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From research I have done, for some inexplicable reason, some people can alt tab and some can't, even though they have the same graphics drivers and hardware. If you can or cannot alt-tab on Battlefield 2 1.5 with 8X anti-aliasing on, post here with the following form:

1: What operating system are you using, and is it fully updated?

2: What is the installation type of Battlefield 2? E.g. Battlefield 2 Deluxe edition, Original Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2 Complete edition, digital download, etc.

3: Graphics card model and driver version, motherboard model and chipset, amount and type of RAM, CPU, screen size and resolution.

4: Do you have anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to "application controlled" in your graphics control panel? If you do not, please turn that on and retest.

5: If you can alt-tab, do you have to go to the main menu before you alt-tab, or press alt-escape, etc?

6: Did you have the booster packs installed before you installed 1.5?

7: What resolution is your desktop running at, and what resolution is Battlefield 2 running at?

8: What soundcard/codec do you have? What driver version is it using?

Make sure you have anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to application controlled.

Update: Some people have reported that if they disable AA, close PR, load it back up, and re-enable AA (8x) they can alt-tab again, and AA appears to be on. It's worth a try

In Vista I generally do CTRL+ALT+DEL and press Show Task Manager. This causes BF2 to minimize, and I can easily get back into it by clicking switch to, or just clicking on the bottom.

I am running Vista 32, E6750, 2GB DDR2, 8600GT.

Can't alt-tab myself.

WinXP 32, Q9400, gtx260 4gb 800mhz ram

Q6600, 3GB Ram, 8800GT and on Vista 32bit, Can alt tab fine, do it all the time

If you would, please post driver versions as well. I'm picking up on something: 4GB of ram=alt-tab problem? Going to go check that. Nope. Not the problem here. Tried it with 2GB and the pagefile off. Still same problem.

can alt-tab

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Socket 775 LGA
EVGA Nvidia Nforce 680i SLI
2GB: Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4
Geforce 8800 GTX 576mhz core 1350mhz shader clock 384bit 1535mb avil, 768mb dedicated
driver version 190.62

Doesn't this seem really weird? Some can, some cannot... One thing I notice with you guys is that there seems to be a correlation between having a 8000 class nVidia gpu and being able to alt-tab.

When I update to 1.5 I'll post up with results.

where the hell do you get the patch? the official EA bf2 website is horrible and only links to the 1.41 patch.

<edit> found it

If you can't, try pressing escape first, then alt-tabbing from the BF2 menu instead.

Not certain on the driver version of my gtx260... I believe it is nvidia's july or august drivers though.

could be a driver thing or perhaps something to do with the ram fix in the patch.

E8400 on P45, 4GB ( with 3,5GB in XP and /userva=2600 in Boot.ini), ATI4870/512-ccc 9.5 Alt-Tab OK with XP, W7B7600

BTW. It's dicussed often in forums and even DICE says: some can and some can't...

gomimin wrote:even DICE says: some can and some can't...

*claps hands slowly*

gomimin wrote:E8400 on P45, 4GB ( with 3,5GB in XP and /userva=2600 in Boot.ini), ATI4870/512-ccc 9.5 Alt-Tab OK with XP, W7B7600

BTW. It's dicussed often in forums and even DICE says: some can and some can't...

I am aware of this. What I am trying to figure out is exactly why some can and some can't; there is always a reason. If we can determine the reason, a fix may be possible.

I can and i have an EVGA Gefore 275, an Intel Core2Duo E4600, Asus Rampage Formula (X4 , 4gigRam 3 HDDs and one DVD Combi
Driver Version 190.26
Windows XP 32bit
MEthod of Installation Regular (per Setup)
BF2 Version 1.41
Special Forces Installed
Windows fully updated.

N.Kuntze wrote:I can and i have an EVGA Gefore 275, an Intel Core2Duo E4600, Asus Rampage Formula, 4gigRam 3 HDDs and one DVD Combi

Driver version, version of Windows, method of installation, what version of BF2 do you have installed, do you have special forces installed, is Windows fully updated?

Please post your motherboard model and chipset. I think this may be the root issue.

Judging from the few posters who can alt-tab and posted all the specs, there seems to be some correlation between chipset and alt-tab ability. It seems to be the only difference. Most of those with P45/X48 chipsets seem to be able to alt-tab.

E4300, 3GB of RAM, Vista 32-Bit, SP2, EVGA 9600 GSO 512 With latest drivers. I can Alt-Tab perfectly, but my crappy processor crashes me alot. Factory ASUS P5LP-LE, I haven't updated the BIOS in maybe 2-3 years.

Of those that can alt-tab: do you have your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to "application controlled" in your graphics control panel? If you do not, then BF2 is simply ignoring anti-aliasing altogether, even if the video options say "8X." I'm thinking this might be the case with many; several people I know have had it on, but when they actually turned the AA on (set to application controlled), they could not alt-tab either.

Some more information: Apparently you can now run a debugger with BF2 (which is nice ). I managed to capture this when trying to get back into the game...
... so this particular file seems to be the culprit.

I seem to be able of alt+tabbibg whit vista 64bit,8GB RAM and a Nvidia GT210

rampo93(FIN) wrote:I seem to be able of alt+tabbibg whit vista 64bit,8GB RAM and a Nvidia GT210

Please go to the nvidia control panel and set anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering to application controlled, if it is not already set to that, and if not, retest.