Alt-Tabbing Out Of Fullscreen Game Scrambles Desktop

[MiloAkerman]

I have no idea how this is even possible but launching with -fullscreen in the startup args and then alt-tabbing out of the game moves all the icons in my desktop around. Launching the game in fullscreen might also do this, but I am unable to confirm since I have to alt-tab to check.

To repoduce:

• Make Northstar shortcut in Desktop (havent tested by launching exe directly)
• add -fullscreen to startup args
• Launch game and press Alt + Tab to switch to another window

[RaidMax]

Make sure your ingame resolution and refresh rate mirrors your desktop resolution. Differing resolutions/ refresh rate between desktop (DWM) and the game will cause renegotiating the display parameters on your GPU/monitor when changing focus (alt tab). This used to be a common issue for games on older windows versions where the desktop would get stuck at the game resolution and reorient the icons to fit.

All that to say this is something that most likely can’t/shouldn’t be fixed by the game.

[MiloAkerman]

My game resolution is 720p while my desktop resolution is 1080p. However, the game doesn't allowed me to change it at all, as the resolution button is greyed out.

[GeckoEidechse]

Can you change the resolution in vanilla? If so change it there, save it, then check on Northstar.

If not, try going to Documents\Respawn\Titanfall2\local\ and in videoconfig.txt editing setting.defaultres and setting.defaultresheight to that of your monitor.