FALLOUT 3 Video Problem

It works fine for me but I've had you problem in other games. You've
obviously tried many of the tricks...

What I sometimes try is pressing Esc before Alt-Tabbing. When you go
back in, pressing Esc again (to go back out of the options screen and
into the game). Works occasionally... nothing to lose.

I also found this happened less when I had plenty of RAM, and that it
would happen/not happen on the same platform after I rebuilt it.

On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 22:31:14 +0100, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
wrote:

>Its a small but &*@?!! annoying glitch. When I Alt-Tab out of the game to
>do some desktop thing the game won't restore when I want to un minimize it
>to go back.
>I can hear the sound come back on & there's a small flick of the screen
>but the desktop stays visible with the game not displaying at all.
>Some times (rarely) it does come back up..
>I've tried coming out from the game playing screen and from the paused menu
>& other tactics to no difference.

I had a similar problem recently with another game. When I launched
it, I could hear it but there was no display on my screen. Clicking on
it in my task bar did not bring it up. What did work was hitting
ALT-ENTER. Try that next time it happens to you.

Thanks suggestions ..I am or have tried them all...no improvement.
Its just occurred to me that I'm using the Fallout Mod Manager 'fomm' to
launch the game. Mainly because I have Fallout 3 installed on Drive E: &
which is does not like.
I've just found a newer version fomm0.9.13.exe & installed it over existing
0.9.12 . AND ! all that Alt-Tab switching now works proper.
Just tried it 4 or 5 times
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(='.'=)
(")_(") mouse (thanks every Bunny)

Celebrate too soon....worked OK at first.
Just been doing other things & started F3 again..same no ALT-TAB no work
problem again.
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(='.'=)
(")_(") mouse (Oh sigh !)

"Trimble Bracegirdle" writes:

> C2D ,, Nvidia GTX 8800 ,,, latest drivers ...Win XP.
> Fallout 3 has latest patch.
>
> Its a small but &*@?!! annoying glitch. When I Alt-Tab out of the game to
> do some desktop thing the game won't restore when I want to un minimize it
> to go back.
> I can hear the sound come back on & there's a small flick of the screen
> but the desktop stays visible with the game not displaying at all.
> Some times (rarely) it does come back up..

I have the same problem. No idea why and yes, it's annoying.
Thankfully, I don't need to switch out of there very often and the
game starts up fairly fast when it's been running previously and lots
of data is in disk cache.

On the other hand, I expect to play FO3 a lot more, I haven't even
started Broken Steel yet and am eagerly awaiting for more DLC,
especially Mothership Zeta. So yes, having a fix to this would be
nice, but OTOH I don't want to fiddle with my system too much since it
works fine otherwise.

On Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:39:40 +0300, Anssi Saari typed
furiously:

>"Trimble Bracegirdle" writes:
>
>> C2D ,, Nvidia GTX 8800 ,,, latest drivers ...Win XP.
>> Fallout 3 has latest patch.
>>
>> Its a small but &*@?!! annoying glitch. When I Alt-Tab out of the game to
>> do some desktop thing the game won't restore when I want to un minimize it
>> to go back.
>> I can hear the sound come back on & there's a small flick of the screen
>> but the desktop stays visible with the game not displaying at all.
>> Some times (rarely) it does come back up..
>
>I have the same problem. No idea why and yes, it's annoying.
>Thankfully, I don't need to switch out of there very often and the
>game starts up fairly fast when it's been running previously and lots
>of data is in disk cache.
>
>On the other hand, I expect to play FO3 a lot more, I haven't even
>started Broken Steel yet and am eagerly awaiting for more DLC,
>especially Mothership Zeta. So yes, having a fix to this would be
>nice, but OTOH I don't want to fiddle with my system too much since it
>works fine otherwise.

Try using Task Manager to switch back. It usually works.

Assistance for other problems:

I have problems with my Wallpaper Changer which likes to steal focus
for just long enough to disrupt things. I solved the problem by using
the following .cmd file. The pause command is necessary as the
Launcher program exits when you start the real game and, without the
pause, the .cmd file would continue and restore the Scheduler. I use a
similar file to start each game that gets disrupted by changing the
wallpaper.

-----CUT HERE----
@echo off
net stop "task scheduler"
"E:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Fallout 3\FalloutLauncher.exe"
pause
net start "task scheduler"
-----CUT HERE----
--
Regards
David
fundamentalism (n.): fund = give cash to; amentalism = brainlessness

David writes:

[about switching from Fallout 3 to the Windows desktop and back]

> Try using Task Manager to switch back. It usually works.

That really works for you? I just tried twice, but no luck.

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Juarez writes:

> On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:23:42 +0300, Anssi Saari wrote:
>
>
>>
>>That really works for you? I just tried twice, but no luck.
>
> Is this issue on Vista?

No, XP. At least the Fallout Nexus forums seem to think this is a
common problem with no solution, at least no solution that works for
everyone.