War thunder client window size and position issue on linux mint

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Hello,

I am currently using linux mint with 3 monitors as follows:
#!/bin/sh
xrandr --output DVI-D-0 --mode 2560x1440 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal --output HDMI-0 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 2560x960 --rotate right --output DP-0 --off --output DP-1 --primary --mode 2560x1440 --pos 0x1440 --rotate normal

my problem is as follows:

  1. when client launches, war thunder window appears at position 0,0, not 0, 1440 which is the top left corner of the primary monitor. so I always have to move it to my primary monitor
  2. war thunder window’s size is slightly taller than 2560x1440 monitor because of the window title bar. so the main window in which the game graphics appear is the same size as the 2560x1440 monitor, but because of the title bar, if I place the top left corner of the title bar of the window, very small bottom portion of the window goes past the bottom edge of my primary monitor. I believe there are two options to fix this issue:
  3. the size of the window from title bar to the bottom is set to the height of the primary monitor,
  4. maybe for a better appearance, remove or hide the title bar, so, only the main window is visible to the player.

is there any way to fix any of the issues? should I report this to gaijin too?

I had already reported game freeze and crash on linux. and the issue has not been fixed yet.

the following is my system specifications:
System:
Kernel: 6.8.0-85-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0
Desktop: MATE v: 1.26.2 Distro: MATE 24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat)
base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: A520M-A PRO (MS-7C96) v: 1.0
serial: UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.B0
date: 08/11/2022
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+
rev: 2 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2199 high: 2200 min/max: 2200/3500 boost: enabled cores:
1: 2200 2: 2199 3: 2200 4: 2200 5: 2200 6: 2198 7: 2200 8: 2200 9: 2200
10: 2200 11: 2200 12: 2200 bogomips: 83999
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER] vendor: Shenzhen Colorful
Yugong and Development driver: nvidia v: 580.95.05 arch: Turing
bus-ID: 23:00.0
Device-2: Jieli USB PHY 2.0 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
bus-ID: 5-1:2
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X:
loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 1: 2560x1440~60Hz
2: 2560x1440~60Hz 3: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: nouveau,nvidia,swrast platforms:
active: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.95.05
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
SUPER/PCIe/SSE2
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 drivers: N/A surfaces: xcb,xlib devices: 2
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Shenzhen Colorful
Yugong and Development driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 23:00.1
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 25:00.4
Device-3: Jieli USB PHY 2.0 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
bus-ID: 5-1:2
API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-85-generic status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000
bus-ID: 22:00.0
IF: enp34s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac:
IF-ID-1: br-b1c230757c74 state: down mac:
IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac:
IF-ID-3: nordlynx state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Edimax Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
bus-ID: 1-4:4
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: bt-v: 5.1
lmp-v: 10
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 7.28 TiB used: 1.09 TiB (14.9%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Silicon Power model: SPCC M.2 PCIe SSD
size: 3.64 TiB temp: 42.9 C
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DM004-2CV104 size: 3.64 TiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 3.58 TiB used: 415.47 GiB (11.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) file: /swapfile
ID-2: swap-2 type: file size: 16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) file: /swapfile2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 38 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 32%
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.54 GiB used: 2.98 GiB (19.2%)
Processes: 354 Uptime: 2m Init: systemd target: graphical (5)
Packages: 2664 Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.21 inxi: 3.3.34

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Hello @haydenkuk,

Is there a specific reason you want to run WT windowed instead of just fullscreen? As it should launch on the correct monitor in fullscreen mode.

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Yes,

I know that full screen mode perfectly fits my monitor. But I usually have some programs running in different monitors like web browser.
And especially in mid-game, If i click on a coordinate outside of the scope of war thunder client after pressing alt+tab to switch windows, war thunder client keeps minimizing itself and interrupts my attempts to recover it to its original position.
Windowed mode also does this too but it is only when I accidentally click on the client’s title bar to move the windows position in mid-game.
But clicking on other programs does not cause it. So I have to have windowed mode.
I actually want to use it in full screen mode because it will eliminate the title bar which takes up space. But I cannot, for this reason.

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Right, Have you tried this option in MATE Tweak?

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Since I use COMPIZ for window management, I tried setting " Decoration windows" to “(any) && !(class=‘War Thunder (Vulkan, 64bit)’)” but I think it does not work.

also is there a way to designate the initial location of the window when the client launches?

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Right, Have you tried that specific option in MATE Tweak that I posted though?

Right now there is no way of specifying the initial location of the game window when first launched, It will always start in the top left most corner or 0,0.

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MATE Tweak is disabled because of COMPIZ

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Right, Have you seen the answer to this question here? Sounds like it might do what you want: