Black screen when alt tabbing between main an alt

Northern - Dreamweaver
Northern - Dreamweaver Posts: 183 Arc User
edited November 2011 in Support Desk
everysince last the 9 trial add on I get a black screen alot when switching between my two games. The only thing that I know of that changed was the pwi patch, so is this a pwi issue or maybe something going wrong on my pc ?
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  • deathmarine
    deathmarine Posts: 20 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    That problem existed two years ago as well. I can honestly say I ahvn't tried alt tabbing in fullscreen in ages, but windowmode seemes way more computer frendly. Less problem when alt tabbing and way way faster.
  • SylenThunder - Twilight Temple
    SylenThunder - Twilight Temple Posts: 7,908
    edited November 2011
    It happens because when you tab away from the screen, it stops rendering the video. Different systems will deal with this slightly differently depending on your OS version, video card drivers, and DirectX versions.

    And yes, windowed mode is better when you're going to be tabbing out because in fullscreen, DirectX has exclusive control, whereas in windowed, it has to share with the OS. (this however, causes other issues with the client.)
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