Borderless Window Mode and Custom Resolutions

Overview

How to use borderless windowed mode and/or custom resolutions above 1920×1080.

Introduction

This guide describes how to use the third-party mod Special K to forcibly override the following technical limitations of the game:

• Borderless window mode not supported.
• Maximum supported resolution is 1920×1080.

How-to

1. Launch the game and navigate to Options > Display.
2. Change Fullscreen to Off, then close the game.
3. Download the latest version of Special K[github.com] (archive labeled SpecialK_x_y_zz.7z).
4. Extract the files from the archive to the game folder.
5. Navigate to the game folder in File Explorer if you haven’t done so already.
6. Rename the files accordingly:
   Original

   New

   SpecialK32.dll

   d3d9.dll

   SpecialK32.pdb

   d3d9.pdb

7. Launch the game once and close it immediately to allow the configuration file (d3d9.ini) of Special K to be created.
8. Open the newly created d3d9.ini.
9. Scroll down and change the values of these parameters accordingly:
   Original

   New

   [Window.System]
   Borderless=false
   Center=false
   ConfineCursor=false
   OverrideRes=0x0

   [Window.System]
   Borderless=true
   Center=true
   ConfineCursor=true
   OverrideRes=WIDTHxHEIGHT (e.g. 2560×1440, 3840×2160, etc. Leave as 0x0 if a custom resolution is not needed.)

10. Launch the game.
11. Click on Ctrl+⇧ Shift+O to disable Special K’s On-Screen Display (OSD).

Note: Do NOT open the control panel of Special K! Doing so will reset OverrideRes to 0x0 again.

Screenshots

1440p: