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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: Moonsword on June 17, 2004, 04:17:21 am

Title: HUD Disappearing
Post by: Moonsword on June 17, 2004, 04:17:21 am
I just accidentally Alt-Tabbed out of FS2, and when I shifted back, my HUD was gone!

I made sure to hit Shift-D, thinking maybe it had just been toggled off, but it didn't do anything.  I also lost missile targetting, and I know this because I'm fairly sure I had a target lock on some bombers in front of me (it's kind of hard to tell without a targetting box).  I still had flight controls and I could fire weapons, but no targetting box.  I also had no comms.

Interestingly, my FPS meter was also still there.
Title: HUD Disappearing
Post by: Bobboau on June 17, 2004, 09:17:46 am
wow usualy that makes the game crash
Title: HUD Disappearing
Post by: Fineus on June 17, 2004, 09:36:35 am
Alt-tab usually works for me.. but I don't think the game likes it at all... it usually runs less smoothly once I've alt-tabbed.
Title: HUD Disappearing
Post by: Moonsword on June 17, 2004, 09:51:04 am
It usually works for me, too.

That is the *only* time I've seen that.  My FS2 experience has gone back to normal since.
Title: HUD Disappearing
Post by: Moonsword on June 17, 2004, 07:40:19 pm
It's happened again.

This time, I figured something out.  It's flipping the HUD display off, whatever else it's doing.  I misread the keyboard shortcut, so that didn't work last time.  This time it did, and it restored the targeting code.

I'm not triggering the shortcut.

This seems to happen only when I'm in the process of doing two things: afterburning away from a supply ship, while reengaging the speed auto-match.  Alt-Tab.  The addition of the M into that seems to trigger the HUD.  I have no idea why this is.
Title: HUD Disappearing
Post by: [$$$] Money on June 18, 2004, 02:01:38 pm
Alt-Tab usually causes it to crash for me in SP, but surpisingly it doesn't crash that often when I alt-tab out (or got forced out by some annoying popup) in MP.
Title: HUD Disappearing
Post by: Moonsword on June 18, 2004, 06:45:01 pm
Try a spyware removal tool for the popups.

If you have already, try another one.