Can't Click After Alt-Tabbing

n0tch · Jun 25, 2021

Whenever I alt-tab out of the game, I am unable to click on or select anything. I can see the game is still running and that it receives inputs from my controller (if I alt-tab while in the garage, I can see in the small tv that my camera and wheel are moving). However, none of my mouse inputs register. I also made sure I didn't have ENBSeries, XD, or the Map plugin installed and I even removed d3d9.dll to no avail. Running in windowed doesn't help either.

Any solutions or input would be appreciated!

Shovas · Jun 25, 2021

Never had that one. Got the latest video drivers? Try shutting down all other apps and traybar icons.

Jempy · Jun 25, 2021

Does it only concern your mouse ? what about the keyboard, is it the same ?
I never heard of that one either but it looks like a loss of focus

n0tch · Jul 11, 2021

Shovas said:
Never had that one. Got the latest video drivers? Try shutting down all other apps and traybar icons.

They're already up to date, tried closing all my other programs but it didn't work.

Jempy said:
Does it only concern your mouse ? what about the keyboard, is it the same ?
I never heard of that one either but it looks like a loss of focus

It appears now that whenever I press a key on my keyboard, the game freezes till I alt-tab out and in. But when I do alt-tab back in, the mouse doesn't work.

Edit: The keyboard still works when I alt-tab back in.

Bjarne Hansen · Jul 12, 2021

n0tch said:
It appears now that whenever I press a key on my keyboard, the game freezes till I alt-tab out and in. But when I do alt-tab back in, neither the mouse or keyboard work.

Check that you do not have ignition and or starter assigned to a key.
Just had a similar issues and had to undo those keys assignment!

n0tch · Jul 12, 2021

Bjarne Hansen said:
Check that you do not have ignition and or starter assigned to a key.
Just had a similar issues and had to undo those keys assignment!

Just checked, they aren't binded to any keys. Are there any other keys I should unbind?

tahzib · Jun 22, 2022

same here....if i alt tab the game doesnt run anymore....it shows up as a 10 pixel black box on the top left part of my screen if i try to click it again but other than that - nothing

jgf · Jun 22, 2022

Many games do not like losing focus and will lock up or even lock the system, usually when trying to return to them; this is especially true if using ALT+TAB from anywhere other than a menu screen (don't just exit the track, data is still being processed there). You may get around this by running the game in a VM and switch from the VM to the main system, but I wouldn't count on it.

GTR233 · Jun 22, 2022

I recall that ALT-TAB was broken with ENBseries plugin, that is why I removed it from hq anniversary patch long time ago. It is sad as this was the best looking hdr mod on my pc with very little fps hit.

So try to disable any plugin/3rd app associated with gtr2.exe and redo test.