Inability to go Full screen in DCS 2.5

[Idle_Wild]

My in-game resolution 1280 x 768 is lower than my desktop resolution (2k).

 

Since 2.5 even with full-screen selected the game will appear to tile itself in the top-left hand corner of the screen, apparently only filling about 50% of the screen, with the desktop visibile behind (but no border as in windowed mode).

 

If I go to game settings and deselect full screen and apply, then go back to game settings, select full screen and reapply, this _sometimes_ fixes the issue, recently however, reselecting full screen and applying puts the game back into the top-left tiled display, so I _have_ to use alt+enter to get the game to go full screen. This used to work fine in 1.5.

 

The problem alt+enter then generates is that the fully-clickable cockpits are no longer fully-clickable.

 

The overlay for the click interactions seems to be displaced compared to the display, so if I need to click a switch, I have to float the mouse around and hope that I can find the interactive area, because it doesn't line up with the on-screen switch.

 

This can be very annoying as it takes me 5-10 minutes to get into a multiplayer game now (I often have to connect twice as the first attempt appears to time-out throwing me back to the main menu), I'm running spinning disk and load times for this game are horrendous. When I finally get in game, I find I can't interact with anything due to the full-screen issue.

[imacken]

Yes, this a complete pain. I thought this problem had largely gone, but it is certainly back now.

This issue when DCS res is lower than native res has been reported on many times here.

For me, whenever I have the ‘alt-enter/can’t click in cockpit’ issue, I have to quit to desktop and reload DCS. That usually does the job.

I really wish this would get fixed.

[claw]

+1

Pls adress soon

[Thomasew]

+1

[River]

same here, buuhh. I need a 1440p on my 4k screen

[imacken]

same here, buuhh. I need a 1440p on my 4k screen

 

I resolved my issue by upgrading my entire PC. Now, I run DCS in 4K (and VR) and all is good!

[riten]

same here... any news about it? alt enter doesnt work..

[tebsu]

bump

[Baco]

same here When set to 1280x800 or 768 or even 1024 I cant get a full screen and if I do teh mouse does not find the text...

 

Any solution?

 

Its not a Performace reason its to be able to see enemies on the skies.... at 1980 i see nothing

[MustangSally]

same here When set to 1280x800 or 768 or even 1024 I cant get a full screen and if I do the mouse does not find the text...

 

Any solution?

 

Its not a Performance reason its to be able to see enemies on the skies.... at 1980 i see nothing

 

 

What is your Windows resolution?

 

 

If you are trying to run DCS in fullscreen (in options) it should not matter what res Windows is running. On the other hand if you are trying to run DCS in windowed mode, ensure that that Windows is running in the same resolution.

Edited September 26, 2020 by MustangSally