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[resolved] [confirmed] Osu crashes on alt+tab while on fullscreen mode

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Alchemi
33 posts
Joined October 2012
Topic Starter
Alchemi
Problem Details:
When I alt+tab out of osu (usually to check chats, and other stuff), and then alt+tab back into it, it just dumps me into a black screen that does not disappear after a while, and I'm forced to quit the game via the task manager.
This usually happens at the song select menu, although it has happened in the main menu as well, however, it doesn't seem happen if the game is paused.
It happens irregardless of any individual applications being open. It does not happen consistently, only about 1/10 times I've tried to trigger it.
No screenshots because it's simply a black screen.

System settings/Specs:
AmdV120 2.2Ghz processor, Ati Mobility Radeon HD 4200 graphics card, Windows 7, Aero disabled.


osu! version: 20140127 (latest)
FlyingNeko
244 posts
Joined September 2013
FlyingNeko
Try not using alt+tab. Instead, use Insert (press the insert key) to minimize osu to your taskbar. You'll see the small osu! icon at the bottom right of your screen, usually where the volume and battery and other stuffs are. Just double-click the icon to maximize it. Sometimes doing this will give osu a black screen as well, but I figured that waiting a few minutes does the thing. If waiting doesn't work then I don't know what you should do.
Mira-san
1,038 posts
Joined May 2012
Mira-san
t/160131

I don't think it should be resolved. I get the same thing.
buny
3,435 posts
Joined March 2012
buny
t/184407
t/174546

duplicate

Mira-san wrote:

http://osu.ppy.sh/forum/t/160131

I don't think it should be resolved. I get the same thing.
well it was a different method to get the crash
TheVileOne
osu! Alumni
8,431 posts
Joined March 2010
TheVileOne
I have managed to trigger texture corruption by alt-tabbing while changing songs. This is a good sign that it could potentially crash.

I got this error



Might have been because I had a twitch stream open at the same time.

Image of texture corruption

Ephemeral
Inland Empire
3,936 posts
Joined April 2009
Ephemeral
can replicate this using TVO's method - appears to be related to the graphics device not resetting properly upon returning to fullscreen during the transition specific to D3D (XNA) - will not occur on OGL under any circumstances
FlameseeK
56 posts
Joined October 2009
FlameseeK
Osu's been crashing a LOT as of late on my pc. It hardly ever crashed before, but it's been crashing like there's no tomorrow this week. It's either CTD's or a black screen. I've just gotten a black screen after attempting to retry a beatmap.

EDIT: I'm not sure if I should be posting here, so my bad if that's the case. It just seems to be a similar issue since the OP's been getting black screens as well.
TheVileOne
osu! Alumni
8,431 posts
Joined March 2010
TheVileOne
That is a different issue.
Kert
2,079 posts
Joined June 2009
Kert
In my case osu! quits quietly and restarts right away with like 50% chance after trying to return from alt-tabbed state using fullscreen (I use winkey though)
MillhioreF
Pro Tester
5,004 posts
Joined July 2011
MillhioreF
100% replication method:

1. Enter a song
2. Pause and click Back to Menu
3. Minimize the osu! window with Minimize button before it fully fades to black

Easiest to do in windowed mode (despite the thread title) by hovering the mouse over minimize, using arrow keys and Enter to click "Back to Menu" and then the mouse to click the minimize key.
Multtari
88 posts
Joined September 2011
Multtari
My game has been doing this since last patch too. Almost everytime i alt-tab or boss key out i return to game to just hear the sounds and having white screen forcing me to kill the game from taskbar.
Ephemeral
Inland Empire
3,936 posts
Joined April 2009
Ephemeral
Can people confirm that this does not happen in OGL mode and only in D3D?
peppy
19,301 posts
Here since the beginning
peppy
OpenGL has no fullscreen anymore, but I can confirm it is a directx specific issue.
peppy
19,301 posts
Here since the beginning
peppy
I'm 99.99% sure this is fixed with the latest build, so marking resolved.
MillhioreF
Pro Tester
5,004 posts
Joined July 2011
MillhioreF
Still able to replicate on latest test (though texture corruption now seems more common than outright crashing).
peppy
19,301 posts
Here since the beginning
peppy
Anyone else?
statementreply
Pro Tester
307 posts
Joined June 2009
statementreply
It still happens to me on latest public and test builds in song selection menu. I don't get crashes for this, but I usually get a frozen screen with black background (i.e. missing beatmap background image, but other elements appear to be fine) and have to kill osu! in task manager.
Piine
1,573 posts
Joined March 2012
Piine

statementreply wrote:

It still happens to me on latest public and test builds in song selection menu. I don't get crashes for this, but I usually get a frozen screen with black background (i.e. missing beatmap background image, but other elements appear to be fine) and have to kill osu! in task manager.
Same to me as well. Just black screens and having to kill it with Task Manager. It sometimes does the same with Boss Key but not frequently.
Alchemi
33 posts
Joined October 2012
Topic Starter
Alchemi
Can still replicate as well.
Damnae
Elite Storyboarder
640 posts
Joined July 2011
Damnae
I'm not sure if it's related, but I get the crash/freeze when moving osu!'s window (not fullscreen) from a monitor to another while on the song selection screen, with DirectX only.
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