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Arma 3 will not start up in fullscreen. Only windowed.
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Description

When trying to launch Arma 3 in fullscreen it starts up windowed. Unable to go to fullscreen. Started yesterday. Tried starting the game several times. Tried rebooting computer between tries. No difference.

Details

Legacy ID
3433492907
Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Engine
Steps To Reproduce

Start game.

Additional Information

does same thing in the Dev version

Event Timeline

matt-flyn28261 edited Additional Information. (Show Details)
matt-flyn28261 set Category to Engine.
matt-flyn28261 set Reproducibility to Always.
matt-flyn28261 set Severity to None.
matt-flyn28261 set Resolution to Open.
matt-flyn28261 set Legacy ID to 3433492907.May 7 2016, 4:26 PM

We need dxdiag and files from this folder for solve your problem. C:\Users\<Name>\AppData\Local\Arma 3\
Can you upload somewhere in winrar package please?
When package will be smaller than 2,097k, so you can attach here. When package will be bigger, please use some free sharing service and post link here. Thank you.

http://feedback.arma3.com/how-to-user.html.html

Do you have same issue when you set fullscreen window in video options?
Can you try start without command parameters?

MadDogX added a subscriber: MadDogX.May 7 2016, 4:26 PM

Mass closing ancient tickets with no activity this year; assume fixed or too trivial etc.

If this issue is still relevant in current dev build, please create a new ticket referencing this one and request for it to be re-opened.