Do Not alt Tab

[Misconduct]

I have a nasty habit of alt-tabbing while in game to read the manual or the forums, seems weird things happen which simply require a save and exit, nothing serious as long as you save and quit game and come back.

[Nomad]

I ALT-TAB all the time with no problems.

[Misconduct]

ORIGINAL: Nomad

I ALT-TAB all the time with no problems.

I thought I did to, till waypoints from ships started coming out as coordinates and the ships not moving, LCU's wouldnt travel normal, for example you give them a destination and they magically "warp" to the destination when the unit is completely moved to new location.

Nothing that would seriously disrupt a game, and only happens randomly I just have to plot a destination with ships to see if its bugged.

[freeboy]

when I alt tab, sometimes the map scroling os off, just save and reload, but not always and not sure why there would be a differnce, using vista 64 based

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Nomad

I ALT-TAB all the time with no problems.

me too

[hbrsvl]

Hi-Here's an alternative: I hit the Microsoft button-at the lower left of the keyboard, second key from left, next to Ctrl. It's the flag key.

This minimizes your game while you do your thing. To go back to game, click the AE icon at bottom of screen next to the Start button. This brings the game back where you got out.

I've seen no problems using this.

Hope this helps. Hugh Browne

[morleron1225]

My experience is in line with Hugh's though I do tend to alt-tab more than I use the Windows key.  I've got a spreadsheet that I use to keep track of all of my TFs so I'm constantly switching back and forth between the game and it while setting up TFs.  The only problem I've seen is that the map doesn't come back on until I move the cursor to one of the screen edges or close the TF window.  I've seen no problems with LCUs teleporting (unfortunate as some of my Aussie LCUs have a long way to go to get to Darwin) nor TFs simply disappearing or suffering routing issues.  I'm running 64-bit Vista Home Premium on an HP dv9500 laptop. 

I'm not saying you're not having problems.  Just trying to help narrow down the cause.  Good luck.

Ron