[1.05][Bug]Particle effects stop working when alt tabbing at menu.

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When I am at the menu, and I alt tab out of the game, then back into it, particle effects stop working. I can check this by entering the particle editor, there is nothing visible there once I tab back in.

Also, when I run the game the cursor is stuck in the region my task bar is (the left of the screen, windows 7 64 bit), and clicking the mouse acts as clicking on the taskbar, bringing me out of the game. If I was already at the menu at that time, this game switching has caused all particle effects to stop working, forcing me to reboot the game and hope I can do the forced alt-tab prior to the menu loading next time.

As you can imagine, this is quite annoying.

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Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Me too, haven't tried 1.5 yet however.

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Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Setting the taskbar to autohide and back again is more annoying than having to switch out of the game prior to main menu (in order to avoid the particle effects disappearing) and then back again. But thanks for the tip anyway.

And why do you call it a dock? My issue is with the task bar itself, you know, the bar with the start button and all that. Not a third party "dock" program or something.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

There still is the issue of the stuck mouse cursor left then?

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Netriak, reply 4
Setting the taskbar to autohide and back again is more annoying than having to switch out of the game prior to main menu (in order to avoid the particle effects disappearing) and then back again. But thanks for the tip anyway.

And why do you call it a dock? My issue is with the task bar itself, you know, the bar with the start button and all that. Not a third party "dock" program or something.
End of Netriak's quote

Yep, by dock I meant task bar. Most of the time I am on a Mac, so even on Windows PC I call it a dock  O:)