[HOWTO] Windowed Borderless with Video

[djin]

Here is a tutorial on how to achieve a windowed borderless mode quickly and easily.
I have attached a video for those who are hands on.




http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/winexp.html

1. Click link to WinExplorer program and scroll to the bottom and download the program, WinExplorer, the second link in the list.
2. Extract program to a place where you will remember the directory.
3. Go ahead and run WinExplorer (administrator or not, doesn't matter)
4. Start up Defiance patcher, update, and run Defiance.
5. After you are past the intro videos, you want to go ahead and force the game into windowed mode.
6. There's two ways to go about this.
   • Hold Alt and press Enter
   • Head to settings and go into the video tab. Turn Fullscreen "off."
7. After you are in windowed mode, switch over to WinExplorer and click the refresh button on the right.
8. You are looking for Defience Client Build ######. Go ahead and click that.
9. Look for the Style tab on lower half of the program and you will see multiple radio check box buttons.
10. Uncheck WS_DLGFRAME and WS_BORDER (for good measure).
11. You will now notice that the border is gone but you are still in a seemless windowed mode.
12. Now to adjust the size of the window. Find out the resolution of your monitor and set the width and height according to the specs.
13. The window should now fill the entire screen. Go ahead and enter the game and you will see everything nice and smooth.
14. Enjoy

There you have it, you should be windowed and borderless for your gaming pleasure. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

[djin]

One quick bump because of late night post.

[Snowgun]

is this for lifetime or are the settings away when i close winexp and the game ?

[LacesUntied]

Cool. I'll have to give this a try!!

[djin]

is this for lifetime or are the settings away when i close winexp and the game ?

Sadly you have to redo it, but it takes about two seconds to get it set up.