CS2 crashes entire PC when alt-tabbing in fullscreen mode

[Maxine]

as the title says

this has been happening to me ever since i upgraded to windows 11
entire PC becomes unresponsive, sometimes a blackscreen occures or other windows glitch out.
alt+cntrl+del doesn't work so i cant open the task manager to end cs2 when this happens

i have a gtx 1650 gpu and an AMD 5600g cpu with 32gigs of ram.
tested on latest drivers

workaround is to add -win -noborder to launch commands, but im a bit unsure if this issue can bleed into other parts of the game.

[Ancient Oldie]

引用自 'Bacardi：

引用自 MaxIsJoe：

This has not been an issue on windows 10, and is not an issue on Garuda and only cs2 has this issue.



Where's your source for this?
I'm a game developer and have been working with low level systems for a while now, especially on Linux.
I do not recall any limitations with graphical APIs or drivers that could cause an entire operating system to brick itself when alt-tabbing.

If you mean Source Engine games have issues with alt-tabbing, then yeah; that is fairly well known. But CS2 runs on Source 2 and source 1 never froze your entire system when their issues occurred.

Please do not spread misinformation on a subject you may have no clue on.

I was going to answer but I lost all text when I miss click libary link in this Steam app.

Short answer: I have start playing games from 486 era and have experience different Windows versions, DirectX versions, Games starting from 90's, old PC parts. I have experience lot of BUGS and ERRORS past +20years and I am one of those who saw Google search engine and YouTube site appearing.

One common thing is, kids are demanding impossible things from games. One thing is to play two latest AAA game same time on different screens. Not only alt+tab + streaming

ALT+TAB is working functionality though. Even in dedicated full-screen it should work. There can only be 1 dedicated full screen application though. But you can run as many other applications behind it as long as your computer is powerfull enough,

[baardie]

CS has ALWAYS had issues with alt-tabbing, CS2 it's a bit better but it's basically 50/50 if it will crash lol

[1MantisPhoenix]

引用自 Shi Hao (黃)：

CS has ALWAYS had issues with alt-tabbing, CS2 it's a bit better but it's basically 50/50 if it will crash lol

eventually, but dual monitor and 8GB RAM shows the screen instantly,
Whether you use steam overlay on , or off/ the xbox game tab/ nvidia/ amd / Discord/ ETC> All affects stability of a full screen game, hence, try borderless, or windowed; :? may look uglier than intended; but still, stability; right?

[DESTRITO]

:/

[Kyle the Karrot]

For me it goes black for about 30 seconds, then works. It's just a problem that cs2 has.

[wts - /id/-cee add]

Try to reinstall CS - Look up for some videos online (YouTube, Twitter, Reddit etc.)
I hope i helped you. Have a nice day!

[Skarai]

引用自 'Bacardi：

Games have not design to switch between fullscreen game and desktop.
It always have been that way.

Kids from 2015 just demand impossible things and don't understand anything.

If you need switch to different programs while playing.
Use windowed mode, not fullscreen.

Not true. I play so many games in fullscreen and can alt + tab out without problem.

[1MantisPhoenix]

引用自 Skarai：

引用自 'Bacardi：

Games have not design to switch between fullscreen game and desktop.
It always have been that way.

Kids from 2015 just demand impossible things and don't understand anything.

If you need switch to different programs while playing.
Use windowed mode, not fullscreen.

Not true. I play so many games in fullscreen and can alt + tab out without problem.

Same, Reminder of A GTX1070 doing it without fault, and it's no wait, it's instant,
MSIutils v3 required for some of these slow folk;

[Peachee]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ man some of these replies are pulled completely out of thin air

You are correct CS communicates more directly with the the GPU when fullscreen-enabled. However the game having problems with persistent state when the application loses focus is a real problem that only valve can fix. Other games / engines don't have this issue as they handle the state management much better for when the window loses focus. There are so many proven solutions to this problem.

It isn't really all that consistent either, as you can tab out-in 9/10 times without issue, but that 1/10 times you are then kicked from the game and have to rejoin + lose a round...

My professional opinion as an actual dev with years of experience: this is a solvable problem, afaik valve are unaware of this due to how unpredictably it occurs.

[× ｕｑｕａｌｌｙ－ ス]

i found a way to solve it. before you alt+tab just press esc

[𝓶𝓲𝓼𝓼_𝔂𝓸𝓾]

引用自 EH!DE：

did you find any solution?

[KutanoidRzułty]

I've had this problem for some time now, windows 11 is ♥♥♥♥ as well as AMD adrenalin drivers. I have 7800x3d 32gb 6000mhz ram and rx 7900xt win 11 and 24.10.1 drivers with somewhat recent bios and no oc. Right now it seems to be working well in Fullscreen Windowed display mode in the settings. In my experience the AMD drivers suck ass because the 24.9.1 was crashing every 10 minutes on my PC when other people in the internet didn't have such issues, I had to go back to 24.8.1. I didn't test the PRO drivers because although they seem to be usually much more stable than adrenalin they are updated with game optimizations with a big delay.

CSGO also didn't have much problem with alt tabbing in 2015 then as it got more updates it stopped working, then I remember that they updated directx 9 to 9ex which was supposed to have less overhead on CPU, it really helped with alt tabbing and after some time passed it again stopped working. I'm not sure if it's because of win 11, which is also ♥♥♥♥, CS2 or AMD drivers but alt tabbing was either laggy and hanging entire system, sometimes causing driver timeouts or crashing the game in both fullscreen and fullscreen windowed modes so far. Yesterday I updated the drivers and decided to test if it's working and right now it seems to work ok but only in fullscreen windowed mode.

[ツ]

引用自 'Bacardi：

Games have not design to switch between fullscreen game and desktop.
It always have been that way.

Kids from 2015 just demand impossible things and don't understand anything.

If you need switch to different programs while playing.
Use windowed mode, not fullscreen.

source 2 not old as fck source 1

[skurbee :3]

引用自 'Bacardi：

Games have not design to switch between fullscreen game and desktop.
It always have been that way.

Kids from 2015 just demand impossible things and don't understand anything.

If you need switch to different programs while playing.
Use windowed mode, not fullscreen.

just commenting to say this is the dumbest thing I've ever read. If you don't know, just shut up. Thanks or the info dingus

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