COH and "alt-tabbing"...

[ubermensche]

So yeah...here's the thing. About 15 minutes ago I was playing an epic 4v4 game against AI that was lasting over 3 hours...and at perhaps the last moments of the game (I was already attacking the Russians' base) I had to "alt-tab" the game and do something else (I won't say what but the person who made me alt-tab owes me plenty...). Anyways when I get back to the game, the whole thing just freezes and I basically had to force-shut my game, making that moment one of the greatest c0ckblocks of my life. After this c0ckblock, I wondered: how the hell does this alt-tab thing work? How come sometimes it crashes the game while other times it gets back to normal, and well?

[Cranialwizard]

You pretty much have to be specific when you say what you were alt-tabbing to, otherwise there's no real background. This doesn't happen to me when I alt-tab, only a lot of lag.

[ubermensche]

alt-tab to go use the Internet. Sometimes when I do it, it works and I can continue the game perfectly. But some other times, the game just crashes...

[Pac-Fish]

I normally just click Ctrl then Esc. Works for me. Whenever I do it my game, no matter the game, pauses itself.

[stealthattack1]

I normally just click Ctrl then Esc. Works for me. Whenever I do it my game, no matter the game, pauses itself.

qft, except the part where the game pauses. in comp games i imagine it would though.

[Blackbishop]

@ubermensche
You should at least post your PC specs.

[ubermensche]

@ubermensche
You should at least post your PC specs.

Here ya go:



Really not a superb laptop...