Guild Wars 2

I keep getting a bug every once in a while on windows 8 in full screen where my screen will turn all black. I am still able to walk around and talk but I can’t see anything.

If I Alt+tab away from guild wars then come back to it the screen will revert but then any mouse click will trigger the screen to go all black. After the screen turns black, if I switch to windowed mode the problem goes away compeltly and I can once again click without it triggering my screen to turn black. Any idea whats up?

I’m running with the intel integrated 4000 gpu. Issue happens regardless of my graphics quality settings in game.

A quick band-aid that will ignore the problem, but usually lets you play without experiencing the issue, is to run in Windowed Fullscreen mode.

If you prefer Fullscreen mode to Windowed Fullscreen and would like to actually solve the issue, then there are many things that could be causing it.

• Does your GPU utility have an Anti-Aliasing setting and is it set to something other than Application Controlled?
  I’ve seen it mentioned that the Intel HD 4000 graphics utility does not have a setting for Anti-Aliasing, and I’ve seen others mention that it does have a setting for Anti-Aliasing.
  In your graphics utility for your Intel HD 4000, check the Anti-Aliasing setting (if it is listed as something you can adjust) and ensure it is set to “Application Controlled”.

• Are you also using a program that has any form of on-screen display?
  If you are using MSI Afterburner, Fraps, or any other utility that has an on-screen overlay element, then this could be interfering with the game displaying properly in fullscreen.

My gpu doesn’t have any anti aliasing settings. I do always have it turned off in game though as i’ve seen problems when I have it on in other games.

I also do not have any programs like fraps running.

I have noticed this issue has been popping up frequently when I open the black lion trading post. Not sure if that window does something special that the others dont?

This started happening to me as well, I use win7. Alt tabbing became dangerous… I now use windows fullscreen… :-/

GarthDreamWalker.7806:

This started happening to me as well, I use win7. Alt tabbing became dangerous… I now use windows fullscreen… :-/

Did the problem just pop up for you recently too?? This never happened to me until maybe about a month or 2 ago and seems to happen about every other day