Alt tab DX11 bug still persists....

The alt tab issue in DX11 was accepted as a bug almost 2 months ago.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...e-Properly-BUG

Is there any kind of timeline on a fix for this? Its really annoying.

Not in any hurry to see this fixed myself, allows me to watch my dungeon queue while I browse the internet.

That's a really really annoying problem with the DX11 client and they must fix it.

I personally play in full screen windowed mode so I can have FF14 running on 1 monitor while I browse other stuff on my 2nd.
As far as I am concerned, this "bug" doesn't bother me.

Hope they don't break what is working to fix your issue.

Why not just switch to the windowed fullscreen option?

Performance wise it's never a good idea to play windowed mode. borderless window is still windowed. In full screen mode the gpu is working solely for the game and nothing else avoiding possible stutters. Also some overlays work only in full screen mode. They just have to fix the full screen mode. Window mode is only a temporal solution.

borderless windowed is perfect. why would anyone use full screen?

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Originally Posted by Riardon

Also some overlays work only in full screen mode.

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The operational preformance of third party programs doesn't sound like something the development team is currently worried about.

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Originally Posted by Colorful

Why not just switch to the windowed fullscreen option?

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Because the game works less optimally than full screen. I have the same issue, one monitor and anytime I need to tab out for a long while, I'm forced to switch to Windowed Mode. It's frustrating, and I hope they fix it.

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Originally Posted by Riardon

Performance wise it's never a good idea to play windowed mode. borderless window is still windowed. In full screen mode the gpu is working solely for the game and nothing else avoiding possible stutters. Also some overlays work only in full screen mode. They just have to fix the full screen mode. Window mode is only a temporal solution.

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The performance difference is minor. Unless you're running FFXIV on an incredibly weak PC or have encountered a bug with windowed fullscreen, I see no reason not to use it. The purpose of windowed fullscreen is to have the ability to quickly alt-tab, if you're doing that often enough that this bug is an issue, use that option.