NikitaDarkstar Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 I'm pretty sure everyone has experienced the glitches that comes with alt-tabbing FO4 by now, but I could have sworn I saw a mod on the Nexus that claimed to fix it not too long ago. Unfortunately I can't seem to find it, so has anyone seen it? Or were I just dreaming things/getting my games confused?
Nixsy Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 Doing this removed any alt-tab bugs for me dude =)
NikitaDarkstar Posted January 26, 2016 Author Posted January 26, 2016 Doing this removed any alt-tab bugs for me dude =) Yhea I know of the windowed mode option, which I have been using when I know I will be alt-tabbing a lot. But for various reasons (which I won't go into cause there's no need to turn this into a software discussion :) ) I'd prefer to avoid it as a permanent thing if at all possible.
JuJooGuppy Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 Huh, I guess I avoided this by doing windowed borderless right from the start. Windowed borderless normally picks up a couple extra FPS in games on my rig (not a bad PC mind you) so I just do it automatically, looks the same, runs smoother, win win. :) Plus I evidently avoided these bugs lol
SiNNeR Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 the alt-tab bugs have been with Bethesda games since at least Oblivion, I don't remember if Morrowind or Redguard had them. I never found any fix other than borderless windowed that worked for the previous games so I'd be surprised if there's any for this one
NikitaDarkstar Posted January 26, 2016 Author Posted January 26, 2016 Darn, I could have sworn I had seen something, but it's quite possible I was getting my games mixed up, or just imagined it. Thanks guys. (But at least they built in the borderless option this time...)
tomomi1922 Posted January 27, 2016 Posted January 27, 2016 What alt-tab bug btw? I play in borderless windows mode. I alt-tab when I need to go somewhere else ... I don't notice any bug.
chavovaldez Posted January 27, 2016 Posted January 27, 2016 Th What alt-tab bug btw? I play in borderless windows mode. I alt-tab when I need to go somewhere else ... I don't notice any bug.There are lots of bugs in Bethesda games when alt-tabbing. In Skyrim you would be greeted with a black screen when alt-tabbing back into the window a lot of the time. And when it finally decided to alt-tab back you would get the double cursor, the Windows cursor and the in game cursor at the same time, so nice. IN Fallout 4 I get the dreaded no weapon bug when alt-tabbing back. Upon a successful alt-tab back which without a bugfix I use would be about 1% of the time, I get greeted with an invisible non functional weapon. Usually a few minutes of switching weapons and switching from 3rd person to first and back will make it work some what for a while anyway. I'd say that and loading screens are about 50% of my 450+ hours in F4.Anyway the best workaround I have found is to not alt-tab back or heaven forbid click on the taskbar icon which presents it's own mess, I use an Autohotkey script to switch back with #WinActivate. For some reason this prevents any bugs with alt-tabbing or clicking the icon in Bethesda games. I still often forget about the keybind since alt-tabbing is such a part of my muscle memory. Sorry to run on but this mess is really unforgivable in a 2015 AAA game.
tomomi1922 Posted January 27, 2016 Posted January 27, 2016 I am glad I do not deal with this problem. I have a few "non functional invisible weapon" a couple times (not sure if it is due to alt-tab). But I am somehow on the game all the time and not playing, like now. I have 2 monitors, that's why. And I wholeheartedly agree that for such a game like Fallout 4, this kind of things should not happen, and very unforgivable. And thank you for telling me. Otherwise I would not have known.
roamwild Posted January 27, 2016 Posted January 27, 2016 Darn, I could have sworn I had seen something, but it's quite possible I was getting my games mixed up, or just imagined it. Thanks guys. (But at least they built in the borderless option this time...)Coulda sworn as well that I saw a mod purporting to fix these sorts of issues. Can't find it anymore, of course. Not a helpful post but at least if you're imagining / mixed up then you're not alone. Edit: found the mod I was thinking of - http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/6382/? "Fallout 4 Window Helper". This only helps avoid an issue when already using Windowed Borderless mode, though.
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