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3 years ago

Solved: Game locks out when alt+tabbing or opening Steam overlay

Pretty much the title says. The game doesn't freeze per say as when it would be crashing, it's just that I can't do anything expect move the mouse that is visisble on the screen during  gameplay. Opening the Steam overlay opens up the menu, but when I go back to the game, I can't do anything, not even open up the menu unless I open up the overlay that pauses the game as well. IS there any fix for this? I'd hate for this to happen in a story mission where I cannot manually save for some reason.

Edit: For the fix, follow the instructions in this thread left by Brafu:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Mass-Effect-Andromeda/Mouse-cursor-gets-stuck-in-the-center-of-the-screen-UI-bug/m-p/11771807/highlight/true#M65889

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  • Note, the default Q button seems to work and same as tab which opens up the menu. Everything else is locked out, until I restart the game.

    I also notice that when I head back to the game, the game is still locked up until I press the right mouse button (but when this glitch activates, it does nothing).

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