Game hangs when alt-tabbing back in

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itishappy
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Game hangs when alt-tabbing back in

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My game has recently begun behaving a bit oddly. The game runs fine, no lag or hitches or anything normally.

I tend to alt-tab a lot while playing because Factorio is basically an idle game on steroids. Alt-tabbing away causes no problems that I can see, the game will continue to chug away in the background.

When I alt-tab BACK to the game, however, it hangs for a second or two EVERY TIME. It doens't completely freeze up, as I can still move my cursor around and input move commands, and the game will usually give me one or two frames while it's struggling to resume. I don't even have to have a game loaded for this to happen, it also occurs on the main menu.

I've disabled all mods and verified integrity of game files using steam and I'm still having the same issue. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?
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Re: Game hangs when alt-tabbing back in

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Hello, try to open Factorio properties in Steam Library and set launch options

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Re: Game hangs when alt-tabbing back in

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You guys are amazing, easy fix.
What was the problem with OpenGL?

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