BF3 Borderless 1.2 released!
Posted on by tehfusion
I am pleased to announce that we are now releasing version 1.2 of our BF3 Borderless tool! This new version contains several fixes, features, and the ability to disable Aero.
Here is the full list of changes for this version.
Features:
- Added an option to disable Windows Aero while playing (for performance).
- Added an option to have BF3 Borderless start minimised.
- Added an explanation for why the game might be undetected.
- Added tooltips to explain what each function does.
Fixes:
- Fixed window appearing in Alt+Tab menu while minimised to tray.
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur while detecting game.
- Fixed bug where error log would not be written after a crash.
- Fixed bug where “About” window could be opened multiple times.
- Fixed bug where window position would not be properly restored.
Improvements:
- Significantly improved performance while detecting the game.
- Improved the rendering of text when ClearType is disabled.
You can download version 1.2 from our downloads page. Please try it out and give us your feedback. We’ll continue to support this program with updates, along with our other tools. Please report any bugs that you find to us, and we’ll do our best to fix them quickly.
Thanks, and enjoy!
Comments: 42
VERY NICE TOOL 😉
i don’t know how i should play bf3 without this tool-> radeon hd 6770m
does anybody know if an update will correct the non fullscreen bug ?
Hello. I’m glad you like our tool! Could you tell us more about that non fullscreen bug? We haven’t heard of it. 🙂
The fullscreen bug is where it appears to go borderless but doesn’t & will not use the resolution you have set, so it’s a smaller, borderless looking window – and if you click on it, it simply reverts back to full screen.
Hey guys i am glad you improved that tool and i have a question can i just make some button change i am going to play game with my ps3 controller tnx…
of course, i heard that every pc with a radeon hd 6770m can’t play bf3 in fullscreen. if you click on FULLSCREEN ON in the settings, i can’t play because my mice don’t move.i have installed the latest radeon cataclyst 12 driver.sry for my bad english 😉 im from austria
Great work on the editor. I do have a question about the “fixes” tab. There are no mouse-over tips on that page, so not clear what is getting fixed. Particularly interest in the Commo Rose Fix. I mapped that to my mouse button but I’m STILL required to use Q while in the mav and heli to spot. Is that what it does?
Hi Dave.
If you select one of the fixes on the “Fixes” page by left-clicking it in the list, you should see several paragraphs of help information appear to the right of the list. We didn’t use tooltips for this section because we had too much to say. 😉
As for the spotting and Commo Rose controls — unfortunately, Battlefield 3 handles these in a very glitchy manner, and there are numerous problems. Our current fix only helps with one of the problems. I will try to explain how Battlefield 3 works and what our current fix does.
As you know, Battlefield 3 defaults both the spot and Commo Rose functions to the Q key. If you rebind this to another key from within the Battlefield 3 menu, it should work fine: the new key will spot and open the Commo Rose, and the Q key will no longer do anything. However, this will only last until the end of the current game.
The next time you play after rebinding the control, you will find that it’s very broken. The Q key is back to its old function of spotting and opening the Commo Rose, and the new key only opens up the Commo Rose — it no longer spots. There are two problems here:
1. Unless you rebind the control every time you play, you can’t use the Q key for any other function (such as strafing left), as the Commo Rose will open up and interfere.
2. Unless you rebind the control every time you play, your newly selected key will not spot. It will only open up the Commo Rose.
Our fix solves the first problem listed above. When enabled, the Q key will still spot, but it will not open up the Commo Rose, allowing you to use it for another purpose. Only your specified key will open the Commo Rose.
As for the second problem, which is that you cannot spot with your new key, that is something that we are looking into. It may be something that only DICE can resolve, but we hope to be able to provide a full fix for this in a future version. In the meantime, there is an inconvenient workaround. You can spot by using the Commo Rose: just select the blank shape in the very centre of the Commo Rose.
I hope this helps!
We also have the same problem reported above … my card
AMD Radeon HD6470M putting video to full screen the screen flashes 5
to 6 and then back to window mode
I have similar problem to adanos. During the game my settings window freez and I can’t change anything. Mouse don’t respond. I can use only keyord up and down keys and enter. I have ati 5850.
Doesn’t work anymore.
I’m sorry to hear that it’s not working.
Could you please provide us with some more details? In what way is it not working? Does BF3 Borderless say it could not detect the game, or is there some other issue?
If it cannot detect the game, then please try running it with administrator rights.
soon as i update to this version my window mode stopped working, i just thought i was the only one with the problem when no one was posting
I’m sorry to hear that it’s no longer working for you since this update.
Can you confirm that BF3 Borderless 1.1 still works for you? You can download it from the Downloads page.
Also, in what way is it not working now? Does it say that it cannot detect the game, or is there some other issue?
If it cannot detect the game, then please try running it with administrator rights.
thanks for the responce, before i updated battlefield would run in a window perfectly, once i update the window mode no longer works, the program does tell me it detects the game after i start the game.
I will delete this version and try the 1.1 later tonight or tomorrow and post again.
Thanks
hi there, how do i change it so it can run with admin rights?
it works fine, i had rise game checked everytime i started the game and it made it my full screen, once i removed that the program works as stated.
Thanks for taking the time to respond and sorry for the bad info, it works great.
Thank you guys for your work in making these fine programs.
Sailan
sorry resize checked
Isn’t there a way to make bf3 borderless without installing .NET Framework 4.0?
Is it mandatory to use a framework to do the job?
Regards
Yes, it is possible to make Battlefield 3 run in a borderless window by using the Windows API – this can be done from C++, etc. However, the .NET Framework is required to run our BF3 Borderless program because of the way it has been implemented. We only require the .NET Framework Client Profile, which is a subset of the full framework and is a much smaller download.
The .NET Framework is a standard Windows component that has been included with Windows since certain versions of Windows XP, and version 4.0 is just the latest version. It is recommended to keep it up to date for all the various programs that use the .NET Framework. 🙂
Hi, great Tool thank you very much!!!!
Would it be possible to make it work for Crysis 2 and Bad Company 2 as well???
It would be possible — we actually already made a similar program for Bad Company 2 for our own private use. We could certainly polish that up and release it, but we are working on a more general borderless tool which will function with any game. Watch this space. 🙂
Great – nice to hear
This worked flawlessley for me. I used to have a problem where i would occasionally want to type in the Battlelog when a new map was loading (having a rather slow system) and it would often crash. With your tool, i have more confidence and it hasn’t crashed once in about a dozen tries.
May i suggest this feature: When you run BF3 Borderless, it loads one’s default Battlelog tool (be it one’s browser or your Standalone Battlelog) – or even the Origin Client/Game as some people seem to want. It’s kinda annoying loading this tool, then the Battlelog separately. This change would make it more integrated with the game.
Again, very polished tools, they are a credit to you.
Now it works without the tool beauce of the patch of BF3… I sell my game, does anybody wants a 2nd BF3 LIMITED EDITION ? just send me an email to n.old@gmx.at
I run the v 1.0 and the settings with no problem but i cant v1.2 cant find the game (with run as admin)why? .
I have win 7 64..
Hi all, I’ve downlaod the borderless, but how the hell do i change the admin rights so that it can detect the game. I’m not good with Pc’s and dont just wanna do things on my own, please help.
Right click on the borderlesss icon, then run as admin
I have installed borderless 1.2. I get the message that i need to run it with admin rights. When I do this I still get the message game not detected. Can someone help me?
Thank you so much for this, I was getting really bad stuttering with crossfire enabled. Just like in skyrim (& many other games) when running in a window it no longer does this. So if anyone is getting stuttering but no fps drop try this. My fps stays at 75(I have it caped and v sync off), all settings on ultra besides anti-aliasing its off when playing 32+ player maps.
Something I forgot to ask.. When using this the only problem I have is brightness no longer works this was the same with skyrim. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
Is it possible to make a option to automatically make the game borderless??
Can i change button settings for my ps3 controller
hi
I have installed borderless, run it but it is unable to detect bf3. I have run it as admin but still it doesn’t detect bf3…… Help
BF3 Borderless is not working for me as well. I installed 1.2 first, but did not work. Then I uninstalled and tried 1.1, but it still did not work.
When I say that it does not work, I mean that it cannot detect my Battlefield 3, if it is run in admin or non-admin mode.
Another for being unable to detect even when run with admin.
We should also be able to manually set up the game directory.
How could you over look such basic functionality?
I’m sorry to hear that it’s not working for you. There should be no need to manually set the game directory, as BF3 Borderless automatically detects the game’s install path from the registry.
Are you sure you have the game installed correctly? For example, copying the game files over from a backup without installing properly through Origin might not set up the registry keys correctly.
If you are familiar with regedit.exe, could you check to see whether the value “Install Dir” exists and is set correctly in either the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA Games\Battlefield 3” or “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EA Games\Battlefield 3” location?
“Install Dir” does exist in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA Games\Battlefield 3
With its value correctly set to the directory
However
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EA Games
Does not exist
Please add “Auto-hide the taskbar” feature.
Thank you!
Just downloaded your tool, very nice. But I would think the “Function Automatically” check box would instantly set the game up in the borderless fashion, but it doesn’t I still have to hit the “Make Borderless” button.
Also another little bug I noticed, I have dual screens, when the game is running, it takes up a single screen as normal, but when I click out the “fullscreen” actually centers itself towards the bottom of my screens, like I have two more beneath them (I’ll take a screenshot if you need one) and yes, the “Centre Game on Screen” is unchecked.
Cheers!
The borderless bf3 does not work on my PC, Yes I did the administrator thing and still doesn’t detect my game
Hello,
I just tried to use the tool, but like other users, the tool does not detect my game. Is it possible to add a function so we can manually set the game directory?
Many thanks
Hello!
Really enjoy your software, it’s awesome! Thanks a lot for such useful tools! But after reinstalling Windows can’t launch Borderless v1.2. Every time I try to launch the application, it just crashes with an error message. Have no idea why this is happening. Running the app with admin rights doesn’t solve the issue.
Windows 7 Professional x64
.NET Framework v4.5
Many thanks!
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