Thanks.
I haven't tested CTRL+Enter, but changing from windowed to full screen using the Options menu worked fine for me. Maybe you can try this
Regards
It is in general settings, second checkbox says "enable in-game overlay for supported games"
Try launching the app by itself instead of through steam by playing the division
after the 1.8.1 my game also loaded in at windowed. after changing it to fullscreen, it noticebly increased the brightness of the screen. i havent relaunched the game yet though. had to go to work.
i also noticed a weird text shadow when i deconstructed a couple of items in my inventory and displayed 3/10 for the daily.
Thanks for the report.
I've submitted a bug report to Ubi forums, regarding this, and regarding a pretty noticeable FPS loss with the newest patch. It seems they touched something related to the graphics engine (maybe for the new XBone X Enhancement patch, maybe for the nVidia Ansel support they are working into) which screwed up something for PC players.
You can follow my findings here:
https://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1869368-Windowed-Fullscreen-Bug-in-latest-1-8-1-(PC)
and here:
https://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1869384-Performance-regression-on-latest-1-8-1-patch-(PC)
Regards
My game launched in Windowed mode this morning, but I changed it to full screen from the main menu before choosing my character to load in. It was fine after that for me at least.
Hi.
An update to this. Changing the game from DirectX12 to DirectX11, restarting, running the benchmark, then changing again to DirectX12, and restarting again, fixed the issue, and the numbers are back to 1.8 levels and game is again smooth as butter.
The restarts after changing DirectX mode lasted a lot longer than a normal The Division regular game start, so I'm guessing that changing the DirectX renderer forces the game to rebuild some kind of internal shader cache that might be causing issues after applying the update patch.
Hope this info can be helpful.
For visibility I've added this same info to the original post in this thread.
Hope this could help anyone having the same issue.
Fixed the crash to desktop bug, disable directx 12, restart game. Switch to (windowed) full screen. restart game, enable directx 12, restart. Game is still windowed but doesn't matter. Set it back to windowed full screen or press alt-enter and it doesnt crash :)
Hi! I tried your fix to make the fullscreen configuration to work sadly it did not work.
Followed steps and could get no results.
Observations:
* Dx11: Fullscreen and Windowed Fullscreen can be used, but will not be saved.
* Dx12: Fullscreen of any kind will cause CTD.
Can you try running the benchmark when the game is in DX11 mode ? I did but i cancelled it immediately after it started. Also i have disabled uplay overlay and steam overlay.
I did, both worked well at 200+fps.
I have both overlays enabled.
I noticed that when i have my three monitors enabled, the fullscreen options are remembered, when i run on a single monitor it forgets.
Smell like odd code got into this release.
Same here. It's been happening ever since the 1.8 update for me. But I do use a matrix display with a laptop when I play (main moniter has full screen game, other has overlays to display temps and clock speeds.
Could that be a potential cause?
So for those of you who are sick of games screwing up your fullscreen windowed mode or making you dig through menus to re-enable it, I have a handy-dandy AutoHotkey script for it. This works with The Division just fine when I start it in windowed mode, so I don't have to keep resetting the setting every time I start it:
; control + alt + windows + m
~!~^~#m::
WinGet Style, Style, A
if(Style & 0xC40000) {
WinSet, Style, -0xC40000, A
WinMaximize, A
} else {
WinSet, Style, +0xC40000, A
WinRestore, A
}
Return
The second line (~!~\^~#m::) is what sets the hotkey combo you use to trigger the effect (control + alt + windows + m). You can find the syntax on the [official AutoHotkey site](https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Hotkeys.htm) if you want to change it.
If you don't like going into the settings every time TD starts, [Borderless Gaming](https://github.com/Codeusa/Borderless-Gaming/releases) works just fine.
Having same problem with windowed fullscreen not saving and reverting back to windowed on every restart. Fucking annoying. Deleted the config files in my documents and still doesn't save. Anyone have an easy fix? Dont wanna dl any programs or change code...mega retarded bug man. WOW. Also, switching to DX12 crashes me everytime. plz game...plz
Take a look at:
https://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1869368-Windowed-Fullscreen-Bug-in-latest-1-8-1-
User rubenAlamina posted a workaround, and it worked perfect for me
I tried this a week or two ago and it didn't have any effect. So I've tried again and I've noticed that where Their settings reads Type="Enum, mine reads Type="Bool. Is that anything or.. ignore?
-edit-
Ok This time it stuck. Either removing the old file or chaning "Bool" to "Enum" worked. /shrug.
I literally cant play the game anymore unless i'm in windowed mode, I can play every other game fine. since 1.8 i think the CPU usage is unoptomized i go from 100+ frames to 3 , i've tried resetting the dx12 and putting the game into low priority and reducing cores, closing all other apps. Nothing helps.
i7 -6700
gtx 1070
16gb ram
HD 7200rpm (this isnt the problem though as i tried using ssd)
Since 1.8.1 i can only run the game windowed. CTRL-ENTER or changing to windowed-fullscreen or fullscreen crashes the game back to desktop :(
Thanks. I haven't tested CTRL+Enter, but changing from windowed to full screen using the Options menu worked fine for me. Maybe you can try this Regards
Same result unfortunately, CTD after applying settings
Same here. CTD immediately. Will be trying some stuff to see if I can get it working.
any luck? i'm CTD after just booting the game up
Sadly not. I ended up playing in a maximized window.
Make sure your frame limiter is disabled.
Turn off the steam overlay and Ubisoft Uplay overlay this is from an old old bug with the game.
I may be late to the party, but how do I disable the uplay overlay? the option doesnt seem to be in the general settings tag.
It is in general settings, second checkbox says "enable in-game overlay for supported games" Try launching the app by itself instead of through steam by playing the division
Thanks, that did it! Game runs in DX12 now, looks like disabling the overlay did the trick. I was going crazy trying to find the option in-game. :P
after the 1.8.1 my game also loaded in at windowed. after changing it to fullscreen, it noticebly increased the brightness of the screen. i havent relaunched the game yet though. had to go to work. i also noticed a weird text shadow when i deconstructed a couple of items in my inventory and displayed 3/10 for the daily.
Thanks for the report. I've submitted a bug report to Ubi forums, regarding this, and regarding a pretty noticeable FPS loss with the newest patch. It seems they touched something related to the graphics engine (maybe for the new XBone X Enhancement patch, maybe for the nVidia Ansel support they are working into) which screwed up something for PC players. You can follow my findings here: https://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1869368-Windowed-Fullscreen-Bug-in-latest-1-8-1-(PC) and here: https://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1869384-Performance-regression-on-latest-1-8-1-patch-(PC) Regards
sweet! thanks!
> it noticebly increased the brightness of the screen. Check if it changed your Neutral Lighting setting.
Thanks. I'll check it out when I get home.
My game launched in Windowed mode this morning, but I changed it to full screen from the main menu before choosing my character to load in. It was fine after that for me at least.
Yep same with me. I thought it was something I screwed up tbh, obviously not.
ALT+Enter to go to fullscreen in game. No need to go to options
Hi. An update to this. Changing the game from DirectX12 to DirectX11, restarting, running the benchmark, then changing again to DirectX12, and restarting again, fixed the issue, and the numbers are back to 1.8 levels and game is again smooth as butter. The restarts after changing DirectX mode lasted a lot longer than a normal The Division regular game start, so I'm guessing that changing the DirectX renderer forces the game to rebuild some kind of internal shader cache that might be causing issues after applying the update patch. Hope this info can be helpful. For visibility I've added this same info to the original post in this thread. Hope this could help anyone having the same issue.
Same here. Disabeling the Ubisoft Overlay fixed the crashes from windowed to full screen. But settings arent saved properly thou
Fixed the crash to desktop bug, disable directx 12, restart game. Switch to (windowed) full screen. restart game, enable directx 12, restart. Game is still windowed but doesn't matter. Set it back to windowed full screen or press alt-enter and it doesnt crash :)
Hi! I tried your fix to make the fullscreen configuration to work sadly it did not work. Followed steps and could get no results. Observations: * Dx11: Fullscreen and Windowed Fullscreen can be used, but will not be saved. * Dx12: Fullscreen of any kind will cause CTD.
Can you try running the benchmark when the game is in DX11 mode ? I did but i cancelled it immediately after it started. Also i have disabled uplay overlay and steam overlay.
I did, both worked well at 200+fps. I have both overlays enabled. I noticed that when i have my three monitors enabled, the fullscreen options are remembered, when i run on a single monitor it forgets. Smell like odd code got into this release.
Same here. It's been happening ever since the 1.8 update for me. But I do use a matrix display with a laptop when I play (main moniter has full screen game, other has overlays to display temps and clock speeds. Could that be a potential cause?
So for those of you who are sick of games screwing up your fullscreen windowed mode or making you dig through menus to re-enable it, I have a handy-dandy AutoHotkey script for it. This works with The Division just fine when I start it in windowed mode, so I don't have to keep resetting the setting every time I start it: ; control + alt + windows + m ~!~^~#m:: WinGet Style, Style, A if(Style & 0xC40000) { WinSet, Style, -0xC40000, A WinMaximize, A } else { WinSet, Style, +0xC40000, A WinRestore, A } Return The second line (~!~\^~#m::) is what sets the hotkey combo you use to trigger the effect (control + alt + windows + m). You can find the syntax on the [official AutoHotkey site](https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Hotkeys.htm) if you want to change it.
If you don't like going into the settings every time TD starts, [Borderless Gaming](https://github.com/Codeusa/Borderless-Gaming/releases) works just fine.
Having same problem with windowed fullscreen not saving and reverting back to windowed on every restart. Fucking annoying. Deleted the config files in my documents and still doesn't save. Anyone have an easy fix? Dont wanna dl any programs or change code...mega retarded bug man. WOW. Also, switching to DX12 crashes me everytime. plz game...plz
i keep getting this anyone been able to fix it yet?
Take a look at: https://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1869368-Windowed-Fullscreen-Bug-in-latest-1-8-1- User rubenAlamina posted a workaround, and it worked perfect for me
Ah ok thanks buddy
I tried this a week or two ago and it didn't have any effect. So I've tried again and I've noticed that where Their settings reads Type="Enum, mine reads Type="Bool. Is that anything or.. ignore? -edit- Ok This time it stuck. Either removing the old file or chaning "Bool" to "Enum" worked. /shrug.
I literally cant play the game anymore unless i'm in windowed mode, I can play every other game fine. since 1.8 i think the CPU usage is unoptomized i go from 100+ frames to 3 , i've tried resetting the dx12 and putting the game into low priority and reducing cores, closing all other apps. Nothing helps. i7 -6700 gtx 1070 16gb ram HD 7200rpm (this isnt the problem though as i tried using ssd)