MDK 2 is not really intended for modern systems on a lot of levels. The game looks weird in widescreen and most of all, it doesn't work all that well with the Steam overlay either. Here's a guide how to run the game in windowed mode so that it works better with Steam.

1. Download the "MDK2.exe" file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1xpcd8fzi5xjdr8/MDK2.zip?dl=0
This is the original launcher the game came with, for some reason it was not included with the Steam release of the game.

2. Unpack it into your Steam MDK 2 folder ("Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common" by default).

3. Run it once from this launcher, setting the game to NOT run in fullscreen mode, set the resolution to how big of a window you want.

4. There you go, now you can play the game in windowed mode rather than fullscreen and just alt-tab to friend chats and such. I know, I would rather be able to play it fullscreen as well but this is the best option at the moment. I also suggest disabling steam overlay for the game since it won't be used anyway.

I was hoping to make a patch for this game similar to my MDK fan patch but sadly it doesn't seem like there's anything I can do about the problem. The game uses a default OpenGL renderer and as far as I know, alternate renderers do not exist.

If anyone has any tips about this, let me know in the comments or contact me on Steam.

- Alyxx