Alt Tab causes black screen everytime!

[himmatsj]

Hey guys,

Usually whenever I Alt Tab out of a game, I can resume playing with no issues. However, with ME, when ever I Alt Tab out, when I resume its just a black screen and the game stops responding.

Any idea how I can fix this? Thanks!

[Sunsetter]

Have you tried not alt-tabing?

[himmatsj]

Originally posted by Samael:

Have you tried not alt-tabing?

No seriously, I am accustomed to Alt Tabbing out of my games every so often.

I realize that Mirror's Edge is also my third oldest game in my library (only Portal and Grid are older) so maybe it didn't support Alt Tab back then?

All I can say is modern GPU intensive games like Watch Dogs and FC4 and Alien Isolation have no issues at all when I Alt Tab out and back in.

[5M0k1N]

its not that old to not support alt tab lol. cant check ATM if it works for me (not at home) but i can check later. ive noticed some games cant be resumed depending on where you alt tabbed. did you try alt tabbing with the menu opened as well?

[himmatsj]

Originally posted by 5M0k1N:

its not that old to not support alt tab lol. cant check ATM if it works for me (not at home) but i can check later. ive noticed some games cant be resumed depending on where you alt tabbed. did you try alt tabbing with the menu opened as well?

No. I know for a fact that you shouldn't Alt Tab on loading screens cause that messes the system up. I'm Alt Tabbing during regular play.

I'd appreciate if you can let me know if it works for you or not (if you have the game downloaded already, that is).

Otherwise, for a 2008 game, this looks great man! Could easily pass off as a game released in 2011-2012 or something man.

[5M0k1N]

i mean in the menu by pressing esc not the loading screen :p
probably wont work either way but still. some games i know dont work in the game but do work in the menu

[himmatsj]

Originally posted by 5M0k1N:

i mean in the menu by pressing esc not the loading screen :p
probably wont work either way but still. some games i know dont work in the game but do work in the menu

Anything from your end?

[5M0k1N]

yea i can alt tab fine

[himmatsj]

Originally posted by 5M0k1N:

yea i can alt tab fine

Just wondering, is Physx turned on in your game?

[5M0k1N]

its off

[himmatsj]

Originally posted by 5M0k1N:

its off

Ok, right. Turned it off and works fine for me too now! I can go Alt Tabbing like crazy.

So now I winder, is this an isolated Physix problem, or universal in all games. I usually off Physx in modern games as the performance hit is major.

[5M0k1N]

no idea but the implementation of physx in mirrors edge is extremely buggy so it might be just that

[Req]

Use dxwnd or the Windowed Mode mod and you can alt tab fine.