Fullscreen script (Dual Screen & Single Screen)

[tatsu]

I didn't like having this script running all the time for nothing so I made myself an .exe file to run it only when FAF is started and kill it when it's closed.

If your FAForever is installed in the default directory, here's a list of .exe files you can download directly to match your screen resolution(currently single screen setups only.) Simply unzip the appropriate file where ever you want, for example, your desktop and use it to start the game(fancy people put it into FAForever directory and just link the original shortcut to it.)

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Now the .exe is specific to the path you have installed your FAF into but there's no reason I couldn't share the .bat that makes this all happen.

1. Copy your borderless AutoHotkey.ahk and AutoHotkey.exe to your FAF install folder and rename them FABorderless.ahk and FABorderless.exe. You don't need to install the AutoHotkey program itself, just use the zip file they provide. Take only the exe from there and create the script with notepad.

2. Create FAF.bat file(with notepad, for example) in your FAF folder and paste this inside it:

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@echo off

SETLOCAL EnableExtensions

set EXE=FABorderless.exe
set EXE2=FAForever.exe

FOR /F %%x IN ('tasklist /NH /FI "IMAGENAME eq %EXE%"') DO IF %%x == %EXE% goto FIN
start FABorderless.exe
goto FIN
:FIN

FOR /F %%x IN ('tasklist /NH /FI "IMAGENAME eq %EXE2%"') DO IF %%x == %EXE2% goto FIN
FAForever.exe
taskkill /im FABorderless.exe
goto FIN
:FIN

3. Use this bat file to start FAF. Now your autohotkey script will only run as long as FAF is running and be terminated when it's closed.

4.(Optional) Point your FAForever shortcut to the new bat file for easy access


If you're a bit handy with computers, you can create an exe file out of the bat with IExpress to not have the ugly cmd window stay open. For it to work, the bat file code needs to be modified to point to your FAF install directory like so:

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@echo off

SETLOCAL EnableExtensions

set EXE=FABorderless.exe
set EXE2=FAForever.exe

FOR /F %%x IN ('tasklist /NH /FI "IMAGENAME eq %EXE%"') DO IF %%x == %EXE% goto FIN
start FABorderless.exe
goto FIN
:FIN

FOR /F %%x IN ('tasklist /NH /FI "IMAGENAME eq %EXE2%"') DO IF %%x == %EXE2% goto FIN
YOUR FAF INSTALL DIRECTORY\FAForever.exe
taskkill /im FABorderless.exe
goto FIN
:FIN

After which you can launch IExpress and select all the hidden options, include the bat file in the exe and make it run silently without that ugly window.

PS. These do not include the affinity/priority settings because I am unclear on the licensing on the required files for it.
I might have heard in passing about a shady link to a version that does for dual 1080p screens and twelve cores.

good work!

BTW i chose not to bother too much with leaving AHK running as a service since it's designed that way : to use the least possible resources when no running scripts and that is does. but even more automation ! yay!

[JoonasTo]

I also thought the option to include all the extra stuff inside one exe was really handy, no need to put extra exes into system32^^

It's not perfect though, it will extract the autohotkey(and in my case also the process manager stuff) to a temporary folder every time you run it so it's slower to start.

Somebody should do a proper version that would recognise the install location for FAForever and ask for your resolution, number of screens and cores and do that.

[tatsu]

Hey is making this part of FAF or Downlord's FAF realistic?

[Androish]

Hey is making this part of FAF or Downlord's FAF realistic?

I must say. This and an integrated dualscreen(multiscreen?) option would be awsome

[tatsu]

I must say. This and an integrated dualscreen(multiscreen?) option would be awsome

yeah (it IS dualscreen! (check the answers I got) but if it were in faf you could choose which in options.)

[JoonasTo]

Also made one exe for dual 1080p screen setup.

1080p DUAL SCREEN

[ChaosRefractor]

If you're a bit handy with computers, you can create an exe file out of the bat with IExpress

Did you get it to work with FAF?

[JoonasTo]

yes

[ChaosRefractor]

Nice, I didn't quite understand what you were doing.

[lldaedalusll]

This is usually used for dual screen setups I guess. Started to use it as well but the lobby now appears right in the center of both screens in a splitted way :-/. It appears only on the left screen with the build-in dual screen mode. But I had some crashes with it and heard that borderless fullscreen on 2 screens is more stable.

Anyone knows how to overcome that centered lobby with this borderless fullscreen on 2 screens?

Thx