Black screen when alt-tabbing in SA-MP only

[Grovyle]

Whenever I alt+tab while logged in SA-MP I only get a black screen. CTRL+ALT+DEL does not work and the only way to get rid of it is to alt+tab back into the game.

This doesn't happen in single-player.

What I have:
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
GTA:SA 1.0 inside a folder inside the Desktop
SilentPatch so San Andreas doesn't suck
A symlink of the game's original executable so that this problem does not manifest in single-player as described in this tutorial
SA-MP running as admin

I really don't want to use ENB series just to fix this problem.

Any ideas?

[Petarda]

try pressing esc while it's black or get another gtasa exe

[DarkPower202]

Atleast don't post piracy links here

Whenever I alt+tab while logged in SA-MP I only get a black screen. CTRL+ALT+DEL does not work and the only way to get rid of it is to alt+tab back into the game.

Black screen in the game or desktop? Try some of these:
- Remove any available graphics & steam fix mods
- Set Program Compatibility to Windows 7 and Run as Administrator
- Removing sa-mp.cfg in "My Documents\GTA San Andreas User Files\SAMP" directory
- Reinstall SA-MP
- Still not working? Revert all the options back to normal



Have you tried setting the game quality to low and low down the resolution?

[ahmedXD]

I got amd graphics, I esced and its totally blacked.
My fix was easy:
Enabled Virtual super resolution . In amd app.
How it fixed etc, idk but it works.
I'm even running samp in 2560x1440

[James]

W10 issue

[ahmedXD]

W10 issue

Dude ain't running it on his windows xp though

[James]

Do you have any compatibility mode for gta_sa.exe and samp?

[MrTrane]

Try getting mousefix.asi and place it on the main directory of the game, it might fix your issue as it did for me when i had the same problem and have been using it since.
You will need an ASI Loader plugin first but I assume you already do since you mentioned SilentPatch., just stating for others who might have simiral issues and want to give this a try too.

[Exterminator]

This occurs in Windows 10 due to windows trying to be smart (And failing miserably)

The trick here is to rename your gta_sa.exe file to something else (I use exec.exe). Then create a symbolic link (google how to do that) from gta_sa.exe to exec.exe.

[Grovyle]

I'm afraid none of your suggestions worked, but another thing did: I set SAMP's resolution to 1360x768 (my native res is 1366x768) and now I can tab in and out of SAMP without a hitch.

I don't mind having 3 pixel wide black columns on each side of the screen so this will do for now. Thanks for your suggestions.

[Jingle]

Did you try Exterminator's suggestion? It's the widely accepted fix for it. My issues were gone after doing it.

[Grovyle]

Did you try Exterminator's suggestion? It's the widely accepted fix for it. My issues were gone after doing it.

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What I have:
A symlink of the game's original executable so that this problem does not manifest in single-player as described in this tutorial

As I've said since the start of this thread, that didn't fix the problem for SAMP. It works wonders for single-player, though.
The only thing that I failed to describe on op is that I am running samp.exe on Windows 98/ME compatibility. If I don't, it constantly crashes when it finishes to load.

[Link9rly]

Install ENB. You can disable all of the effects in it. Just having ENB inject into your game is enough to fix it. You should also disable all compatibility options after doing this. Running as administrator doesn't hurt either.

[Hevar.]

You can always TAB with Alt GT + Ctrl + Del , then click on exit and you see your deskopt

[Julio.]

Yep, do as Hevar says. Works every time.

1. Click "Esc" to go to game menu
2. Press Ctrl, Alt and Delete
3. Press cancel