- Solution to disable Steamworks still coming - 18 May 2020
Hello, we hope you're all well. We would like to first explain why it is taking so long to deliver an option to disable Steamworks. Despite being an incredibly cheap software, the studio supported the app for more than a year adding new features and improvements for free. Unfortunately, due to poor sales and Steam user reviews, staffs gradually left the studio one by one. Our sales could not support a single staff so we understand their decision and never fault them for leaving. One major stress our studio had to deal with was the upset users complaining about Steamworks. Initially, we did not think this would be a major problem as it is an app sold on the Steam platform. It was something that is expected on all products on Steam, but because some of our users found it distracting, we eventually added a workaround at one point. However, this resulted many of AV software giving false pos…
- Magic Borderless v1.00.5: Bug fixes - 8 December 2019
Ohayo! This is an update to fix the notorious high CPU usage bug introduced from our last major update. It turns out, it was simply the Magic scheduler not properly resting between loops when it needed to. We deeply apologize for those who have been suffering from this issue. We will make sure to let this type of bug never crawl into Magic Borderless in the future. Version 1.00.5 Update Notes Fixed the high CPU usage bug. Fixed a crash when installations of steamapps folders were removed or otherwise moved. Fixed a crash at start on certain machines. Fixed a random crash while on low performance mode (when Magic Borderless is running in the background). Fixed a bug on Steam game detection causing high CPU usage. If you run into any other problems, please feel free to stop by our forums and let us know! Happy Magic Borderless gaming!
- Magic Borderless v1.00: Hidden Cursor, UWP app Support & much more! - 13 November 2019
Ohayo! How's our favorite group of gamers doing? We've been spending quite a bit of time to rewrite some of the existing code. Although we consider this to be a series of micro-optimizations, we simply made the program to do things more efficiently. This was necessary to support UWP apps. With Xbox Game Pass becoming a popular option to enjoy games among gamers, we decided this was the perfect time to work on UWP support! Please note that the support for UWP apps really depends on how the app was coded. This update just allows Magic Borderless to detect them and communicate properly. Most of UWPs run under a heavily sandboxed environment by Windows, and will not expose proper handles for us to manipulate them. !! WAIT, READ ME PLEASE !! - Although the manipulation algorithm has not gone through a significant change for non-UWP apps, it is possible (although we think it's unlikely) that…
- Magic Borderless v0.99.4.1 Update: Very Hot Fixes - 27 June 2019
Ayo, gamers! We hope you're grabbing some awesome games on this Summer Sale (and of course playing them)! This is probably one of the most boring updates you'll ever see, but it was very important that we get this pushed as the game detection seemed to have serious issues with Java programs. v0.99.4.1 Magic Borderless now properly exits when the Steam client requests it to shutdown. Fixed rare apps getting detected as "games" when it is graphical hardware-accelerated on slow computers. Fixed all graphical hardware-accelerated Java apps getting detected as "games". Fixed the application freezing when Steam was shut off unexpectedly (including crashes). Behavior changes to the Steam client shutting down Magic Borderless used to freeze after Steam has shut down. This led to configuration corruption on rare cases. To prevent such tragedy, we are shutting the program down when Steam does. We…
- Magic Borderless v0.99.4 Update: Improvements & Fixes! - 23 June 2019
Good day, everyone! We're here to improve the Magic further and fix some important bugs! If you have missed our huge recent major update (v0.99), be sure to check them out first: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1022230/announcements/detail/1587996099243456528 Magic Borderless' ever growing compatibility is now even more improved to support games that are already borderless! Several improvements have been made to also work with some rare indie games. v0.99.4 Improved the borderless algorithm to support more tricky games (mainly some indie games). Improved window management to work on games with native borderless support without the use of Forced Override option. This also adds support for Unity games with "-popupwindow" launch parameter! Special thanks to cutiebabie for testing a tricky Unity game for us! Improved font rendering to look clearer. Improved spacing on App Wizard UI. Improv…
- Magic Borderless v0.99.3 Update: MORE POWER! - 17 June 2019
Waow! We're back already! Yes, this minor update released a few days after our major update still adds new features to Magic Borderless. If you have missed our huge major update, be sure to check them out first: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1022230/announcements/detail/1587996099243456528 We've added two new features that some games can definitely benefit from it, and further improved the game detection algorithm. v0.99.3 Update Notes (includes v0.99.1 notes as well) Steamworks can no longer be disabled from now on. Magic Borderless will still function offline and before launching Steam. We regret to inform you that this is stripped due to the large number of concerned users initiating refunds and leaving us negative reviews after they got false positive virus alerts. Our Steam user review rating has notably dropped. Despite our best attempts to keep developing Magic Borderless with…
- Magic Borderless v0.99 Update: New upgrades, more cool options, & goodies! - 12 June 2019
For the hotfix: Update Notes for v0.99.1 at the bottom Alakazam! Heyo, everyone! Wait, what? A major update already?! Yes! And it's HUGE! We're bringing some significant upgrades to Magic Borderless with brand new features and some awesome improvements to the detection algorithms! We call this the MAGICAL UPGRADE UPDATE, probably the biggest update yet! In this update, we went back to the roots and further improved the "hassle-free" aspect of applying borderless. We made some significant changes to the the system so from now on, Magic Borderless can detect WINDOWED GAMES! Without further ado, let's get into the goodies! v0.99 Update Notes Added Automatic Detection for Bordered Windowed Games. Magic Borderless will ask you if you want to add them to the configured list. Of all games we tested, it had 100% accuracy and zero false positives. Please let us know on the forums if you find any…
- Magic Borderless v0.98.5.1: Minor hotfix - 4 June 2019
Yes, hello! This is a very minor update to fix some UI issues on Windows with different scaling options. We realize this is a very tiny update, but hopefully this answers any potential question on what was included in this sudden update. v0.98.5.1 Update Notes Added a potential fix for ugly font issues on different scaling options. We're currently working on two major features right now so don't get too disappointed! A new update is being worked on that will bring more exciting news in the future!
- Magic Borderless v0.98.5: More Volume Control update - 30 May 2019
How are you doing, everybody? Oh yes, we're back! We decided to combine a few minor updates together to deliver you... a bigger minor update via this announcement! From now on, we will be delivering minor update news on this official announcement channel as many of our users seem to miss them when they are posted on the forums. Although it's considered a minor, this version still brings a new feature and improves the software. v0.98.5 Update Notes Added App Custom Volume control. You can now control your app volumes on the right click context menu from configured app list. Updated Background Volume option to turn the option off entirely when it is set to 0. Improved visuals of the separator lines on the context menu to work better with different menu colors (for Premium Skins). This style was already applied to the menu with v0.97. Fixed app volume always returning to full volume. Fixed…
- Magic Borderless v0.98 Update: More window management tools! - 18 May 2019
Grüezi, Magic gamers! After we added ways for you guys to customize some visuals from the last update, in this release we wanted to focus on providing various additional options that gamers find useful. Some of them were even requested features we got from the forums! We would like to call this the first Swiss Knife Update, where we provide smaller tools to make Magic Borderless the best ultimate tool for windowed gaming! We understand this update is not as big as everyone hoped, but there were some significant code changes which will help us bring little tools in the future. v0.98 Update Notes Added Lower Volume/Mute In Background. This will lower the volume of your app or mute them if it is out of focus. When the app regains its focus, it will restore the audio level. Added a new option for taskbar management. You can now completely hide Windows Taskbar. Note that Taskbar will only be…
- Magic Borderless v0.97 Update: Custom skins (themes) & Workshop - 12 April 2019
Heyo, everyone! We're back with another major update that is unlike any other updates. With v0.97, we're adding a feature to allow customization on the visuals of Magic Borderless a bit. This was originally intended to be Donation-only feature, but we decided to give some of it to all owners of Magic Borderless. First, there will be two types of skins available in Workshop: Basic Skins and Premium Skins, both created by our own users that can be shared to Workshop and used by anyone. Basic Skins give you a way to change the background of Magic Borderless and adjust a few things. Premium Skins let you control more visuals and add more custom images. Secondly, Premium Skins can be used by anyone, but can only be customized and uploaded to Workshop by Donation DLC owners. Basic Skins can be edited or uploaded by anyone. Lastly, we're adding a few new Donation DLCs that are cheaper than the…
- Magic Borderless v0.96 Update: Window Positioning (w/ Monitor selector) - 7 March 2019
Hello hello! How is everyone doing on this fine day? We're excited to announce the addition of a new feature that has been requested by many users of Magic Borderless! It's very versatile and we're sure our options would satisfy all of your needs in window positioning! Window Custom Positioning is a new feature that allows you to position them anywhere you want. And yes, this also allows you to place them in other monitors! As we add more options, it's inevitable we'll run out of space in Magic Wizard. We want to try to avoid using "tabs" or "pages". We improved a bit last update to accommodate more options and we updated again to even add more! We did our best to not look the Wizard too complicated, but with a lot of features comes with a great amount of information all over the screen. We're really hoping it doesn't look overwhelming. Anyways, enjoy and here are some juicy changelogs:…
- Magic Borderless v0.95 Update: Workshop support & TONS of goodies - 28 February 2019
Yellow! How is everyone doing? :lunar2019piginablanket: We've been working hard to get things fixed and add new things... This is the biggest major update so far and there are some more new features planned after this! And now it's finally here! We've added Workshop support for custom translations. You can change any text in the app to your liking, or translate them into other languages! To begin translating, make a copy of the following file: " /Localization/main.yaml", open it in your favorite text editor and start translating by following the commented out guidelines. After you save a new copy, simply go to Magic Borderless menu, and select "Steam > Workshop Tools > Upload Custom Translation" to upload your mod. Magic Borderless tries its best to be self-explanatory at first glance. Due to this, the interface may seem a bit wordy sometimes. For Magic Borderless experts out there who…
- Magic Borderless v0.94 Update: Harnessing the Dark Magic - 18 February 2019
Greetings, everyone! :lunar2019piginablanket: With your continued support and putting good words on Magic Borderless, we decided to never give up on games that are extremely stingy to work with. However, our results have been miserable ... until we decided to harness the Dark Magic. Yes, with our latest update, Magic Borderless will be the first software to work on very tricky games like LET IT DIE. This improved magic has been tested to work with even more games than any other algorithm known to the mankind (probably). Don't worry, the Dark Magic* we harnessed is safe and legal. We noticed there are some users who really wish to use Magic Borderless in their language. Sadly we couldn't afford any translators, but what we could do is to start working on Steam Workshop so the community members could help each other. It's not done yet, but we have started working on it. In preparation of…
- Magic Borderless v0.93 Update: Two Major Updates Wtihin A Day?! - 15 February 2019
Hello again! :lunar2019piginablanket: If you have missed the update notes for v0.92, we encourage you to check them out as it adds Exclude option for apps: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1022230/announcements/detail/1728723443012094724 How have you guys and girls been? It's been... a day since our last major update! That's right. We are adding something cool this update called a search function. As your configured app list grows in size, we figured you may have hard time looking for the app. Here we are with v0.93 with a search function that can help you become even lazier! No need to scroll through your configured apps anymore. Let's just search it. v0.93 Update Notes Borderless magic became so much smarter that it even works so well with some tricky games like GZDoom. Added a search function for the configured apps list. Added a counter that shows the number of excluded apps. Added…
- Magic Borderless v0.92 Update: New Exclude Feature! - 14 February 2019
Hello gamers! :lunar2019piginablanket: First, we would like to thank everyone who has helped us find bugs and crashes from the forums. With v0.92, we are adding a new feature that allows you to exclude any apps so they NEVER show up on the list again. Don't worry, we're also adding a small toggle to help you see excluded apps if you ever want to reverse your decision. v0.92 Update Notes Added Exclude option in the right-click context menu. You can exclude any apps you never want to see in the list again. Added a toggle in the Preference menu to show excluded apps just in case you miss them so much. Apps being customized with Default Settings no longer save sessions until you press confirm. Expired windows no longer show up in the list. Active windows are pushed to the top of the configured list. Removed some overly redundant checks. Fixed apps being configured from default settings chan…
- Magic Borderless releases on the Store and enters beta! - 12 February 2019
Hello, and welcome! Magic Borderless is now released on the Steam Store. For those who got the early supporter copies, look out for updates as our release build has a few cool additions: Changes since Alpha Magic Borderless now supports multi-windowed applications. Apps missing from the original path can now be changed with our new fancy new file explorer. Added PCGamingWiki search function. If you haven't checked the wiki out, make sure to use our right-click context menu on the app. They are an incredibly useful resource for PC Master Race Gamers! Mouse Cursor Lock algorithm has been revised to make it more snappy. This improvement also opens a possibility of deadzone feature for the future. Squashed so many bugs that the birds are so hungry. We will be closely monitoring our forums to look out for bug reports to make sure we stabilize the app as soon as possible!
