Clicking on second monitor while not minimizing game on primary monitor?

[thedrparzival]

My title pretty much says it. I was wondering if there's a way to be able to click on my secondary monitor and not minimize my game on my primary monitor, whether it is software or some sort of setting. I've heard of "Fullscreen Windowed" and "Borderless Windowed" but some games don't have them. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Entomber]

it's software - if the game allows you to use "fullscreen windowed" then that's the setting you want.

A lot of games go into so-called exclusive mode which will cause it to minimize when you go out of focus, but if the game doesn't support fullscreen window then you're out of luck.

 

[thedrparzival]

it's software - if the game allows you to use "fullscreen windowed" then that's the setting you want.

A lot of games go into so-called exclusive mode which will cause it to minimize when you go out of focus, but if the game doesn't support fullscreen window then you're out of luck.

thanks m80

 

[Vynavill]

If the game doesn't support borderless window, you natively can't do that. I never bothered to look, as I'm on single monitor and don't feel like going multi, but I believe there are some softwares which can force borderless window mode, although I doubt they'll work with all games.

There's also a very unstable workaround for doing that without anything else. You need to set the game in windowed mode with your desktop's current resolution and the game resolution being equal, and then set your windows' task bar to auto-hide itself.

You would need to slightly reposition the window each time before having a seemingly borderless setup, and if the game doesn't support mouse capturing or features "view panning" mechanics (like RTS or MOBA games) it will yield ludicrously bad results, but it works otherwise.
A friend of mine did that with MGR:Revengeance and had no issues with it.

 

[klepp0906]

Your not out of luck. An AHK script exists which allows games that don't support borderless to essentially run borderless. Of course if you use sli it's irrelevant because it won't work windowed.

Even better is displayfusion or amm (actual multiple monitors) which allow you to "ignore deactivation" essentially using an accessory display without minimizing your game.

So much for being out of luck thw.