geekymim Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Okay yesterday I changed my in game preferences to windowed so I could take a screen shot, I then forgot to set it back to normal.. Now today I can not access the game, I get a very small box appear in the corner of my screen that looks like it will load the game then it goes black. I have no idea how to change this if I can not access the game, can anyone help please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCT Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 There are three modes you can set your screen to - Fullscreen Windowed Fullscreen (Windowed) To force a change in these, go to C:\Users\Username\AppData\local\SWTOR\swtor\settings where Username is your windows username. (you will have to 'Show Hidden Files and Folders' to see the AppData folder) Make a copy of the client_settings.ini in case you make a mistake Open the client_settings.ini in notepad About 4 lines down there will be a line saying D3DFullScreen = false If you want Windowed (Fullscreen), set it to false If you want Fullscreen mode set it to true - D3DFullScreen = true If you want Windowed, set it to false and add a line saying Fullscreen = false at the bottom of the first section, right after LastCodeVersionRun = 1 Remember to delete the Fullscreen = false line from the bottom if it already exists, and you want one of the Fullscreen modes. Save the file and run SWTOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCT Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Irony, had my own version mess up by playing with the client-settings.ini (fixed it now though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theeko Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Full screen windowed best imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCT Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Yeah, I used to always play Fullscreen, but it would always take 5-10 seconds to come back up if I alt-tabbed out. In Fullscreen (Windowed) it comes straight back up (load times for new areas seems to be faster too, but that might just be me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geekymim Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 There are three modes you can set your screen to - Fullscreen Windowed Fullscreen (Windowed) To force a change in these, go to C:\Users\Username\AppData\local\SWTOR\swtor\settings where Username is your windows username. (you will have to 'Show Hidden Files and Folders' to see the AppData folder) Make a copy of the client_settings.ini in case you make a mistake Open the client_settings.ini in notepad About 4 lines down there will be a line saying D3DFullScreen = false If you want Windowed (Fullscreen), set it to false If you want Fullscreen mode set it to true - D3DFullScreen = true If you want Windowed, set it to false and add a line saying Fullscreen = false at the bottom of the first section, right after LastCodeVersionRun = 1 Remember to delete the Fullscreen = false line from the bottom if it already exists, and you want one of the Fullscreen modes. Save the file and run SWTOR. Ah thank you, I did manage to work it out last after much research online.. I have noticed that the windowed thing seems to be nicer to play on. But thank you, thank you, thank you! for the reply and taking the time to help! *gives cookies!* I was so convinced I had killed one of my favorite games ever xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCT Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Happy to help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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