Battlefield 1 Beta failing to become active window

PcBuilder59 · Sep 4, 2016

I downloaded and played Battlefield 1 Beta this morning. It ran great!
It crashed while I was looking at my "Personal" tab but my computer has BSOD's all the time so that's not what is bothering me, although if you have a solution to my problem it is another thread of mine.

The problem is:
I can launch the game, but as soon as it launches it minimizes into the taskbar. The Icon glows orange. I can click on it and it will open for about 3 seconds and I can hear the music but I can only see a black screen. It then re-minimizes and goes back to the taskbar.

I have updated my Graphics Drivers and done all Windows updates

Does anyone know a solution for this?

TechyInAZ · Sep 4, 2016

Yeah I had a similar issue that fortunately I was able to fix.

Once you open the game, and you see the window of BF1 on screen, immediately press Alt + Enter. That should automatically make the game go into fullscreen mode. I hope that works for you.

PcBuilder59 · Sep 4, 2016

TechyInAZ :

Thank you for the response. The Alt+Enter brought up the properties and the game loaded in its little screen and I could see it. However when I click on the game, it tries to enter fullscreen and becomes black and then closes. Is there any way I can force it to launch in windowed mode?

TechyInAZ · Sep 4, 2016

Unfortunately I'm not sure how to do that.

The last ditch tip I can give you is to try "repairing" the game in origin, see if that works.

PcBuilder59 · Sep 4, 2016

TechyInAZ :

Thank you for the tip but unfortunately I have already tried that

TechyInAZ · Sep 4, 2016

Ah bummer.

You could try hitting alt + enter again, which toggles fullscreen. You'll just have to play around with it.

PcBuilder59 · Sep 4, 2016

TechyInAZ :

Interestingly, now Alt+Enter is not openeing properties but instead sends me into full screen in a terrible resolution. Its still black but now I can see the FPS numbers from GeForce and the game and hear the music. When I click on the screen the music stops and it minimizes. It then returns me to my desktop in the same terrible resolution.

If it helps, whenever it comes back the monitor displays "AVI" almost as if the screen had lost connection with the Dvi cable while launching.

PcBuilder59 · Sep 8, 2016

TechyInAZ :

Going to go ahead and mark yours as the solution, I did a lot of messing around and fixed it somehow and got to enjoy the final days of the beta. Thank you for your help.

TechyInAZ · Sep 8, 2016

Your welcome. I'm glad you were able to fix it.

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