[0.16.3] Cant select entities after mousing outisde Factorio

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[0.16.3] Cant select entities after mousing outisde Factorio

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Ive been having the problem that any activity with the mouse outside the Factorio Window makes entities inside the Game unselectable or clickable. I still can run around, research and navigate the game menu. This occures whenever i Tab out of Factorio while it is in fullscreen, or just mouse outside the Factorio window while windowed. Pop-ups from other programs like Skype, Spotify etc also cause this issue.

To make Factorio playable again, I found out that changing the resolution, or changing from Windowed to Fullscreen enables the enteties to be selectable again.
This is not a game breaking thing, but it means i have to switch from full to windowed and back everytime i had to tab out, or something popped up. Or the next song on Spotify gave me a pop up. In short, annoyance.

I am not sure if this is only 0.16.3 related or if it is in other newer versions as well. I run a 0.16.3 dependent modpack so i cant check this. I also get the issue when i run a completely fresh vanilla install.
I also have only one Monitor, so i cant verify if this issue would occure across multiple screens.

Related Specs:
OS: Win10 x64
Prozessor: AMD FX(tm)-4170 Quad-Core Processor, 4200 MHz
Grafics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

I know this bug is probably a feature, because WHY would you EVER tab outside Factorio while playing? That's punishment for doing so!! Would be nice if someone could help tho ;)
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Re: [0.16.3] Cant select entities after mousing outisde Factorio

Post by Rseding91 »

You're 16 minor versions behind. This was fixed a while ago.
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Re: [0.16.3] Cant select entities after mousing outisde Factorio

Post by Supernova333 »

Thanks man, ill try to update the set :)
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