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Attempting to 'alt-tab' during initial loading screens makes the 'Early Game Access' acknowledgement unclickable, and unhidable.
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Description

At times I would try to 'alt-tab' to different programs as I am starting up DayZ. Though, there have been several times where doing so from the 'Wait a Moment' and 'Receiving' loading screens would result in the game totally taking away all my ability from switching program windows, or pressing the 'I Understand' button in the Early Game Access acknowledgment page.

I would not be able to switch windows, bring up the Windows Task Manager to kill DayZ, nor to simply alt-tab to a different program. Furthermore, I would be constantly stuck on the 'Early Game Access' acknowledgment window, with no ability to click on the 'I Understand' button - though the game is still running with my character standing in the background with all the animations and effects running correctly.

The Windows 7 'ctrl+alt+del' sequence still works, though pressing the 'Start Task Manager' command would simply bring me back to the 'Early Game Access' window with the Task Manager running in the background - inaccessible. My only solution from that point would be to turn off my computer entirely from the 'ctrl+alt+del' sequence, or to Lock the computer and attempt to relogin, while fighting with the DayZ window trying to stay in front of all the other programs.

Details

Legacy ID
683303362
Severity
None
Resolution
Unable To Duplicate
Reproducibility
Sometimes
Category
Game Freezes
Steps To Reproduce
  1. Have DayZ 'Rendering Resolution' settings be set to something other than Windowed.
  2. Start DayZ from Steam.
  3. As you are within the initial 'Wait a Moment' or 'Receiving' loading screens, attempt to alt-tab from the game.
  4. Observe as the game refuses to alt-tab, leading on to the 'Early Access Game' screen which then becomes unclickable, and inescapable.
  5. Attempt to bring up the 'Ctrl+Alt+Del' sequence as the only means of escape, or turn off the computer manually.
Additional Information

The DxDiag file is provided within the 'Attached Files' section, as well as multiple screenshots of the aforementioned windows.

Common background programs include - TeamSpeak 3, Skype, cmd.exe, Google Chrome, and Steam.

Steam launch options for DayZ are - '-cpuCount=4 -exThreads=3 -maxMem=7168 -maxVram=2048 -nosplash -noPause'.

Event Timeline

TiredMiner edited Additional Information. (Show Details)
TiredMiner set Category to Game Freezes.
TiredMiner set Reproducibility to Sometimes.
TiredMiner set Severity to None.
TiredMiner set Resolution to Unable To Duplicate.
TiredMiner set Legacy ID to 683303362.May 8 2016, 8:08 PM
TiredMiner added a subscriber: TiredMiner.

I have not been able to reproduce this in a consistent manner. Though this does occur once in awhile for me.

andy added a comment.Oct 29 2014, 1:17 PM

Same here, sadly I was not able to reproduce.
We do suspect a possible cause which will get looked into eventually but for now, this is not considered a high priority issue.
Thank you for your report,
Andy