Alt+Tab is Causing Game to Crash
frallan123
Join Date: 2012-05-12 Member: 151962Members
Join Date: 2012-05-12 Member: 151962Members
Hey everyone, I have a small problem with NS2 at the moment. When ever I press alt+tab to desktop and then back in again in NS2 my screen turns black and I hear a weird sound and then I'm in NS2. In the console I'm having these errors
Error: IDirect3DDevice9:: Reset to Resolution (Device Lost)
I've had this error for a while now so I dont think its driver related even though my graphic cards downclocks themself to idle but I can force them back up again to full speeds.
What can I do to fix this problem?
edit: Its indeed my drivers that are crashing when I try to tab into NS2 again. All pages of Google Chrome Turns black. This is the only game I've encountered this error. So I believe its game specific. My GPU's are not overclocked.
Log file
Error: IDirect3DDevice9:: Reset to Resolution (Device Lost)
I've had this error for a while now so I dont think its driver related even though my graphic cards downclocks themself to idle but I can force them back up again to full speeds.
What can I do to fix this problem?
edit: Its indeed my drivers that are crashing when I try to tab into NS2 again. All pages of Google Chrome Turns black. This is the only game I've encountered this error. So I believe its game specific. My GPU's are not overclocked.
Log file
Date: 03/27/13 Time: 04:26:52 -------------------------------------------------------------- Build 243 Steam initialized Render Device: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 (9.18.13.1421) Sound Device: Speakers (3- High Definition Audio Device) stereo Record Device: Microphone (3- High Definition Audio Device) Mounting mod from C:/Users/FRALLAN/AppData/Roaming/Natural Selection 2/Workshop/m67e3b77_1353354858/ Mounting mod from C:/Users/FRALLAN/AppData/Roaming/Natural Selection 2/Workshop/m66f9038_1352735809/ Loading config://ConsoleBindings.json Loading config://FavoriteServers.json Main Menu Initialized at Version: 243 Steam Id: 56189610 Error: Direct3DDevice::Unable to get render target data Error: Direct3DDevice::Unable to get render target data Error: Direct3DDevice::Unable to get render target data Error: Direct3DDevice::Unable to get render target data Error: Direct3DDevice::Unable to get render target data Error: Direct3DDevice::Unable to get render target data Error: Direct3DDevice::Unable to get render target data Error: Direct3DDevice::Unable to get render target data Error: Direct3DDevice::Unable to get render target data Error: Direct3DDevice::Unable to get render target data Error: Direct3DDevice::Unable to get render target data
Comments
I'll try that out
Already done this several times
If you'd like less issues with it, then use the fullscreen windowed mode.
I've never had this problem with MSI Afterburner or Razer Gamebooster's fps overlays, so it is likely a combination of software and hardware. Though I'll be using the "fps" console command in the future. Will test leaving it alt-tabbed for several minutes tonight.
Almost anything using your GPU drivers can have this happen.
Engines like UE3 check every single frame whether your device is lost.
Its one of the most common tech support issues, and the devs are aware of it.
In the meantime, utilize fullscreen windowed like i mentioned and you should have no problem.
Been having a similar problem with game crashing if I alt tabbed. I didn't actually realize there was a windowed mode that didnt have the "window box" or whatever it is called along the top, and around the sides. This fixes it for me!
:-D
its a amazing thing.
EDIT: And tbh, I'll lose 10fps for the ability to instant alt tab whenever.
So agreed. I even select vidcards with fps in windowed mode in mind & tend to start getting annoyed if any new game doesn't have a capable fullscreen windowed mode.
I have never seen a realistic con for windowed mode except some fps loss and some games not running true fullscreen. (which in both cases I can live with)