Alt-tab out of fullscreen leads to a DirectX error and game closing.

[Molly_Millions]

Supposedly it's to prevent botting, but if that is really the case couldn't a botter just play in windowed mode?

[Xquiel]

please SE let us change windowed mode in-game!

[Zenkill]

It is a shame they have yet to learn how to make a full screen that you can tab out and get back to. I have lost so many leves to popups on my computer. Not to say that every time I needed to make adjustments to my second computer, I had to log all the way back out to fix the settings. Guess the only way to play this game with the least amount of hassle is buy a console, or just don't play at all.

Second post, I know it may not be considered to be proper edict doing so in the fourm world, but I just want to make sure these topics stay its corse.

[Lebannen]

Ive grown tired of the repetetive music playing ingame. so I prefer paying my own music, and due to this I cant play in fullscreen, because whenever I try to change a song the game closes out.

[Kira75]

I play my own music, look up information about in game items/quests in my browser, as well as browse the internet(and read these forums) while playing, I cannot and will not play a massive time sink game like this without having access to my PC.

Not to mention it is impossible to make use of my second ATI card in crossfire because I would be locked out of my PC while playing(requires full screen).

Honestly I would be surprised if SE replies with any type of comment about actually fixing this, or even replies at all, can always hope though...

[Xophious]

Hello everyone!

I apologize for the trouble and inconvenience the game crash error has been causing. We will be happy to forward this concern so that it is looked into. We appreciate all your feedback! As we continue to look into this, any updates will be posted within the forums as they become available. Thanks again everyone!

[Baccanale]

Greetings, Soukyuu!
Thank you for your patience with the wait for a response to your report. After thoroughly inspecting this matter, the development team has found what you have describe to be the proper function of hitting the ALT+TAB keys at this time. However, they are currently looking into addressing this function in the future, so I highly recommend consulting http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/ for any further developments. Thanks again for the heads-up!