Windows 8.1: Menu bar shows in full screen mode

[lmcwilli]

Anyone experience this problem in Windows 8.1? This is a fresh install of Windows 8.1. Pro and RealFLight 7.5.

The menu bar show in full screen mode but is not usable.

Gory details already posted here.

[Nelsonisms]

Mine does that too. I found a workaround where you go into into the graphics settings in RF and toggle full-screen from there which fixes it for that session, but you have to do that every time. It's kind of annoying.

[lmcwilli]

Originally Posted by Nelsonisms

Mine does that too. I found a workaround where you go into into the graphics settings in RF and toggle full-screen from there which fixes it for that session, but you have to do that every time. It's kind of annoying.

I noticed that too. But on my system there's no sound if I use that workaround.

Called RF support today. Turns out this is a known bug vis-à-vis Windows 8.1. As it was explained to me, the RF 7.5 code base is DirectX 9 (from back in the Windows XP glory days). This has caused compatibility problems with Windows 8.1 (DirectX 11)—such as the failure to remove the menu bar in full screen mode.

[trickybit]

Hey, I just found a fix that works for me!

I was reading this thread about "kablooie" and learned about the console commands.

https://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=680147

In RF7.5, one of the commands is fullScreenToggle.

Here's the recipe:
hit ~ to open the console
enter: "bind F fullScreenToggle"
hit ~ again to close the console.

Now type capital-F. Either once, or twice, and I end up in fullscreen mode without a title bar, and my audio still works.

You can put that key binding in a startup script, but I haven't gotten that far yet. I wanted to get this fix out into people's hands ASAP to see if it works for others.

I don't know which earlier versions of RF it may work for.

Jim

[lmcwilli]

Originally Posted by trickybit

Hey, I just found a fix that works for me!

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I gave this workaround a try. It worked for me. Tx!

BTW, I had to press "F" three times to get RF into full screen mode. But I discovered that once I changed the graphics settings to Fullscreen = No, I only had to press the "F" key once.

For me, this eliminates a major annoyance when running on Win 8.1 pro. Hope the next RF release will fix the problem properly.

I just added your command to the startup.rfscript file. Works. Conveniently, this is also how I have Heli-X set up for full screen mode.

(Instead of typing shift-F. Try being lazy and turn on the caps lock key and see what happens when you press "f" )

[Obsolete]

I haven't gotten my copy of RF in yet but you could try to run it in XP compatibility mode. Right click and go to properties, should see the option there.

[Obsolete]

You can also try to run the .exe from command line with -dx9 at the end. Should force it to use directx 9.