ninja_lord666 Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 The thing about windowed mode is that there couldn't be an easier way to ruin immersion. You're sitting there fighting, and you begin to feel a part of the game, then you notice the taskbar, and everything crumbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
predator101 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 i just hook my moniter up to my laptop and hey presto i got 2 screen's one for oblivion and one for w/e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumonji Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 The problem is the Windows graphics subsystem. In XP or earlier you only get one real GUI thread and you can't interrupt it, so alt-tabbing tends to freeze when Oblivion can't release the graphics resources. Vista is supposed to have real mult-threading graphics support, but I haven't upgraded yet. Anyone running Vista out there who can report on this? -Jumonji Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardmirth Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 The problem is the Windows graphics subsystem. In XP or earlier you only get one real GUI thread and you can't interrupt it, so alt-tabbing tends to freeze when Oblivion can't release the graphics resources. Vista is supposed to have real mult-threading graphics support, but I haven't upgraded yet. Anyone running Vista out there who can report on this? -Jumonji I've never had a problem alt-tabbing yet (of course you need to have something else up first). The only freeze up/non-compatibility issue I have is when not being online when oblivion is closed and error occurs. Apparently vista hates that because it's trying to check for online solutions. Big surprise. There aren't any the 489th time either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninja_lord666 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I have Vista, and Oblivion simple ignores Alt+Tab...as I said earlier. Although...I don't have Vista, per sae; I have Vista Ultimate. That might be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardmirth Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I have Vista, and Oblivion simple ignores Alt+Tab...as I said earlier. Although...I don't have Vista, per sae; I have Vista Ultimate. That might be different. That's what I have and it's the most complete version of Vista, so it wouldn't be missing features if anything unless it's strictly a bug. I wish I could say why it works on my machine and not yours. Patch version of OB? I have the latest official one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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