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    FarCry 4 doesn't allow me to alt tab to other programs

    When I alt tab out of the game (even with borderless) ... the game will not allow me to focus on other programs, and will just cover them up when I alt tab to them. Is there a way around this? I don't want to use Windowed Mode.
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    WID992007's Avatar Senior Member
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    yes that crashes games that are graphically intensive as your forcing your GPU driver to do more then it can handle .. yes FC 4 is a very demanding game
    and uses a heavily modified version of the dunia 2 engine

    so yea alt tabbing can cause issues as well as your video driver having to reload what being drawn on your screen

    do you have a super fast system ? with a ton o ram ?

    if so contact Ubi support .. i bet they tell ya the same thing alt tabbing is not supported with this game due to the in game engine limitations

    it eats alot of ram and vid ram ..as does your operating system .. and you never even said what OS you have ?

    have you tried to install an older version of razer coretex ??

    that program shuts off other un needed widows services you may have running in the back round

    this game already hates back ground applications and yes its a known issue due to the limitations of the enhanced version of the Dunia 2 engine the game uses

    yea its a system HOG

    BACKROUND APPLICATIONS may also cause the game to not launch properly and you may need Exit out of them, or reconfigure them to work properly with Far Cry 4 known apps that can cause this are


    A. EVGA PRECISION


    B. MSI AFTERBURNER


    C. Riva Tuner Statistics Server


    D. DXtory


    E. Motionin Joy


    F. Anti Virus or Firewall software (AVG , Comodo, Bullguard etc.. <-- check settings)


    G. MSI true Color


    H. Evolve gameing client


    I. AMD Raptr \ AMD Gaming Evolved


    J. TeamViewer


    K. Overwolf


    L. Nvidia Geforce Experience Shadow Play as of Driver 361.75 in Jan 2016


    see this thred to possibly fix issues with afterburner causing black screen
    http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...rcry-4-Crash!?


    Please see this Page where it mentions Backround Applications and how you can try to see if one is possibly causing your issue with the game NOT starting or hanging
    https://support.ubi.com/en-US/FAQ/9/...0000000eio0CAA


    And if your running windows 10 make sure you launch both Steam and Uplay as Run As ADMINISTRATOR


    this game was shipped well before windows 10 did ...and yes you may need to take that extra step to run the game
    this games engine was created years before windows 10 shipped and that change may needed to allow the game to write any save files and or configuration files , windows 10 may handle file security \ permissions in a different way, then previous operating systems did.


    if you have a problem... try this


    right click on the games .exe file


    select properties


    select the comparability tab


    check the box that says run as Administrator


    set it to run in a windows 7 compatibility mode


    you can also run the windows 10 compatibility trouble shooter from that same window
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    My system is more than enough to run the game:

    32 GB of RAM (HyperX)
    AMD R9 390X by MSi
    AMD FX-8350 at stock 4.0 GHz speed
    ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z
    250 GB SSD 850 EVO by Samsung (This is the only drive in the system.)
    Windows 10 x64 Professional

    The issue temporarily resolved itself when I alt-tabbed to uplay first rather than other applications, or have uplay's window open. That said, even though I have only an SSD on my system, the game takes FOREVER to initially load. I have no background applications running save for Corsair, Steam, AMD Radeon Settings, Firefox, Discord and Windows Explorer. I do not use (and will never use) tweak programs such as afterburner or the EVGA one.
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    game loads quick here

    i alt tab out all the time with no problems

    but a much lower .cfg ..well higher as i have a better CPU even if it;s an older one it does have a 12 meg cache

    you probably need to tweak the hell out of win 10 pro

    i have the same OS (win 10 pro )

    shut off the annoying x box app
    (yes you have to log in with a Microsoft account to totally shut that crap off )
    it eats ram like crazy

    i also shut off all the metro apps and installed classic shell

    i also use only SSD drives in my win 10 install

    if i alt tab out to look at my system temps and cpu \ gpu loads all the time never had a crash doing so

    i use open hardware monitor (great program) to see my system temps an loads

    your problem most likely maybe your graphics card drivers

    i use a nvidia GTX 960

    dunno why your game takes forever to load ..but i do know AMD drivers do suck ..got rid of my last AMD card and was glad to be rid of it ...was a 270 X

    as far as Uplay make sure its up to date

    shut OFF the Uplay cloud sync option in Uplay settings \

    \if ya have the steam version shut off the steam in game overlay i keep that off and only use the uplay one so i can use the in game fps counter

    so if ya got a prob shut off the uplay one ..this game HATES OVERLAYS ..and backround apps

    the only other tip i can give ya is yes i had a problem with Primal with my oldest AMD card

    i contacted AMD support

    they said remove all my AMD drivers in safe mode .. then reinstall them clean ..i used DDU

    it fixed the game

    also you should know even with the latest AMD driver it has problems with some games if you leave the AMD gaming evolved in game overlay crap on

    thats even noted in the most recent AMD driver version release notes so make sure your up to date too with that ..its up to


    • AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition Display Driver version 16.30.2311
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    never had a problem with the game crashing here with over 1000 hrs in (bought it the day it shipped)

    my CFG =

    Thermaltake V9 Black Edition case the one with the 2 giant fans one on the side one on top
    +2 120s one intake one exhast +1 80 mm fan blowing on ram chips from the front


    550 watt Thermaltake power supply


    Asus P5 B plain not anything just default P5B old as dirt mainboard


    CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.60 Ghz with a tuniq tower 120 cooler

    8 Gig of Kingston DDR 2 800
    Asus STRIX GTX 960 2 gig card (nvidia driver 347.52 for win 7 ..using Nvidia win 10 Driver 359.06)


    Soundblaster live 24 bit sound card i scrapped out of someones old Dell they were chucking
    (onboard reatek sound on motherboard =disabled )


    OS = Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit / Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit


    Logitech G400s gameing mouse (wired)


    Logitech K330 wireless keyboard


    Logitech Dual Action Gamepad (similar to the current Logitech F310)


    Acer 1080P 24 inch wide screen monitor max refesh 75 Hz


    secondary that i use to play on SEKI 40 inch HDTV via Hdmi out from the back of my Asus card


    my in Game settings are Custom
    resolution 1920 X 1080
    vsync - on


    Quality settings
    motion blur off - not a fan of it ..
    Textures - Ultra
    Shadows - High
    Post FX -Ultra
    Geometry - Very High
    Vegetation- Ultra
    Environment - High
    Water - Ultra
    Ambient Occusion setting is SSBC
    Antialising settings is SMAA


    God rays - off- not a fan of how it looks (can make the game unstable)
    Fur - on
    Trees relief -on


    in Advanced settings
    Triple buffering - off
    Vsync mode - Normal


    in Nvidia control panel, i made these changes
    Anisotropic Filtering = 16 X
    Max Pre Rendered Frames = 1
    Set Power Management Mode = Adaptive


    game looks fine to me and plays stutter free on my system with zero crashes


    also i installed Razer Cortex version 7.0 as it does seem to help with this game
    http://www.filehorse.com/download-ga.../old-versions/


    oh and game as well as my OS (windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit) are on the same 500 gig WD black edition sata drive
    Windows 10 Pro runs on one PNY 240 gig SSD with Uplay /// my steam files are on my secondary PNY 240 gig SSD drive
    or another WD black edition Spinner Drive
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    oh one other setting if ya got the game via steam or use razer cortex

    add this to launch options


    -skipintro

    the game will load a bit quicker without the elephant and tiger crashing together
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    This might not be the optimal solution if you're alt-tabbing a lot, but try pressing alt-enter to put the game in windowed mode, then alt-tab. When you're back in the game, you can alt-enter to return to fullscreen.
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    update directx drivers to latest one

    I have similar problem but when i update graphic and directx drivers the problem was solved. My laptop was crashed whenever i use alt+tab button and it will hurt OS as well. I suggest you to please have a live update of directx from windows update or use external helpful link to update such DLL files.
    http://www.filerabit.com/2016/04/download-directx.html
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