Cliffs of Dover Technical FAQ

[klem]

Originally Posted by Erkki

I'm posting here because I think the answer is obvious and has so far just escaped me.

The game seems to run in some sort "pseudo-fullscreen" mode... I have no problem with it, I just need to click on the opening Ubisoft logo and all OK.

However, everything that happens in the background from update notifications, IM messages, every action, activates the windows in the background and they pop up on the game. With no mouse I will have to alt-tab to windows and back to get rid of these...

Only working solution I have found is to use the windowed mode, but it does not allow the native resolution of my screen, 1680 x 1050. Can this be edited in the conf, or is there another fix?

Yes, turn off updates, IM etc. You don't really want anything else running except things like Teamspeak/Ventrilo, Joystick profiles etc, i.e. anything you use while playing. It will also free up CPU resources if your CPU is having problems running CoD.

If you want an easy way to do this get FSAutostart or Alacrity. These allow you to see whats running and make these selections (turn off this, that, etc) and save it as a profile which you just run from the desktop before running CoD.

Just reboot to get them all back.

Also if you run the free Commodo antivirus it has a Gaming Mode which stops Updates etc from interfering with the game.