Game cannot launch in fullscreen_windowed
achen4 opened this issue · 4 comments
I've tried every possible way of doing this but it simply will not take.
The GFXsettings.xml has been modified and shows the option is set to fullscreen_windowed. I tried specifying a new GFXsettings.xml file and that still doesn't work.
Other options like any resolution in windowed mode is fine.. just not windowed fullscreen. Am I the only one who uses this mode?
Update: It seems mute options are also not working as I have music muted but the game launches with music enabled. Perhaps my settings are not being saved at all?
Update: After deleting the account and recreating it through the new account wizard, I used the "launch game normally" prompt to allow the game to run. Changing the game settings in game and then exiting allowed the settings to be permanent.
Are changing settings outside of the wizard broken? Is the only option to completely delete an account every time?
GFXSettings.xml is an override for some of the graphics settings that are normally stored in Local.dat. When Local.dat hasn't been initialized, GW2 will load with default settings. You need to right click the account > Selected > Launch (normal) and load to character select, then exit the game when you're done - note it won't save if GW2 crashes or is force quit. If you need another Local.dat file, choose to copy an existing one to avoid this.
The mute music option is a command line GW2 has (-nomusic). It hasn't worked in years, and back when it did, they would break it every few months.
I had the same issue, and your(Healix) solution worked. Thank you.