Spring possesses my computer when alt-tabbed

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 19 May 2007, 16:53

Start Spring, alt-tab out of it, and you can't click on task bar stuff or sometimes you can't click on anything or sometimes you have no cursor... And then you decide, screw it, I'll just go back to the game and quit it entirely. Oh but no, you can't click back on the game in the taskbar, that would be too helpful. And alt-tabbing back in doesn't work half the time either. What the holy hell is wrong? Bloody inconvenient... I guess I'll have to go with windowed mode for the time being but holy crap....

Post by **jcnossen** » 19 May 2007, 16:57

its like that with lots of games

Dragon45 · Post by **Dragon45** » 19 May 2007, 17:07

jcnossen wrote:its like that with lots of games

best. dev quote. ever.

ginekolog · Post by **ginekolog** » 19 May 2007, 17:10

alt tab works 100%.. but yes, it is a minor issue.

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 19 May 2007, 17:24

jcnossen wrote:its like that with lots of games

Works a lot better with a lot of games too.

My pissedoffedness is gone now tho, windowed mode is really something I should've used earlier. Actually pretty cool...

Hey JC, what's your paypal address?

zwzsg · Post by **zwzsg** » 19 May 2007, 17:26

Alt-tabing in and out of Spring works flawlessly for me, and yes I overruse it, especially when modding.

Doesn't mean you don't have issue, just that you need to be more specific.

Post by **jcnossen** » 19 May 2007, 17:35

Hey JC, what's your paypal address?

you really don't have to go give money to everyone now that you have job lol

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 19 May 2007, 17:36

Fine, I'll donate to the maker of speedmetal instead. Would that make you happy, punk?

tombom · Post by **tombom** » 19 May 2007, 18:36

I alt-tab in and out of Spring about a hundred times every game and it's very rarely a problem, although I have seen it happen. Not a big deal and usually just alt-tabbing without trying to get too fancy means you won't see it.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 19 May 2007, 19:35

it is if you have the cursor in crosshair mode tombom. This has been a long known bug. However, I am afflicted with it as well, there are times that when spring is minimized that it will not restore when I click on it tab in my taskbar and i have to alt-tab to get it back again.

Deathblane · Post by **Deathblane** » 19 May 2007, 20:06

At least we're past the days of the Alt+Tab crash bug

Peet · Post by **Peet** » 19 May 2007, 20:17

Deathblane wrote:At least we're past the days of the Alt+Tab crash bug

Happened to me the other day

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 19 May 2007, 20:24

Caydr wrote:Fine, I'll donate to the maker of speedmetal instead. Would that make you happy, punk?

that would be runecrafter

Deathblane · Post by **Deathblane** » 19 May 2007, 21:11

OK at least most are past the days of the Alt+Tab bug

TradeMark · Post by **TradeMark** » 19 May 2007, 21:13

Caydr wrote:Fine, I'll donate to the maker of speedmetal instead. Would that make you happy, punk?

Donate to the maker of speedball!

Need new motherboard and CPU

iamacup · Post by **iamacup** » 19 May 2007, 21:52

donate to UF

i spend more money on spring than the whole sum of people who have ever spent money on spring put togeather (and buying an uber pc to play spring doesent count)

KEKEKEKE

Post by **jcnossen** » 19 May 2007, 23:51

Fine, I'll donate to the maker of speedmetal instead. Would that make you happy, punk?

Ok seeing the alternatives, I give up

I'll buy tobi some beers with it too

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 20 May 2007, 00:31

jcnossen wrote:
Fine, I'll donate to the maker of speedmetal instead. Would that make you happy, punk?
Ok seeing the alternatives, I give up
I'll buy tobi some beers with it too

great plan

Post by **jcnossen** » 20 May 2007, 00:54

or give it to noize on the condition that he moves south

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 20 May 2007, 13:42

jcnossen wrote:or give it to noize on the condition that he moves south

i am moving south ~_~

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Spring possesses my computer when alt-tabbed

Spring possesses my computer when alt-tabbed