[.952 Bug] Black window on external monitor

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I think this has been reported before, but since I can't find it I'll report it here.

I started FE in a window (not full screen), with both my laptop screen and an external monitor displaying it.  I then closed the laptop lid (closing the lid is set in Windows to do nothing) and the FE window on the external monitor turned black. Hitting tab, escape, or clicking in the window did nothing. I had to close the window and restart to resume my game.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Do any other games have this problem for you? As I know that a number of games when detecting a change in display like that will freak out. You might try, setting your primary display as the external, closing your laptops lid and then starting FE.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting MidnightsFX, reply 1
Do any other games have this problem for you?
End of MidnightsFX's quote

I'm not sure, I very rarely start up a game until after I've closed the lid.  I normally only use the external monitor, the only reason I have the lid open is because I have to open it to get to the power button.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Hmm fair enough, if you do mostly just use the external display you might also try turning off your display on the laptop and putting it in projector mode or w/e its called. This is often done through a fn key and a f1-12 key, sometimes its a different combination. This would allow you however, to open or close your lid, supposedly without consequence, reality is often different however. Programs often detect the change in state caused by the lid closing, even if the OS is told to do nothing there is often a pause and switch for the GPU. This causes games to crash or hang often.