How do I get the client to launch in full size window?

[Caliopus "Calio" Jones]

Every time I launch the client the game opens in a reduced size window and I have to manually maximize it.  The probem is that many of my moveable HUD elements get compressed to fit in the reduced size window and stay in the position they were moved to even after I maximize the game window (e.g., I get my chat overlapping my hotbar) and every time I have to move them back to the position I want them in. It's getting annoying (given the frequent crashed and relaunches of client - I'm not complaining about the crashes. It's beta. Just the need to fiddle with my setup so often).  Right clicking the game shortcut and selecting properties -> maximize window just expands and distorts the log-in screen and doesn't affect the actual game window (which still opens in reduced size).  Options panel -> video -> full screen seems to be disabled (the hot button is dead)  doesn't work either. I'm out of ideas. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

[Hugo "Lossehelin" Santos]

it is because some of the resolutions are not compatible with full screeen. Change the resolution and then you will be able to pick the full screen option

[Caliopus "Calio" Jones]

what resolutions are compatible with full screen mode?

[dale "dalewj" ofj]

depends what the resolution of your screen is.  if your running 1280x1024  then you should be able to take the 1280x1024 option in the Options of the client.

What is your screen set to?

[Caliopus "Calio" Jones]

Ah! I get it. Just matched the game resolution to my screen resolution (1680x1050) and got the full screen option. Unfortunately, I no longer have an option to play in windows mode, but at this point, I'll take what I can get.

Thanks everyone.

[dale "dalewj" ofj]

it is best to make this change when you are in the Client and yet to log into the game.  Making window to full screen changes in the game have always been rough and probably remvoed as an option by the devs.  Plus it does terrible things to your graphics card

[Event "Janе" Horizon]

Ah! I get it. Just matched the game resolution to my screen resolution (1680x1050) and got the full screen option. Unfortunately, I no longer have an option to play in windows mode, but at this point, I'll take what I can get.

Thanks everyone.

You probably have worked this out by now - if you match the in-game resolution to your screen - your only option is Full Screen (you cannot untick the Full Screen option).
To have a windowed client - you need to set the in-game resolution to less than  your screen ... the Full Screen option then can be unticked.

[Jarod "Brickwit" McBrickerton]

I know I'm several days late to the party but I wanted to add a note about the Maximize Window option. The problem of the game appearing distorted when picking Maximize Window from the shortcut's properties has existed since the first test version of AWS. They seemed to have fixed it not so long ago but another patch to the game quickly un-fixed it again.

What I've noticed is that sometimes letting the game fully load in a maximized window will result in the game fixing itself during the loading process. Most of the time (unfortunately) it stays distorted, but sometimes it realizes that it's distorted and auto-adjusts itself to the new window size. My monitor's max resolution is 1920 x 1080 and I run the game at 1600 x 1024 - the biggest window size that doesn't go underneath the Win7 Taskbar - with the shortcut set for Maximize Window. When it fixes itself it's great and when it doesn't I double-click the window's title bar (where it says "AfterWorld Survival [v. C211]") twice (call it a quadruple-click if you like) and everything is fixed. It only takes a second to do and you get the best of both worlds - a full-screen game in a window.

[Caliopus "Calio" Jones]

When it fixes itself it's great and when it doesn't I double-click the window's title bar (where it says "AfterWorld Survival [v. C211]") twice (call it a quadruple-click if you like) and everything is fixed. It only takes a second to do and you get the best of both worlds - a full-screen game in a window.

Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try.

[Jarod "Brickwit" McBrickerton]

I've been paying closer attention since my last reply and noticed that it doesn't seem to fix itself very often (if at all) anymore. Hopefully the devs will address the issue again pretty soon.