>Game is loading
>Alt tab out to look at shit on the internet
>Tab back in after a minute
>Loading bar hasn't moved an inch
>Tab back
>the game crashes
>Your free download will start in 60 seconds
>Minimize the window and go do something else for a minute
>Come back to download file
>Your free download will start in 59 seconds
>Game is not loading
i miss you mom
>set up a list of actions that will take a few minutes
>tab out to do something else while it works
>come back later, game had paused itself when you tab out
>Alt+Tab out of game
>Alt+Tab back in
>black screen
>sound playing, hearing in-game actions from pressing keys, but black screen
>only way to fix it is to close the game and reopen it
IT'S NOT FUCKING FAIR!!
>Loading screen
>Getting spammed messages
>Can't shift-tab
>Decide to alt-tab
>Can't
>Panic with ALT + F4 and CTRL+ALT+DEL
>Opens to desktop
>Message ":steamsalty:"
>Try to get back on game
>Game is not responding
>fml
>>321086135
>not playing in windowed mode
its like you enjoy crashes
>game is loading
>alt-tab
>game doesn't load while tabbed out
>it's actually loaded but the loading bar is scripted to compensate for time
>>321087417
Worse yet
>black screen
>alt tab out, can see the start menu but the game is still covering the screen
>ctrl+alt del, game covers the task manager as well
>right click to close game doesn't work either
Happened to me earlier today, had to log out and in again
>Source game freezes
>Sounds start stuttering
>Start moving my head and hands until it stops like I'm dancing.
I'm not the only one right?Right?
>game has long loading screen
>go to alt+tab to browse internet while it loads
>game doesn't allow you to tab out during load screens
>alt tab out of game
>alt tab back in
>no problems
>alt tab out to pass the loading time
>Alt tab back into game
>game is in some weird irreversible windowed mode
>Click on game window while it loads
>Game.exe has stopped responding
>>321088491
>>321087916
>This happens
>Scroll through tabs to pick the task manager, but game covers it
>Alt f4 doesn't work
>Right clicking on the taskbar to close it doesn't work
>Only solution is restarting
>Company releases a console
>Rival company releases console with better hardware
>People still buy the xbone with their no games
Shills man
>game is incapable of loading on alt tabs
Literally a fucking warcrime.
>>321087916
>game screen crashes
>everything is stuck behind the game screen (why is borderless fullscreen not a standard).
>task manager opens up behind the game too
>Make task manager the active window and hit windows key + right until it shows up on my second monitor.
For every day that passes, I find another reason why dual monitors is great.
>>321088379
I do it too, glad I'm not alone.
>alt tab out on warband
>can hear chickens, birds and the sound of a thriving town in the background while i shitpost on /vee/
comfy
>>321086135
>alt+tab during match loading
>come back in five minutes
>kicked for being AFK
>play game on steam
>someone messages me on steam
>game has actions bound to either shift or tab
>game has no pause functions
>pressing shift or tab will mess up my current game situation
>load game
>it just werks
>hl2.exe has stopped working
>>321086280Animal Crossing?
>>321086135
>alt tab
>game crashes
>>321091630
Pretty handy for games like portal 2 where alt f4 doesn't work
>>321086135
>Install FNV
>Install 50+ mods
>Start the game for the first time expecting crashes everywhere
>Played for 2 hours without bugs
>>321086135
Fuck you finn was a suprisingly good character
>>321088379
All the time senpai
>alt+tab out
>black screen
>mouse is locked to the black screen
>ctrl+shift+escape to open task manager
>it's behind the black screen
>windows+right arrow a few times to get it on my other screen
>tab + arrow keys through the list, find the game
>struggle to remember how to End Task with just a keyboard
>have to repeat this a few times because accidentally closed the task manager
>actually manage to close it and get my mouse back
I win this time, computer!
>have to use modified launcher for Stalker COC so I can use overlay
>Shift+tab to replay to friend
>Tab out to check a download
>Steam overlay is now permanently stuck up, character responds to key types in background
>shift+tabbing doesn't fix
>alt tab does jack shit and jack has left town.
>Close game dosen't work
>Have to task manager
Okay, it was a bitch to get it working in the first place, and the end result sucks. Thx stalker.
>Alt Tab out to check a map on wiki
>Alt-tab back in
>Black screen windowed
>Alt-Tabtabtabtabtabtab through all open windows back to game again
>Game resumes properly
>Mouse cursor has appeared on screen and won't subside
>Mouse cursor moves at a completely different rate to in game cursor
>Auto running in an MMO or something
>Alt tab out
>Game doesn't continue your action and stopped you
Why is WoW one of the only MMos that allows this shit
>>321086135
>Alt tab while game is loading
>Tab back
>Game freaks out and always assumes foreground, making alt tabbing do jack shit
>borderless window
>4 monitors
Feels fucking amazing
>close game
>try to load up the same game
>steam cloud sync never ends
>have to end task for steam
>any modern game in existence
>hit print screen
>tab out
>paste in pain
>it's entirely blacked out
W H Y
H
Y
>playing game in full screen mode
>alt tab and come back
>screen is upside down
>pc keks sad that their shitty pcs and pc ports are shit
:-)
>game pauses something unskippable if you alttab out
fuck your credits and fuck your game
>>321092769
Naw it's just windows that is shit
>>321092086
For what purpose? One is pleb tier, two is undertandable, three is for simulator shit, but four? Too much if you ask me.
>exit game
>game closes
>game stopped working popup
yes that the is the point
>>321093272
>"YOU CAN'T STOP PLAYING ME! I'M STOPPING PLAYING FOR YOU! "
Always amused me when that happened.
>>321093272
Might as well just alt-F4 the fucking thing.
![2014-06-29 16_36_38-[Exiled-Destiny]_Kamichu!_Ep01_(84258F81).mkv.png](https://i.imgur.com/i0wuD1d.png "2014-06-29 16_36_38-[Exiled-Destiny]_Kamichu!_Ep01_(84258F81).mkv.png")
>>321093528
>game is tsundere for me
>>321093709
Y'know, it's funny, before I posted that I had a "B-BAKA USER-SAN!" on the end of it too.
>>321093970
I-Its starting anon, we will become one in the hivemind.
>>321087417
>This
>"fuck it, i'll restart"
>alt-tab doesn't work anymore
>ctrl-alt-del
>cursor is gone
>arrow keys to Task Manager
>task manager opens up
>cursor still gone
>use arrows to navigate to game
>tab to "end task"
>can't hit enter
Why doesn't windows have a proper way to force quit programs? I've used a mac for years and "force quit" has not ever failed even once. Why can't windows do the same?
>>321086135
fucking dawn of war 2
the game freezes when you alt tab
baka desu senpai
>>321086270
I encounter the tricky ones all the time, tab out, and what would be several seconds is suddenly just one
>close game
>Did this program install correctly?
>>321088653
>>321087916
>not just hovering over task manager like pic related, tabbing through and pressing space bar to close the program in task manager
>coded to not use system resources while alternate tabbed
Sounds like pretty good programming to me
>>321095637
who needs multitasking lol
>>321095728
A way to be less efficient and perform poorer at a faster rate of failure than actually focusing at any one task alex
>>321086250
>>321086250
Fucking this.
Happens way too often that I just learned never to alt tab while loading
>>321095321
What's with all the shit you're running?
>Bonjour
>Curse
>foobar2k
>logitech gaming framework
>>321092032
I blame a lot of it on laziness and narcissism.
>>321086135
Morrowind:
>main menu
>exit game
>game freezes
>have to alt+f4 instead
Oblivion:
>main menu
>exit to desktop
>game freezes
Fallout 3:
>same shit
>main menu
>exit to desktop
>game freezes
Fallout 4:
>main menu
>exit to desktop
>game freezes
fine then
>next time try alt+f4
>game exit buts stays running in task manager eating up 4gb of memory
Happens for all fucking bethesda games
