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TIGSource ForumsPlayerGamesWindowed, Maximised, or Fullscreen when playing games?
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Question: Just a quick poll to see how best you like playing games on your computer
In a window - 10 (20.4%)
Maximised window (title bar and task bar visible only) - 4 (8.2%)
Fullscreen - 28 (57.1%)
Borderless windowed - 7 (14.3%)
Total Voters: 42

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« Reply #20 on: January 08, 2013, 05:41:35 PM »

windows'd for games that don't require mouse, which is most of the ones I play. Don't really have a reason, I just like it more.
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« Reply #21 on: January 09, 2013, 05:08:04 AM »

99% of the time I use fullscreen. I want the game to occupy the entire screen at all times for full immersion and focus.

I even force stretching for games with 4:3 proportions because fuck black borders, I want my whole screen, damn it, I don't really mind it stretching horizontally at all.

This is usually pretty useful when I'm far away from the screen and using my gamepad to play, so I just lie comfortably in bed and play/watch stuff at my leisure, because I have a 4-legged (previously 5-legged) chair, and over the years it's become about as comfortable as sitting on top of a bed covered in nails Hand Fork LeftWTFHand Fork Left
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« Reply #22 on: January 09, 2013, 05:21:02 AM »

I play games that require a lot of note-taking, especially with metroidvanias when I use paint for maps when I have no notebook around, but even with other genres that require you to write down a hint, so I always play windowed for those.

For the few games that are simple and are immersive like Thomas Was Alone, I play fullscreen
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« Reply #23 on: January 09, 2013, 01:45:30 PM »

borderless for dual monitors.
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« Reply #24 on: January 09, 2013, 03:01:04 PM »

I'm surprised about the amount of people who prefer Fullscreen to everything else.

I intend to have Fullscreen, and Maximised window options at least in my game.
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« Reply #25 on: January 09, 2013, 03:26:51 PM »

Depends a lot on the game. If it's an immersive game, full screen. If it's a time waster, windowed. If it's a turn based game where I'm waiting on someone else's turn (e.g. Wesnoth, Civ), windowed.

And yeah, sometimes the resolution is low, so windowed on those.
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« Reply #26 on: January 14, 2013, 03:05:29 PM »

Thanks all, locked now as we have a clear winner! Smiley
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« Reply #27 on: January 14, 2013, 10:34:35 PM »

It's kind of a surprising result.  I guess I just hear enough complaints about games not supporting windowed mode that I kinda figure it to be the common thought.
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« Reply #28 on: January 14, 2013, 11:25:49 PM »

"It depends" is probably the most accurate. But more often than not, when people play a game, they want to be fully focused. For smartphone games, I'd prefer non-fullscreen, because the little pull down is not so annoying, and I'd normally want to use the phone for other things.
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« Reply #29 on: January 18, 2013, 11:36:47 AM »

Mostly fullscreen
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« Reply #30 on: January 20, 2013, 05:26:47 PM »

I tend to stick to just Windowed, I like the confined space.
Means I can click out and mess with other windows without needing to make much of a fuss.
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« Reply #31 on: January 20, 2013, 05:48:14 PM »

+1 for fullscreen
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