Not really pseudo, since it's very much real), is going to be your only option for a while. Not sure if anyone remembers the full screen frustrations of XI, but considering the issues in-game I wouldn't bet on having this feature until the full overhaul is finished first.

[Delsus]

This is something I've been thinking about. I wonder if it's something they're even able to do.

Unless theres huge problems with adapting the game engine to it then they should, all other PC games allow it. Also if your running an SLI or crossfireX setup you need to be in full screen for it to work properly which is just another reason why it should be added

[AshelyRiot]

we need to be allowed to alt-tab from fullscreen in game. I know that the reason for not allowing this feature in xi was so the experiance ingame was the same across all platforms, however it was one reason people used 3rd pt apps. This argument is however invalid because we can play the game in windowed mode.

It would be nice if a community rep could suggest this, and maybe tell us why this standard feature was disabled.

Yes I wish they would add this feature, there is really not enough reasons not to have it. So many times you can hit alt by accident and boot you off game which is insane

[Delsus]

Yes I wish they would add this feature, there is really not enough reasons not to have it. So many times you can hit alt by accident and boot you off game which is insane

lol i have 2 problems, one is my natural instict to hit alt-tab, second is i have some quick launch keys down the left side of my keyboard, if i hit one it pulls a program ontop of other windows, which causes the game to crash.

[Nabiri]

Alt-tab would be nice if possible. The game looks great in full-screen but I don't often play it that way because I like to be able to make and check my notes on notepad and chat on skype.

[Nabiri]

I don't think anyone expects this right away anyways. :3
I have a feeling if they're able to, they will allow us to alt-tab eventually. Especially with Yoshida-san in charge now.

[Ava]

I'm not sure if this is allowed as it's "technically" third-party software, but it's a safe, harmless way to make windowed mode work. If you download a program called AutoHotkey (http://www.autohotkey.com/) you can force the game into borderless fullscreen windowed mode. Dual monitor users (like myself) pretty much have to look to a solution such as this.

It doesn't hook or anything so it doesn't modify the game whatsoever, it's purely a windows macro program, if you google ffxiv autohotkey you can find the script to run to make your window borderless and fullscreen, and it works with other games and programs as well, it's really nice even outside of ffxiv.

Hopefully SE does fix this at some point but for now I think the autohotkey solution works really well.

[Neptune]

Amen. ..

[derekx]

I don't know how this change ranks among the devs (I won't assume), but if it is not a very time intensive change, should really be a high priority item. Removing the borders in windowed mode would as good to me.

To those running a dual GPU set up, how much performance difference are you seeing between windowed and full screen modes? I don't recall seeing any benches for it recently, just curious.

[Jamel-Irief]

To those running a dual GPU set up, how much performance difference are you seeing between windowed and full screen modes? I don't recall seeing any benches for it recently, just curious.

If there wasn't a FPS limit at 60, I could give you a more accurate answer, but for me the difference is definitively noticeable. With same graphic settings I get about same performance in fullscreen 1920x1080 as i do in windowed 1600 x 900. In windowed mode it seems that turning off AA gives a better FPS boost than then turning it off in fullscreen.

I use GTX 460 in SLI btw.