Full screen or windowed mode?

[philmurfin 59]

Hello, Can anyone advise the fors and against of running in Full screen or windowed mode please?

Thanks

Phil

[Beardyman 363]

In fact 'full screen' is borderless windowed mode.

I don't see any performance impact so use 'full' for immersion

[vortex681 806]

1 hour ago, Beardyman said:

In fact 'full screen' is borderless windowed mode.

Sometimes. P3D uses borderless windowed mode but FSX uses genuine full screen. Many other games use proper full screen mode where pop-ups from other Windows apps won't appear.

[CB_Pilot 54]

If running FSX then I have read of a memory leak if using full screen - which, of course, could lead to CTD's. When I run FSX I use the "Pseudo Full Screen Autohotkey Script" to allow me to run in windowed mode but it looks like full screen. The script is available in the AVSIM library: search for "Pseudo Full Screen Autohotkey Script"

I think this only applies to FSX or FSX:SE: I'm not sure if its relevant to P3D. Others may be able to clarify that for you.

[philmurfin 59]

Thanks for your replies, does anyone know if or how it affects X-Plane running with Vulkan please?

Best    Phil