Alt-tabbing while game is launching causes freeze

[karolstefanowicz2]

If I launch the game and alt-tab out right after it shows up on screen (when the 'Valve' logo appears) it'll freeze and no longer launch. I use fullscreen with a 4k resolution. Not sure what other settings might be relevant, I have 'Full screen focus behaviour' off but I don't know what that does since there's no tooltip.

 

[nomer12f]

The same behavior here on my side. I have got 4k monitor too. And I have a blank black screen after Atl-Tabbing back into the game window. My mouse cursor has a system pointer appearance (the default Windows cursor) in this case, not the game's.
I got an advanced system task manager, and it says that project8.exe is not responding (Windows Task Manger, the default one, says nothing about it).

I certainly sure that's because of Alt-Tab combo, at least, that's how you can reproduce the problem. I have a second monitor and if I launch the game and just hover the second screen right after, focusing another window (i.e. w/o Alt-Tab, while the focus is still not being captured by the game), everything goes fine, I see the loading and main menu on my primary monitor. Can't say the same about Alt-Tabbing.

 

[nomer12f]

Settings are:
Display - Monitor 1
Another resolution: ratio - 16:9, resolution - 4k, full screen (not windowed of any kind).
Dx11, FRS (50% quality), FXAA, Textures - medium.
Not mentioned settings/flags are at minimum/off

I don't think the hardware plays a role here. Although you have to set the settings quite low even with the RTX 3080 Ti, the problem is clearly not with the graphics, but rather with the initialization of the game.