DayZ repeatedly tabs me out! Help?

[KyleM (DayZ) 0]

Everytime I switch my resolution ingame from 1600x900 to any res (no matter what res i've tried them all) I am forcefully tabbed out. If I want to get back in DayZ I need to close DayZ first. However I can't relaunch the game without setting -window in my launch options or messing with the notepad to reset my resolution to 1600x900. The reason I want to lower my resolution from 1600x900 is running DayZ with 40 fps out in fields but 5-6-20 fps when in or around cities. Therefore I am trying to seek a lower resolution to amend the fps drops. However everytime I edit my resolution I am forced out and haven't found a way to fix this for a month (countless google searching and DayZ forum searching yet i've found nobody else with the same problem).

 

For those who ask I have performed the following tasks and had no success.

 

- Uninstalled DayZ twice.

 

- Edited res in notepad.

 

- Tried system restore to point where it actually worked (Yes there was a point in time where I played with lower res and it didn't forcefully tab me out. I literally woke up the next morning and this irritating bug appeared).

 

- Started DayZ with launch option "-window" and with desired resolution then setting to fullscreen.

 

Something I noticed which was weird during several attempts at fixing.

 

I can start DayZ in any desired res but only in windowed mode but when setting to fullscreen I am faced with the issue as stated above. Therefore I am led to believe this is some sort of fullscreen related issue. Also the reason I don't like to use windowed mode is that I get bad fps with a lower res than decent fps with a high res. For whatever reason I am unware.

 

If anyone has had a similar experience even if not 100% accurate to my description i'd still love to hear your techniques on fixing your problem to see if it may help me (in some way).

Edited February 26, 2015 by KyleM

[franzuu 211]

Is it doing this with any other game?

 

Might be something running in the background that is tabbing you out. System restore doesn't get everything.

 

For proper support you should report this on http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view_all_bug_page.php

 

 

Might be worth reinstalling/updating your graphics drivers. I had an issue where my drivers crashed in the background with no notification and it looked like I was tabbed out of the game.

[KyleM (DayZ) 0]

Is it doing this with any other game?

 

No only DayZ.

 

Might be something running in the background that is tabbing you out. System restore doesn't get everything.

 

I suspected aswell but I closed everything - skype,Teamspeak, Mumble and other applications yet still had the same problem.

 

For proper support you should report this on http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view_all_bug_page.php

 

Thanks i'll try that out.

 

Might be worth reinstalling/updating your graphics drivers. I had an issue where my drivers crashed in the background with no notification and it looked like I was tabbed out of the game.

 

I have already done this atleast three times fold. Nothing seemed to work. Thanks for the suggestion though.