Force games fullscreen?

thevrclub

Anyone know how to make games launch fullscreen?

For example Skyfront used to default to fullscreen but now it always launches as a small window since a recent update.

thenexusvr

Our location is fairly small so this might not be an option for everyone, but we just run over and hit Alt-Enter when we see someone enter a game that doesn't automatically go full screen. We have never had a customer complain about the interaction. In fact, it gives an opportunity to display our commitment to customer service and quality of the experience. If the games all went full screen immediately, we wouldn't have that additional opportunity to show we care about their experience.

HunterLaneSBVR

Just wanted to chime in here on this one. Since we've changed our onboarding process this is one thing we look for and tell devs doesn't work well for arcades.

uriahmclain

Can't give 100% that this will work for all the games but on Windows 10 if you drag the top the the window to the top of the screen it makes it full screen, and it should launch that way as well, hope this helps. Works for me. Resizing the window size should also work.

thevrclub

Resizing works for most games (with a few exceptions like Batman Arkham VR), but it's frustrating to do it every time the game is launched, even if as Jeremy said that it looks good to be active and keeping an eye on the stations, it's still a hassle.

What about if the Springboard launcher could open and close SteamVR's mirror view automatically when starting and stopping the idle video trailers? That would solve everything since the latest SteamVR beta's mirror view has a new "center view" option without the black borders. Plus it shows the chaperone and system menu which would help a lot to be able to see when assisting customers.

KeithJ

We too have been proactive about it by keeping an eye on the main system and making sure the screens are going full on each bay. Little bit of a hassle, but like mentioned before, guests dont seem to complain about the interaction. Would love to see a solution to this. Like the idea of Springboard launching the Mirror. I use this for when i am going through my "intro" with the guest to show them on the screen the blue grid i am talking about then close it when i am done and they start. If this is an option...it would be great as guests would then be able to see the grid and maybe help player stay back. Have had a couple people comment that they dont see it and was wondering if the player actually was since they didnt. not a big problem..just really a "thorn in the side"... ;)

gameovr

Go into the steam menu and hold down the left shift key when you launch the game, this will pop-up a little menu where you can customise the window size and whether or not it is full screen. launch it once doing this and it will save th elaunch settings for that computer at least until you reinstall that game. It's a pain to do this whith every game on every computer but once its done you never have to worry about it again. Only a few games like google earth dont work for this but 90% of them will.

thenexusvr

gameovr

Thanks for the tip! I had no idea this was an option! I will have to get my employees on this grueling task next time we have a slow day! Haha!

vrcorner

Posted on https://features.springboardvr.com/feature-requests/p/force-game-launch-in-fullscreen. We did spend lots of time on fullscreen games. So please upvote if you are having the same issue.