[Windows-only] Play in Fullscreen: easy how-to

I'm playing on Linux and here it's really easy to toggle any window into fake border less fullscreen using standard tools, but I have few friends who playing from Windows, so I make simple script to run PA in fullscreen. It's was require modification for different resolutions, so I not posted it here.

For last week there was many request about fullscreen mode, so I fix script and now you can use it easily:

1. Download and install AutoHotKey (free and open-source software):
   http://www.autohotkey.com/
2. Download and extract "fullscreen.ahk_v1.zip" archive.
   
3. Run "fullscreen.ahk" by double click or make right click and choose "Run Script" menu option.
4. Now you should see green "H" icon in system tray.
5. Run PA or just select game window.
6. Press Ctrl+Alt+F11 hotkey to enable/disable fullscreen

Fullscreen will looks exactly like traditional fullscreen: no borders, no panels, just game screen.

I only checked it on Windows 7, but it's also reported as working on Windows 8. If you have any issues let me know and I'll fix them.
There is one known issue with UAC privilege escalation. E.g if you run launcher and UAC asking you for administrative access, then if you start game script probably won't able to control game window. To bypass the problem try to run script as administrator or just try to run game directly w/o launcher.

* * * If you use Windows Vista and script working for you, please report about that in this topic. * * *

Warning! This script will work on multi monitor setup, but only if you run PA on first monitor.

Re: [Windows-only] How-To run game in borderless fullscreen

You can also just copy script code:

Code:

^!F11::
WinGetTitle, currentWindow, A
IfWinExist %currentWindow%
{
        NeedWidth := (A_ScreenWidth)+2
        NeedHeight := (A_ScreenHeight)+2
        
        ; Check if game already in fullscreen
        WinGetPos, , , Width, Height
        If (Width != NeedWidth and Height != NeedHeight)
        {
                WinSet, Style, ^0xC00000 ; toggle title bar
                WinSet, Style, -0x800000 ; hide thin-line border
                WinSet, Style, -0x40000 ; hide thickframe/sizebox
                
                ; Resize game window
                WinMove, , , -1, -1, NeedWidth, NeedHeight
        }
        Else
        {
                WinSet, Style, ^0xC00000 ; toggle title bar
                WinSet, Style, +0x800000 ; show thin-line border
                WinSet, Style, +0x40000 ; show thickframe/sizebox
                
                WinRestore
                WinMaximize
        }
}
return

This is *really* good! Makes it that much more immersive when you're not seeing chrome etc sitting along the taskbar

Yeah, this is seriously awesome. Thanks <3

You are amazing. <3

Every window works except for PA. Wat do?

great work man. thanks

It's will be interesting to know why. Have you still use Skype or any other IM?

I can just add few debug lines in script, but fast communication will be more helpful for debugging.

Don't know if you've been answered yet but I had the same problem. Running the script as an Administrator worked for me.

FYI sxx, I'm on Win8 btw and it works. Thanks for the mod!

While I am here is there a workaround for the frame drops to like 15fps? I know its alpha and not optimised but a lot of videos I watch seem to run better. If I'm mistaken and everyone gets the drops, I'll just carry on as I am. But if there is a 'fix' I would like to try it!

I run i7 950 @ 4 GHz, 6 GB 1600 MHz RAM and GTX 570 SLI (single card atm, though).

Cheers!

Yep, Petard have same problem on Windows 7.

Thanks for report, I'll add notice about Win8 in first post.

Grab latest drivers from Nvidia website and disable shadows completely (e.g not set graphics on low, just turn shadows off), it's only way right now.

...or Game companion...

What? :?

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!
I run PA now in Trippelscreen
5760x1080 (6010x1080 modified)
What a Freaking experience, Thank you, thank you thank you....... damn. now it is almost 4 am in Norway, get some sleep? noooooo way now it is PA in Surround mode.... thank you again

So the game now has a fullscreen mode of it's own but the game's fullscreen seems to be far less useful than this one (or the ones achieved by other similar scripts). At least for me I get a pretty nasty flickering whenever the PA "fullscreen" window loses or gains the focus. This does not happen with the scripts. Whatever PA does in it's own fullscreen mode my setup doesnt like it at all.

I am on a Radeon 7850/2G and use 3 screens.

Also the game dooesnt save the fullscreen/window setting. It keeps fullscreen all the time, which seems to lag the game right at startup.

The latest patch fixed that, it now saves the setting like it should