Pressing the Windows button on the keyboard in full screen mode crashes the game

[Neptune]

this is so easily fixable by the end user, probably took more time to sign into the forums to complain than to fix the issue, autohotkey, or any other of the options available will fix it, autohotkey also allows for easy movement of the game around multiple monitors and a lot of other uses

Hi,

I just wanted to say welcome to the forums, since you are new here I would like to direct you to multiple topics of continuing and ongoing issues with FFXIV.


Linkshell Management Recognition


Linkshell Administration Options

Overtaxation of PC Hardware

Separating Crafting Leves from Battlecraft

Chocobos and Airships

Market Ward Ongoing Issues

Please use this time to familiarize yourself with the ongoing issues the game currently has that the community is demanding be resolved.

Why are you assuming that the mod isn't aware of the threads on the first few pages? The mod made an organizational decision by moving this thread and I think that characterizes a familiarity with game issues.

[Rowyne]

Rowyne, thanks for your post. I need a few more rational posts in this thread to offset the fanatical SE fanboys in here. I feel like I'm fighting off a cult all of a sudden just because I made a bug report for my friend while he got disconnected from the game.

My pleasure, sir. This gal's got your back on this one.

The point is that we shouldn't have to find workarounds. It should just work.

Please fix the DirectX issue! We should be able to alt+tab and window key while in full screen mode without fear of crashing the game.

[twinkles]

The point is that we shouldn't have to find workarounds. It should just work.

Been thinking this since day one, and every time i brought it up with peeps in game i get flamed to death. Really don't understand why this games fan base feels SE/FF14 is beyond reproach.

[Kailea_Nagisa]

You guys are really asking for it. I will make a fool of anyone who posts any stupid post like the one above. Just because you're so awesome and can fix it derenkirby, does not mean anyone else knows how to. Especially someone who just started the game. As to you suggesting anyone is complaining about this issue - @#$# you good sir. IT'S A BUTTON THAT CRASHES THE GAME. If you want to get off to SE so bad, why don't you order some sex toys off the internet. Your hormonal urges are going to confuse any new players who come to this game. (poor choice of words?)

really? your really going to act like this? wow you sure are special........

again like I said in my above post... it is an easy fix, look up sharpkeys in google, download it, and use it to disable the windows keys, it is a very easy proccess, and if you can not do that....well...sorry.

[Mack]

really? your really going to act like this? wow you sure are special........

again like I said in my above post... it is an easy fix, look up sharpkeys in google, download it, and use it to disable the windows keys, it is a very easy proccess, and if you can not do that....well...sorry.

I'm not taking sides here but easy fix or not, what if I like using my windows key? this should even be an issue to begin with.

[Peregrine]

Whenever the computer calls for control of the display settings, FFXIV forgets what its is supposed to be. That's the problem that should never have happened. It's why you can't even change graphics settings while in-game. That would require the computer to call for control of the display settings and...ohsh....what was I supposed to be agABORT ABORT ERRROR ERROR

[Rowyne]

In Neptune's defense, I don't usually see him so hostile. I understand why this is a point of frustration.

It's not only a problem with FFXIV, but FFXI didn't even implement a windowed mode for years, so if you wanted to do any internet research you had to have a laptop next to you or use a 3rd party windower. Roll that frustration into FFXIV, a game that is supposed to be a next gen MMO. And you get people who defend the game by saying, "Well, at least this game came with a windowed mode..." Really? Should our standards be this low?

Here's the problem. Even with all the extra graphical options to turn down the settings, the optimization on this game is horrible. If your rig still has a problem running the game, you can get better performance playing in full screen.

Plus, windowed mode was not implemented well (at least on Windows 7). It still cuts the very bottom of my screen off.

But, if you want to be able to do all that 3rd party research this game forces you to do (and all the white knights who simply say, "It's all on the Lodestone/internet" when you point out that text commands and recipes aren't anywhere to be found in the game)... you have to play in Windowed mode. Which is, frankly, a load of BS.

I hate windowed mode. I always play my games in full screen, because they look and perform better. And in a game that values aesthetics so much, you would think they'd realize the value of full screen functionality.

Plus, I wish I could just say that playing in windowed mode alleviates any alt+tab or window key mishaps. But, no. I can tell you that in Windows 7, while playing in windowed mode, if I'm doing too much multitasking, the game will randomly lose DirectX and shut down.

In a game where any kind of disconnect causes you to automatically fail a guildleve? Unacceptable.

In a game released in 2010 that is supposed to be a next generation MMO? Unacceptable.

Yes, this has already been brought to the dev's attention. And they've responded that addressing this issue will take time. But it remains a point of frustration.

Alt+tab or pressing the windows key while in full screen should not crash the game, it should minimize it.

[Rannie]

hmmm *sighs*fine if that's the case about it but again you're being so hostile and negative towards other people's opinions they're offering solutions and offering their own suggestions and you try to bash them down as if yours and only the other people who agree with you have a right to speak. I don't know about you but quite honestly I wasn't raised that way. But eh C'est la vie. I'm done with this.

[Griss]

Its a pretty big deal i will agree with that. We even received a reply back from the dev team via the community team the last time this was brought up. But until this is fixed. People can either jump up and down while holding there breath about it or be proactive about finding short to long term workarounds.

Yes we shouldn't have to go through these issues again. Its bs that we do, How ever that does not change the fact that we are facing them. And that there are things we can do as users to work around them.

And row, disabling areo snap should fix the issue your having with the windowed mode. might take a bit of fiddling when you launch the game to get the window just right but it should be possible to create a faux full screen experience.
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[Neptune]

Actually you're mistaken, this was announced back in 2007 and SE did put it in due to complains and players constantly asking for it.



As to bugs, if there is a bug or issue that is affecting the way the game should be run it should be voiced and fixed by the team. Obviously the more the bug affects the game the larger the priority it should be therefore some bugs will take longer to fix, but at least said bugs have been noted by the dev team.

Actually you sir are mistaken because your quote does not support your claim it was due to complaints of any kind, let alone of the kind I was referring to.

Been thinking this since day one, and every time i brought it up with peeps in game i get flamed to death. Really don't understand why this games fan base feels SE/FF14 is beyond reproach.

Yeah, I really can't believe people are so agitated over supporting this bug. Unbelievable.

hmmm *sighs*fine if that's the case about it but again you're being so hostile and negative towards other people's opinions they're offering solutions and offering their own suggestions and you try to bash them down as if yours and only the other people who agree with you have a right to speak. I don't know about you but quite honestly I wasn't raised that way. But eh C'est la vie. I'm done with this.

The thing is Rannie you need to pay attention to context. No where in this bug report did it say "omg please help me!!1" and it was posted under bug reports, not TECHNICAL SUPPORT. I don't need your tech support! I know I could probably pray to the Patron Saint of the Microsoft Windows Key for glorious help, but that is not why this thread was created OR MOVED to this forum. Perhaps you did not pick up the distant scent of me wanting your help - that would be because I am an advanced user and I could program my own workaround to this bug if I needed to. Please pay attention to the purpose of a thread before you post in it supporting A BUG.

To the rest of you thinking about offering bug workarounds - please don't post that here because it's inappropriate. The mod was presumably curious about anyone else being affected by this bug. If you did use a workaround to get around with this bug - did that affect your satisfaction? I know having the bottom of the window cut off is a pretty lame workaround.