With Full Screen OFF focus reverts back to Desktop until click on load screen

[shagrat]

I got a multimonitor setup with two USB screens. To run the non-DirectX monitors I need to switch to window mode ("Full Screen" - OFF).

When starting the actual Sim from DCS World menu the focus shifts to the desktop in the background. You see the task bar and the cursor reverts to the blue circle while loading.

It is necessary to click into the DCS screen to get the focus back to the Sim.

 

Not critical but annoying.

 

This happens only with DCS World, checked in DCS A-10C and DCS Black Shark 2, no such issue there.

This was since 1.1.2.0 the 1.1.2.1 update still has this issue.

 

In DCS World this happens with any module: P-51D, A-10C, SU-25T

[71st_Mastiff]

well I have full screen off and I can't get it to release. I have to alt-tab to look out the sim, (go to desk top).

 

but when the other monitors are (USB) I don't have that issue, it's only when the UI is up.

[PeterP]

Use this "GUI always windowed" tweak as a workaround, so you have the GUI always in a window just a little smaller than your Main-screen:

Fix: adding a custom resolution to in-game options.

on a related note:

 

This is an instruction how to run the GUI in DCS:World always windowed while the Sim starts fullscreen:

 

This is how it's done:

 

 

Navigate to ...\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\MissionEditor

and open the MissionEditor.lua with a proper editor (Notepad++)

 

Make a backup of this file before you change it!!!!!!

 

Than go to line #250

 

and change it from this:

local function getScreenParams()

local width = panel_options.vdata.graphics.width.__value__

local height = panel_options.vdata.graphics.height.__value__

local fullscreen = panel_options.vdata.graphics.fullScreen.__value__]

to this:

local function getScreenParams()

local width = 1024 -- panel_options.vdata.graphics.width.__value__

local height = 768 -- panel_options.vdata.graphics.height.__value__

local fullscreen = false -- panel_options.vdata.graphics.fullScreen.__value__

1024x768 is an example - You can put in your wished resolution for the windowed GUI.

 

 

Now every-time you start DCS-World the GUI will be windowed in the resolution you have set. But the Simulation will start as set in the options-menu .

Edited May 24, 2012 by PeterP