While playing the game it DOES. When in menus (such as console or option menus) you can move to other window.
HIGHLY recommended for multitasking multiscreen users. On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Blood Letter <[email protected]>wrote: > > Does it trap your mouse to the game window? > > > Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:48:51 -0500 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Steam client crash > > > > This also works great if you're running a system with multiple screens ;) > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:45 PM, turb0z <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It may have been said already, but run in windowed mode with no border > and > > > alt tab is AWESOME. Running a 9800GTX+ and have seen no performance > drops. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Blood Letter > > > Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 1:04 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Steam client crash > > > > > > > > > No it isn't. > > > TF2 alt-tab takes forever, regardless of how much RAM your PC/videocard > > > has. > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 17:48:24 +0000 > > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Steam client crash > > > > > > > > It already is, if you have enough RAM.. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:hlds- > > > > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Dustin Wyatt > > > > > Sent: 09 March 2009 17:08 > > > > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Steam client crash > > > > > > > > > > While you're right, using noborder is pretty awesome anyway. Makes > > > > > alt-tab > > > > > almost instantaneous. > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Saint K. < > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > No, that's what we call a 'workaround', not a fix. > > > > > > > > > > > > Saint K. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Matthew > > > > > Gottlieb > > > > > > Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 5:52 PM > > > > > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > > > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Steam client crash > > > > > > > > > > > > Run in a windows without a border. Problem solved (given your > video > > > > > card > > > > > > has enough power to support this). > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Mooga > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Saint K. < > [email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Crap, this was ment to be send directly to valve and not the > list. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Saint K. > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 4:39 PM > > > > > > > To: 'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list' > > > > > > > Subject: [hlds] Steam client crash > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From the latest update there is a crash in the steamclient. > When > > > > > your > > > > > > > alt+tabbed out of the game(TF2 in this case), and you then try > to > > > > > join a > > > > > > > server (from windows), steam.exe crashes and it puts hl2.exe in > a > > > > > stall. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In the past it never used to do this, and people in our > community > > > > > use > > > > > > this > > > > > > > allot to join our gameservers when their on auto-retry. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Would you mind looking into the issue? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Saint K. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > > > archives, > > > > > > > please visit: > > > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > > > > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > > > > > > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.9/1990 - Release > Date: > > > > > 03/08/09 > > > > > > > 17:17:00 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > > > archives, > > > > > > > please visit: > > > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > > > archives, > > > > > > please visit: > > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > > > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > > > > > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.9/1990 - Release Date: > > > > > 03/09/09 > > > > > > 07:14:00 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > > > archives, > > > > > > please visit: > > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > > > > please visit: > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > > please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Windows Live™ Contacts: Organize your contact list. > > > > > > > http://windowslive.com/connect/post/marcusatmicrosoft.spaces.live.com-Blog-c > > > ns!503D1D86EBB2B53C!2285.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_UGC_Contacts_032009 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live™ Groups: Create an online spot for your favorite groups to > meet. > http://windowslive.com/online/groups?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_groups_032009 > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
