Home | Recent Posts New Topic
LordKillerClown
LordKillerClown
Join Date 03/2006
0

Very annoying.

April 1, 2006 10:22:50 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
Anyone else finding that alt tabbing causes the game to crash?
I really hate it when games cant handle such a simple procedure!
Makes the game feel unpolished to me, i like to be able to do multiple things at once and really this should be remedied!
Locked Post
Search this post
Advanced Search
Subscription Options
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
Feud
Join Date 02/2006
+2
Reply #1 April 1, 2006 10:34:20 PM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
Works fine for me (albeit a bit slow).
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
Envoy of Chaos
Join Date 03/2006
0
Reply #2 April 1, 2006 10:41:34 PM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
my game used to lag a lot, and crash when alt-tabbing at first, but then my computer freed up more RAM automatically. It now runs smooth as silk. If your computer doesnt do that automatically, try freeing some RAM manually or plug in some extra. This crash is due to your computer, not the game. (at least that was the case for me)
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
vinbaker00
Join Date 01/2004
0
Reply #3 April 1, 2006 10:52:53 PM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
use windows mode along with your regular full screen desktop resolution
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
TriPp
Join Date 03/2006
0
Reply #4 April 1, 2006 10:59:53 PM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
yeah alt tab has only caused a crash like twice and that was with the 1st beta, and yeah its always prett ydamn slow for me which is also annoying.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
Ostsol
Join Date 02/2006
+1
Reply #5 April 1, 2006 11:10:08 PM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
Within the first couple weeks after release it was mentioned by the devs that if you're going to be alt-tabbing alot, it's best to simply run the game in windowed mode.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
S31Apoc
Join Date 05/2003
0
Reply #6 April 1, 2006 11:33:02 PM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
You know 90% of most NEWER games no longer support it, SO when it works your lucky.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
BladeVenom
Join Date 03/2006
0
Reply #7 April 1, 2006 11:46:17 PM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
It's worked for me without any problem.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
Supreme Shogun
Join Date 11/2005
+5
Reply #8 April 2, 2006 12:17:41 AM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
Bleh. I want to see games not only support alt tab but provide a button for switch window !!
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
bky1701
Join Date 03/2006
0
Reply #9 April 2, 2006 12:59:34 AM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
Tabing works fine for me, but i started running it in windowed mode as it worked even better (why can it switch faster in windowed mode then in full screen? It seems like the opposite, if anything, would make sense)
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
fsk5809
Join Date 04/2003
0
Reply #10 April 2, 2006 1:28:27 AM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
I tried running in windowed mode, but I found that you really want to run the game in the highest resolution your monitor supports.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
njero
Join Date 03/2006
0
Reply #11 April 2, 2006 1:50:47 AM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
why can it switch faster in windowed mode then in full screen? It seems like the opposite, if anything, would make sense


Think of it in terms of windowed mode operation making performance sacrifices in the way a the program is run in order to allow it to behave like other basic Windows tasks. Meanwhile full-screen mode sacrifices Windows functionality in order to run the specific program in question (GalCiv2 in this case) at its full potential.

That's a really basic way of putting it, I know.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
The Seer
Join Date 12/2001
0
Reply #12 April 2, 2006 3:43:31 AM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
I tried running in windowed mode, but I found that you really want to run the game in the highest resolution your monitor supports.


You can with windowed mode if your desktop is set to the highest res just set the game in windowed mode to the highest res as wel.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
LordKillerClown
Join Date 03/2006
0
Reply #13 April 2, 2006 7:39:10 AM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
What do you mean most "Newer" games dont support it. BS .
This is the first game in a LONG time that doesnt support alt tabbing.
really simple feature. doesnt take much to playtest this one.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
ScottTykoski
Join Date 03/2001
+132 sdemployee
Reply #14 April 2, 2006 7:59:44 AM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums

Unblinded: FYI, we were able to get Alt-Tabbing withing 100% of the time on the computers here in the office, so perhaps it's a system-specific issue? We had some problems with had to be delt with on a card by card basis (for a while ALL nvidia cards were being butts about the issue). Can you go to your GalCiv2 game folder and post your debug.err file? We can see if we can reproduce your system specs in the office and reproduce the problem.

Thanks!

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
JesperEB
Join Date 03/2006
0
Reply #15 April 2, 2006 10:25:03 AM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
Instead of alt-tabbing, how about hitting ALT+ENTER to change to windowed mode? Then you can hit ALT+ENTER again when you want to go back to playing the game. For some strange reason this method often switches quicker on my computer than alt-tabbing does, and that goes for many games.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
movingtarget
Join Date 03/2006
0
Reply #16 April 2, 2006 10:43:50 AM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
alt tabbing works without problems
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
LordKillerClown
LordKillerClown
Join Date 03/2006
0
Reply #17 April 5, 2006 11:22:37 AM
from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
Yeah turns out its just incredibly slow, but works fine... it would come up not responding but after a couple of minutes works .....
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Stardock Forums v        Server Load Time:   Page Render Time: