Hi,
I’ve just installed ARK: Survival Evolved on my machine, through Steam.
After starting it, i changed the “Window mode” to WindowedFullscreen, but the window keeps minimizing if i change the focus to my browser, on my other monitor.
I’m not sure if this is related to KDE, Proton, or something else. However, I’d like to have it fixed, so I can use my other monitor, without having ARK to minimize itself.
I’m not sure if it’s related to a KDE-function, or if it’s 100% related to the game-engine.
How can I have a borderless-like execution of the game, and keep it maximized, even if i use the second monitor in my setup?
I hope someone can help me out.
System related information
KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.5
System info
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.82.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.9.16-1-MANJARO
OS Type: 64-bit
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 12 × Intel® Core™ i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz
Memory: 62,7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
mhwd -l -d
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> PCI Device: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:00.0 (..removed...)
Display controller ATI Technologies Inc Navi 10 [Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 XT]
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> INSTALLED:
NAME: video-linux
ATTACHED: PCI
VERSION: 2018.05.04
INFO: Standard open source drivers.
PRIORITY: 2
FREEDRIVER: true
DEPENDS: -
CONFLICTS: -
CLASSIDS: 0300 0380 0302
VENDORIDS: 1002 8086 10de
> AVAILABLE:
NAME: video-linux
ATTACHED: PCI
VERSION: 2018.05.04
INFO: Standard open source drivers.
PRIORITY: 2
FREEDRIVER: true
DEPENDS: -
CONFLICTS: -
CLASSIDS: 0300 0380 0302
VENDORIDS: 1002 8086 10de
NAME: video-modesetting
ATTACHED: PCI
VERSION: 2020.01.13
INFO: X.org modesetting video driver.
PRIORITY: 1
FREEDRIVER: true
DEPENDS: -
CONFLICTS: -
CLASSIDS: 0300
VENDORIDS: *
NAME: video-vesa
ATTACHED: PCI
VERSION: 2017.03.12
INFO: X.org vesa video driver.
PRIORITY: 0
FREEDRIVER: true
DEPENDS: -
CONFLICTS: -
CLASSIDS: 0300
VENDORIDS: *
Graphics-part of `inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width`
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: vfio-pci v: 0.2
alternate: i915 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e92 class-ID: 0380
Device-2: AMD Navi 10 [Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 XT]
vendor: Sapphire Limited driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:731f class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5120x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1354x381mm (53.3x15.0")
s-diag: 1407mm (55.4")
Monitor-1: DisplayPort-2 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 118
size: 553x311mm (21.8x12.2") diag: 634mm (25")
Monitor-2: DisplayPort-3 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 118
size: 553x311mm (21.8x12.2") diag: 634mm (25")
OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (NAVI10 DRM 3.39.0 5.9.16-1-MANJARO
LLVM 12.0.0)
v: 4.6 Mesa 21.1.2 direct render: Yes
Things I’ve tired
1) Tried to change the GameUserSettings.ini file, to see if there’s better things to do
Didn’t help.
2) Selected the ingame “Window”-mode, and used KDE’s “Fullscreen” mode instead, so it’s more like a borderless game experience instead.
That actually works, however, the window of ARK not can’t be forced to “Fullscreen” mode, nor resized:
And the game itself, are not resizing to 2560x1440 as selected:
3) Started the game with normal settings, moved it to the right monitor, and selected “Fullscreen” in the “More Actions” KDE-menu
Doen’t help. It’s still minimizing the game-window.