Well, after a lot more messing around I found something that seems to work. I use an external monitor to play on. My laptop screen usually just shows whatever or maybe my map. After reading an obscure post somewhere, I figured out that by not extending my displays and just using the external monitor as my primary display, I was able to stop all the issues I was having. Its not a fix, but it will work for now. Let me know if you want to know the other solutions I tried?
good to hear you solved it! iam using a desktop pc so i doubt that this will help me out :D but let me know what else you've tried
as for killer:
tried repair the game
tried the clean boot
tried deactivating core parking
added the line into the txt and set it to "4"
this lead to a problem i cant get rid off: adding the line changed other ingame settings that i cant turn back on/off. i.e weapon DOF. its off in the menu but still on ingame. if i change it ingame, vsync turns off and graphics settings change. so i set the value for weapon DOF to 0 in the text, but its still on ingame
http://hastebin.com/epumogewix.tex <- dixdiag
when iam back from work, ill try the rest.
thank you for the help
Yeah, it would seem that we have different cases, but if you think about what is working for me maybe we can figure it out. Before I get into what I am talking about though, let me just say that I have tried all of the other posters solutions. Everything except Windows 8.1 pro was uninstalled (clean uninstalls that swept every trace of programs/drivers) and re-installed. None of that worked. I also tried weird solutions like disabling Origin in game or changing various settings of the game itself. Also a dead end. I knew I wasnt willing to re-install my OS though because even if that solved the problem, I never did anything to cause it in the first place so it was sure to return.
So, why does it work for me now. Well, if you think about it our systems are not that different. I have a laptop body (screen has to disabled for game to work) and you have a desktop case. Both are connected to a monitor through cables (HDMI for me). I have never messed with my Nvidia control panel settings so they are all default. The only difference would have to be in how we are displaying the game. When it wasnt working, I used the bf4 in game menu to select screen 2 as my primary screen for the game. It was running in borderless window mode which I would switch to full screen. Now, the game is set to screen one as my primary and is set to full screen mode so it takes full focus of my desktop and switches into the game. The only way to get back to my desktop is to exit the game or ctrl+alt+delete.
Before I figured this out, I had seen people discussing windowed mode problems that came from the last patch for the game about a year ago. Regardless, allowing the game to have 100% control/focus allows me to play uninterrupted. I would obviously prefer to play the way I had been before with access to both my desktop and my game at the same time (allows me to jam some music or use the second screen as a map), but at least I can play now. Definitely try and manipulate those settings though and I think you will have good luck. I also wouldnt expect any fixes from Dice or EA anytime soon with Hardline coming out next week. Good luck and I will check back in to see what your status is. Take care bud -- Jcoop
