Hello,
I’ve tried to search for this but have come up empty. I also hope this is the right place to post this question.
Starting I don’t know when (post SU9?), I’m no longer able to alt+tab or minimize my game mid-flight without the game freezing with audio still playing and FlightSimulator.exe is Not Responding in task manager. I have the same issue on the main menu screen as well.
I run the game in Full Screen display mode.
I can actually minimize and use a web browser (looking up chart info), but it seems like opening new tabs or loading pages makes the game hang. The time it takes can vary from seconds to a few minutes.
I still need to experiment because I do think I had success in the game not freezing when I had a secondary monitor connected to my PC.
Also - I can hit alt+enter to put the game into Windowed mode with the white top screen menu bar and borders and do as I please.
Example: I will be flying, want to look up ILS information for a particular airport/runway, minimize to Edge and start Googling. It’s hit or miss on when the hang happens, but it can be reproduced each attempt. I’m free of issues if I can remember to alt+enter though.
But that’s what brings me here - how come I see so many people alt tabbing for chart info in a browser/picture files in their streams/recordings and they have no issues?
I have completely reinstalled the game cleanly from having SU9>SU10 beta issues that I couldn’t repair. But this issue precedes that.
I see other similar topics, but none sound like my exact issue - fullscreen alt+tabbing causes the game to hang and stop.
My chart lookup solution seems silly - purchase a Navigraph sub so I can get chart info from the GTN750 taking the need out to minimize the game. But then there’s cool stuff like VFRMap I won’t be able to use.
Y’all let me know what you think!