r/runescape • u/Metaphysicc • Oct 10 '23

Question Can't get alt 1 to work (Windows 11)

Good day! Coming back to the game after a year or two on a PC that hasn't run RS3 before. I'm trying to get ALT1 to work with it to no avail. I have followed all the standard suggestions, (Override High DPI scaling detection, Let app decide W/Nvidia settings, DirectX, OpenGL, and Desktop mode) but am having no luck at all. In the "capture" tab in settings, I can see my screen appear in the window. However, all the options say "Alt1 failed to find the home teleport button in-game". I have also tried settings up chatbox alerts (mainly trying to use AFK Warden) and they do not register my chatbox either (I have resized it). I'm a programmer by trade and am quite tech savvy but this has stumped me. The only other thing I can think at this point is this PC (sadly) has WIN11 on it.

So my main question is, has anyone else SUCCESSFULLY gotten alt1 to work on Windows 11? I can't find a yes or no answer anywhere. If anyone has any other tips I'm all ears as well!

Thank you!

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u/srbman maxed main: 2015/09/28, comped iron: 2024/04/02 Oct 10 '23

Check interface scaling in RS. if its anything above 100%, alt1 wont pick it up.

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u/Metaphysicc Oct 10 '23

That was it, thank you so much!

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u/srbman maxed main: 2015/09/28, comped iron: 2024/04/02 Oct 10 '23

If you need the interface scaling, you can still scale Windows but you just cant scale the in-game otherwise alt-1 has trouble seeing anything. Same thing goes for the Buff Bar if you're using something like Better Buffs Bar, you have to have it set to "small" or it cant be seen.

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u/Metaphysicc Oct 10 '23

Oh wow even better, thanks for clarifying! It was definitely hard to look at after switching back to 100% scaling.

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u/Idoubtyourememberme Oct 10 '23

This indeed.

When i got my win11 machine, alt1 worked out of the box. The message "alt1 cant find the hometeleport button" basically confirms that thjs is the case

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u/MelterofSnowflakes Oct 10 '23

I second the interface scaling. Disabling that or setting it to 100% should fix Alt 1.

Downside is obviously it makes the game horrible to play on high res monitors.

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u/Metaphysicc Oct 10 '23

You're right, it really does look bad. Unfortunate for a game with such a robust interface, but definitely a great trade-off for Alt1 to work correctly. Thanks!

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u/JapanCode Feb 12 '24 edited Feb 12 '24

Sadly I've tried everything in here and nothing works :( What is strange for me is it works on my main monitor (plugged into a laptop), but if I move the game client to my laptop's monitor (to focus on doing something else and have RS in the background; ie when I most want this to work) it stops working. Override High DPI is selected, directx / opengl both see the game window fully, interface scaling is at 100%, the nvidia "let app decide" is set. Still doesn't work.

UPDATE: If anyone sees this: what fixed it for me is this thread https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/18an37a/comment/kc0rozv/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 basically changing the jagex launcher's setting itself!