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mass effect crashing when i alt-tab out of it

mtsmts Dr. Robot KingRegistered User regular
edited December 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
running full screen at max settings usingan i5-750 and radeon 5770 on win 7 pro

freezes and wont switch back after going to another program, just get a black screen

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  • Lord YodLord Yod Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Running it as administrator in Vista SP compatibility?

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  • mtsmts Dr. Robot King Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    well it is fine if i don't alt-tab out and this is the first time it crashed on me, it was otherwise running fine

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Most super high detail games don't really like alt-tabbing.

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  • Lord YodLord Yod Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    When I was playing through it on a high-end system it would throw fits if I alt-tabbed. Are you sure it's actually crashing and not just hanging up for a few seconds?

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    How long have you waited? UE3 takes its time loading everything back into RAM I think and it just gives you a black screen while you wait.

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  • RaekreuRaekreu Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Lord Yod wrote: »
    When I was playing through it on a high-end system it would throw fits if I alt-tabbed. Are you sure it's actually crashing and not just hanging up for a few seconds?

    I think Lord Yod has it correct, I've run into quite a few games that take their sweet, sweet time getting back to running when alt tabbed out. ME isn't one I've tried it on but I know my rig has to play some serious catch-up when I do it on HL2 and I'm running a core 2 duo 3.16GHZ with a GTX 260 and 4 gigs of ram all on vista 64.

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  • mtsmts Dr. Robot King Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    well it was a couple minutes but it always went non responsive and i had to con-alt-del it maybe i was just impatient but i wanted to kill some heretical biotics

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  • ArtereisArtereis Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    ME responded poorly to alt-tabbing for me, too. I'd be able to do it once or twice, but eventually the window just wouldn't restore. I ended up changing it to windowed mode if there was a time when I knew I'd be alt-tabbing a lot. I don't think it ever crashed then.

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  • FunkyWaltDoggFunkyWaltDogg Columbia, SCRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    It acted similarly for me. I don't think it's a UE3 thing, I've been able to alt+tab out of other UE3 games without crashes, but never had success with Mass Effect even once.

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