[BETA FEEDBACK] WH3 Public Test: ALT + Tab Crash Fix Discussion

[76561199238047981]

NEWS

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1142710/view/3127193229559472949

OPTING-IN TO THE STEAM BETA

Here’s how to opt-in and download the special Steam Beta branch:

1. Login to your account on Steam
   
2. Find Total War: WARHAMMER III in your Library
   
3. Right-click the game and select Properties… from the context menu
   
4. Select the BETAS option from the list
   
5. Under the Select the beta you would like to opt into: field, select the wh3_public_test - WH3 Public Test branch
   
6. The new build will begin downloading (~588MB). Wait for it to finish before launching the game

Note that you can opt-out of the beta at any time by following the same steps while setting the beta branch to “None”. This will automatically remove the beta files and return you to the public, “live” build of the game (currently 1.0.2).

KNOWN ISSUES

There are a few known issues you may encounter by opting-in to the wh3_public_test branch:

• CROSSPLAY WHILE PLAYING THE STEAM BETA WILL BE UNAVAILABLE. Steam beta players will ONLY be able to play with other Steam beta players until the fix is fully-integrated alongside Update 1.1.
  
  
• Dragging your window to a monitor using a different resolution can cause graphical issues. You can drag the game back to your original monitor or you can re-launch the game on the second monitor to work around this problem.
  
  
• Save Games will initially prompt a warning that they are incompatible with the new build. Verifying the integrity of your game files should let you work around this error.

REPORTING ISSUES

We will be monitoring this thread for both positive (“the fix works”) and negative (“something went wrong”) feedback about the build, so feel free to post about your experience so we can react in time for Update 1.1!

[Gunner]

So umm, I dont know if this is where you should leave the feedback, I'm just gonna post it here

I was affected by this issue so I opted-in in the beta and and I honestly think the game is just forced into window mode now, or borderless maybe? I legit cant tab out without having the game being forced to be main window on my screen. cant minimize the game either.

It doesn't behave like fullscreen mode at all in the beta

EDIT: just want to say running the game in window mode was my workaround for the tab out crash before this beta sooo

[Open Sourcerer]

Related to the second "known issue" about dragging windows -- I have an ultrawide monitor and like to place my game on the right side of the screen with a video on the left. With the beta, I don't seem to be able to drag the game window at all. It seems permanently glued to the center of my screen -- I can't place it on the right side anymore.

[Captainbeastfeast (Rat-ee-JiK)]

to last few commentors

can you all whine/be obnoxious somewhere else? this thread is specifically for actual feedback on the BETA. Whining here won't help anyone.

[jaggermaixer]

So far so good, no crashes while alt tabbing, but just wondering if the game is running now in some kind of borderless mode? I ran the benchmark and did not lose any fps at all, so keep it up! can not wait for 1.1 and Blood DLC.

[Lyreth]

Just one crash on mine while being in a siege defense, specifically in cathay vs Skull-takerz (orcs).
The fix seems to work everywhere else, but i think at 99% that's just a borderless fullscreen, so in the end could be a win since i kept my exclusive fullscreen's performances.

Update:
Another crash occurred while i was being rewarded a khorne's weapon in his realm, my audio stuttered and crash occurred after like 10 seconds from that. (Here i'm playing as tzarina Katarin)

I play on this setup at ultra all settings maxed (only fxaa for AA) on supposedly fullscreen mode (2K Screen resolution on 4K Monitor upscaled)

Monitor: ASUS MG28UQ
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
GPU: (NITRO+) SAPPHIRE AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 (16GB)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 4*(8GB) DDR4, 2666 MHz
MOBO: ASUS Pro WS X570-ACE
SSD: NVME SAMSUNG 960 EVO
PSU: Corsair HX750i
COOLER: Noctua NH-D15
CASE: Corsair Crystal 570X
OS: Windows 11

[FrontlinerDelta]

So far it hasn't crashed while alt-tabbing for me and I would crash over 50% of the time prior to the beta.

[76561199238047981]

Originally posted by Open Sourcerer:

Related to the second "known issue" about dragging windows -- I have an ultrawide monitor and like to place my game on the right side of the screen with a video on the left. With the beta, I don't seem to be able to drag the game window at all. It seems permanently glued to the center of my screen -- I can't place it on the right side anymore.

Hey there! A few questions that you might be able to help clarify for the team:

• Are you running with multiple monitors?
  
• Do you have the 'Run in Window' setting selected?

Let me know, and them has also asked for your preferences.script.txt file, which will help shine some light on the issue. It should be found in this location:

%UserProfile%/AppData/Roaming/The Creative Assembly/Warhammer 3/scripts

Since Steam doesn't support file uploads, the best place to upload it is on our official forum. If you have an account, you can login and create a new thread here so we can pass it along to the team:

{LINK REMOVED}https://forums.totalwar.com/categories/support-total-war-warhammer-iii-performance-graphics

Let me know if/when you've done so and I'll get that information to the team!

[kw142 (Lie in Mid-July)]

Hi, I noticed a game-breaking bug on the normal game build today. This is for game version 1.0.2, not the beta branch; I can't seem to find a bug thread to post this. This is what happened:

1. I claimed all 4 souls and was asked to defeat Belakor at the forge of souls.
   
2. Instead of doing the final battle, I went into the Slaneesh Chaos realm, took one of the rewards, and got out.
   
3. I cannot seem to enter the Forge of Souls for the rest of the game because the option to teleport to the Forge of Souls disappeared from all rifts.
   
4. I lost the campaign automatically after another 30 turns or so, because Belakor became god.

This surely is not intended, right? I assume you should still be able to go to the Forge of Souls to complete the campaign after you took a reward from the Slaneesh realm.

[iN$pec]

ME

[76561199238047981]

Originally posted by Open Sourcerer:

Related to the second "known issue" about dragging windows -- I have an ultrawide monitor and like to place my game on the right side of the screen with a video on the left. With the beta, I don't seem to be able to drag the game window at all. It seems permanently glued to the center of my screen -- I can't place it on the right side anymore.

Hey there Open Sourcerer! For this issue, we’d like to know whether you’re running the game in Windows mode—whether the Run in Window setting is checked in the graphics options—or not. It sounds like this was an issue that was spotted and fixed at some point, so we’d love to know more about your setup and what might be causing the issue.

[76561199238047981]

Originally posted by Gunner:

I was affected by this issue so I opted-in in the beta and and I honestly think the game is just forced into window mode now, or borderless maybe? I legit cant tab out without having the game being forced to be main window on my screen. cant minimize the game either.

Could you explain this in a little more depth, please? You should absolutely be able to ALT+Tab the game without the window moving, so we’d love to know more about what you’re seeing, what graphics settings you’re running, and anything else that helps us understand (and ideally fix) whatever problem is interfering with your game.

If you'd like to be able to minimize the game, you can enable the ability to do so by enabling the Run in Window option in the settings.

[76561199238047981]

Originally posted by kw142:

Hi, I noticed a game-breaking bug on the normal game build today. This is for game version 1.0.2, not the beta branch; I can't seem to find a bug thread to post this...

Hey there! You can search and add to existing bug reports—or create a new one if one does not already exist—over in the 'Game Bug Reports\ category, or over on our official forum:

• Game Bug Reports (Steam)
  
• {LINK REMOVED}Total War: WARHAMMER Support (Official Forum)

In this case, I'd recommend adding your report to one of the existing threads on the subject:

• Can not enter the Forge of Souls realm to intercept enemy factions.

Thank you!

[Mr. Blonde]

It looks like the game is in permanent borderless window mode, even if window mode is off. Didn't have alt+tab crash since 1.0.1. or 1.0.2. patch anyway (had it in 1.0.0.), just tried beta for result report. So, the patch forces my game into borderless windowed mode. I don't mind since that's how I play anyway, but it doesn't do what it should.

PC specs:
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Nvidia GeFirce GTX 1070Ti
Win11

[Gunner]

Originally posted by CA Evangelos:

Originally posted by Gunner:

I was affected by this issue so I opted-in in the beta and and I honestly think the game is just forced into window mode now, or borderless maybe? I legit cant tab out without having the game being forced to be main window on my screen. cant minimize the game either.

Could you explain this in a little more depth, please? You should absolutely be able to ALT+Tab the game without the window moving, so we’d love to know more about what you’re seeing, what graphics settings you’re running, and anything else that helps us understand (and ideally fix) whatever problem is interfering with your game.

If you'd like to be able to minimize the game, you can enable the ability to do so by enabling the Run in Window option in the settings.

Sure, alright first I'm gonna show you my in game settings in screenshot, then the difference when I alt tab between live version and the beta.

I also want to note that I always have Run in Window unchecked and... I actually can tab out with the beta but the behavior of the game is different than live version or even Warhammer 2. when I alt + tab in live version or TWW2 the game just minimize itself and doesn't interfere with other apps.

The game behavior in the beta during tabbing out is almost like having Run in Window checked and this is similar of having window mode borderless mode on.

https://i.ibb.co/LCyTP5R/Screenshot-223.png
https://i.ibb.co/cC7f3LZ/Screenshot-219.png

These are my graphics settings.

https://i.ibb.co/N93gPbb/Screenshot-220.png

This is in live version, as you can see the game full minimized when I alt + tab.

https://i.ibb.co/vDX42q2/Screenshot-225.png

Now this is in the beta, pressing alt + tab, the game doesn't minimize itself, sure I can switch to any window I have running but this is what is it like if I had the game Run In Window mode which it not the same at all especially if you have single monitor like me.

[Mr. Blonde]

Originally posted by Gunner:

Originally posted by CA Evangelos:

Could you explain this in a little more depth, please? You should absolutely be able to ALT+Tab the game without the window moving, so we’d love to know more about what you’re seeing, what graphics settings you’re running, and anything else that helps us understand (and ideally fix) whatever problem is interfering with your game.

If you'd like to be able to minimize the game, you can enable the ability to do so by enabling the Run in Window option in the settings.

Sure, alright first I'm gonna show you my in game settings in screenshot, then the difference when I alt tab between live version and the beta.

I also want to note that I always have Run in Window unchecked and... I actually can tab out with the beta but the behavior of the game is different than live version or even Warhammer 2. when I alt + tab in live version or TWW2 the game just minimize itself and doesn't interfere with other apps.

The game behavior in the beta during tabbing out is almost like having Run in Window checked and this is similar of having window mode borderless mode on.

https://i.ibb.co/LCyTP5R/Screenshot-223.png
https://i.ibb.co/cC7f3LZ/Screenshot-219.png

These are my graphics settings.

https://i.ibb.co/N93gPbb/Screenshot-220.png

This is in live version, as you can see the game full minimized when I alt + tab.

https://i.ibb.co/vDX42q2/Screenshot-225.png

Now this is in the beta, pressing alt + tab, the game doesn't minimize itself, sure I can switch to any window I have running but this is what is it like if I had the game Run In Window mode which it not the same at all especially if you have single monitor like me.

That is the same thing that I have, the game doesn't minimize, you dont get to see your desktop, just other aps open over the game.