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Re: Alt + Tab

I was having this problem too . . . I found that if I reduced the resolution in the game, it seemed to ALT-TAB without any further difficulties.

  • Registered: 2007-07-08
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Re: Alt + Tab

Alt+tab for me works on all other games except 2142 (including FS naturally). BF2 works just fine and dandy. smile

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Re: Alt + Tab

It's a feature so that people are forced to stay focused on FirstStrike smile

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Re: Alt + Tab

If you have an Nvidia card and use Rivatuner,try finding the DirectDraw and Direct3d setting in the bottom customise tab and select the blitting tab and tick the 'Enable wait after blit when DDBLT_WAIT flag is specified' box,you could also try the other boxes on the Blitting tab to see if these help.I read somewhere that these options help with the Alt-Tab lock-ups but cant really confirm %100 that it works,worth a try though.

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Re: Alt + Tab

Ok, try this then, before you alt+esc, press esc once to take you to the menu screen, THEN pres alt+esc. Then try to bring it up again... It would take you back to the menu but its easy to get back into the fight from there just press esc again and you are back in the fight.

A lot of the time I have to do it that way.

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  • Registered: 2007-09-28
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Re: Alt + Tab

yup it works fine sometimes just occasionaly when i switch back even in menus in just doesnt switch and then u get the sound loop and poof the magic dragon it dies.

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Re: Alt + Tab

for windowed mode, set the ingame screen resolution lower then your desktop. then exit and edit you shortcut to fs. change the +fullscreen 1 into +fullscreen 0

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