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benn1nat0r's avatar
5 years ago
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Steam Version Problem: Game randomly minimizes

As the title reads: The game randomly minimizes from time to time. The problem isn't related to windows 10 messages. I have deactivated them and haven't received any. There also wasn't another program that required attention. This only happens in BfN, not in any other game.

Thank you for reading and thanks in advance for any suggestions on how to fix this!

  • Perhaps just try not playing in full-screen for a short while and notice if it makes a difference or not.

    Let me know if you would like me to help out more with this issue.

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  • benn1nat0r's avatar
    benn1nat0r
    5 years ago

    Hello @TheSprinter85, thank you for trying to help me troubleshoot this.

    I haven't found anything there. I think it either has to do with the pseudo install of origin the Steam version does, or direct:x settings. When I used dx11, the standard setting, it minimized often. I switched it to the experimental dx:12 support and it happened less often. The game didn't minimize anymore, but exited fullscreen. After, it changed the window size to 1/4 of the screen and moved the window to align with the top left. Then it turned black. After clicking the taskbar icon, it returned to fullscreen. 

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    TheSprinter85
    Hero
    5 years ago

    Perhaps just try not playing in full-screen for a short while and notice if it makes a difference or not.

    Let me know if you would like me to help out more with this issue.

  • benn1nat0r's avatar
    benn1nat0r
    5 years ago
    @TheSprinter85 I will try that workaround. I guess you can't really help me with this as it is a very technical issue. Detailed troubleshooting isn't really worth it for me anyway, because I still mainly play on PS4.

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