On my old system (Win2K pro, GeForce 4 Ti4200 128MB) I could happily alt+tab out of the game - very handy for noting bugs etc.
On my new system (XP home, ATI Radeon (200 128MB) I can alt+tab out of main menu, but not from within a mission. Even ctrl+alt+del doesn't cut it. Most annoying. Not sure if its the OS our the gfx card thats at issue.
Anyone else had any similar issues/know any solutions?
/bux
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Thats easy to fix... when it happens tab back to the game and press space once then tab out again and you mouse is fixed.I have problems with that too. I have Win XP Pro OS and a Nvidia 5200 card 1 Gig ram and when I alt+tab the Game exits but the mouse sticks to the top left corner so you can't do anything short of keyboard commands >;(
When the mouse docks you can still use your keyboard to navigate your desktop/startmenu. just use ctrl+esc to open the startmenu, use ctrl+tab to activate the quicklanuch menu
On Bux's issue, it must be ATi or user related. its not XP and not the game, it kinda only leaves 2 options
Not 100% correct.Be sure you aren't in spectator (3rd person) mode when you alt+tab, that will fix the sticky mouse problem. As for the other, not sure yet...
It happens when 'free-mode-move' is enabled.
eg. if you stand on the bridge and press space once.
It happens if you fire a torpedo with space-key
it simply happens when space is pressed an un-equal number of times
tab back into your paused game and press space and tab back out.Hot damn, thxBe sure you aren't in spectator (3rd person) mode when you alt+tab, that will fix the sticky mouse problem. As for the other, not sure yet...