Crash if left on pause overnight

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This has happened twice now. Steps as follows:

1. Start a game in full screen at 1600x1200
2. When it gets close to midnight put game in pause and Alt-Tab to background.
3. Next morning Alt-Tab game back to foreground -> crash.

Obviously I should save and restart but I'm just lazy.
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Obviously I should save and restart but I'm just lazy.


Bad boy!... but you uncovered a bug, so thats worth something

Does your computer have any kind of sleep or hibernate mechanism active?
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
There was no sleep or hibernate - just screen saver. But I guess that is a good point. I do have a dump. Thanks for reminding me. I'll send it.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
just screen saver


You screen saver will start over an "active" full screen program? I didn't know they'd do that...
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
If the "active" program has been alt-tabbed to the background. Yes it will.
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Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
Well maybe there is some other factor - time zone? I dunno. I've sent in the dump.
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
If the "active" program has been alt-tabbed to the background. Yes it will.


Then it wouldn't be starting over the active program (By active, read what I meant as "full screen and therefore takes "control" of the monitor from the OS").