October 27th 2019 Update :
Added the shortcut keys to the AutoHotkey system tray menu, for reference as well as another way to access
them. You can find them by right clicking on the system tray icon.
The shortcut keys are at the top of the menu. The Fullscreen shortcut is the default option, so double
clicking the system tray icon will activate that, no need to open the menu first. The others can be
activated by opening the menu and clicking on the shortcuts. Of course the keyboard shortcuts still function
as normal.
October 26th 2019 Update :
I didn't like the fact that I had to press the CTRL + f shortcut key multiple times to get to fullscreen
without any border, so I have duplicated the part of the script that deals with that to try to overcome it.
Seems to work okay now.
Changed the part of the script that determines your available screen size. So if you change your taskbar's
position or size, hitting the fullscreen shortcut key (CTRL + f) will recognize that, and resize the game
screen accordingly.
The window mode shortcut key (CTRL + w) now takes into account your screen size when putting the game window
into windowed mode.
11th Dec
2019
I have noticed an issue with the fullscreen option where the game screen does does not
respond to the mouse. If this occurs, click the game taskbar icon to minimize the game, then click it again to
bring the game back up, hopefully that will solve the problem. If the game screen border appears after doing
this, then just apply the fullscreen shortcut again.
This application puts the game into fullscreen, but allows you access to the taskbar and your other applications
without causing the game screen to disappear.
Screenshots
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How to get the game into fullscreen with AutoHotkey :
There are two ways to go about this. The first way is the easiest. Just download and run this file, WGT EXE
fullscreen.exe, then go read the shortcut key instructions at the
end of this post.
The second way takes a bit longer, but is not difficult. It also gives you AutoHotkey, which is a very versatile
Windows scripting program. But you don't need to know anything about AutoHotkey to run my fullscreen
application.
Firstly, download and install AutoHotkey.
1.) To install AutoHotkey, go to the website and click
the download button.
2.) Double click the downloaded file to run the installer.
3.) Click the express installation button on the set up window.
4.) When the installation has completed, click the exit button on the set up window.
That's AutoHotkey installed.
Now, for the fullscreen script, download and run this file, WGT AHK fullscreen.ahk. When it is running you should see an AutoHotKey icon
(green square with a white H) in the system tray.
If you wish to see what's in the file before you download it, you can view the contents
HERE.
It does not matter whether you start the game first, then run the script, or the other way about, it should
(hopefully) work in either case.
The script won't work if the game is in fullscreen mode, so make sure that is off in the game options first. As
for the screen size options in the game, it doesn't matter which one you choose.
Also, this script doesn't work for the game launcher. Wait for the game screen to appear before trying the
shortcut keys.
12th Dec
2019If you want a different system tray icon from the standard AutoHotkey one
, you can download it from
HERE. Just
make sure you place it in the same directory (folder) as the fullscreen script, because if the script can't
locate it, the default icon will display.
Shortcut Keys
The script gives you three shortcut keys to play with, which are also available from the AutoHotkey system tray
icon...
CTRL + f
This puts the game into fullscreen mode. You may have
to press the 'f' key up to three times whilst holding down the CTRL key to make sure the window is fullscreen
and the border is gone.
CTRL + w
This puts the game back into windowed mode. It won't be
the size it was when you opened the game (haven't worked out how to do that yet) but it gives you something you
can move about that doesn't take up the whole screen.
CTRL + x
This shortcut exits out of the script. Using this stops
the shortcut keys working and removes the AHK icon from your system tray.
Shortcut keys in the AutoHotkey system tray icon menu...
...the shortcut key at the top of the menu that is in bold, can be activated by just double clicking the system
tray icon, no need to open the menu first.
You can close out the script once you have got the game into fullscreen mode if you wish. Its only purpose is to
resize the game screen, it does not have to be running all the time you are playing, but if you exit the script
you won't be able to resize the game screen with the shortcut keys.
I hope this works for you guys, but there are no guarantees.
Good luck. ; )