Bug #1340

Game Visual Glitch with Bright Flashing Lights After Alt Tabbing Out

Status:	Open
Priority:	Critical
Added by:	jasonmonkas on February 11, '26
Assigned to:	Unassigned
Due date:
Reported for:	9.4.2
Actual Result:	Flashing purple lights and black screen, distorted colours, characters missing parts of their body, everyone is a black texture.
Expected Result:	normal gameplay, no visual issues.
Severity:	Major
Reproducibility:	Frequently
Platform:	Steam
Additional Notes & Comments:	Top of the line computer, Main monitor is 4K. Mentioning this in case it matters. before this update ive never had any similar issues on this or any other game, making me believe its a bug and not a hardware issue

Steps to Reproduce

1. Alt tabbed out of the game
2. click into a program that has stream protection (etc netflix, crunchyroll,
3. tab back in

Explanation

happened on Alt tab out of the game and into a program that has streaming protection (etc. Netflix) even without actively streaming the content. never recovered. flashing bright lights, could easily cause epilepsy issues for epileptic users. parts of bodies are completely missing and everyone who still has their body intact is a black texture. Solved by turning harware acceleration off on the browser that you are using.

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