Game keeps switching between background and game screen

[Ardbeg[52]]

Hey folks, got a bit of an issue.
The game loads fine until you either start a new career or campaign or you load an existing game. As soon as you hit the creation screen for campaign/career or the Argo screen for a loaded game, the game constantly switches between the background and actual game screen every few moments. The time interval between switches is not consistent but the game screen is never available for more than a second or two before disappearing to just show the background again. While the background screen is shown, no mouse pointer or keyboard input is recognized (no ESC for example). Once it switches back to the game screen, you can make regular selections but since it only stays on the screen for a second, the game is essentially unplayable.
Mech combat is not affected (I painfully clicked through to a mission which took several minutes of carefully timed clicks) nor is salvage selection or distribution. As soon as you are back on the Argo selection screen, the switching continues.
Any thoughts?

 

[AndrewT]

This sounds like some other app is grabbing focus off the game window.

Has this always happened ever since you've had the game? Or it was okay up to some point?

You may as well update that video driver:

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

Please attach here the game log:
C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\LocalLow\Harebrained Schemes\BATTLETECH\output_log.txt

To see the AppData folder you'll need to enable View Hidden Items in File Explorer.

 

[Ardbeg[52]]

The game ran without issues up until then. No new apps were added to the system recently either so it's a bit of a mystery. Just trying to avoid the clean uninstall/reinstall scenario since it takes a significant amount of time. I'm on rural internet; steady but not a speed demon.
I updated my video driver but the problem persists. I have attached the game log.
Thanks for your help

 

[AndrewT]

The game ran without issues up until then.

Up until when, sorry? Some Windows or driver update, new AV app, some other new install or utility?

I don't see any problem in that log I'm afraid.

 

[Ardbeg[52]]

Sorry, up until the problems started to occur. I don't recall having done any updates or additions before the problems started.
I have since done a clean uninstall and reinstall as per the sticky thread but the same problems persist. I will attempt a second clean removal shortly.

 

[Ardbeg[52]]

Ok, so second attempt did not change anything. During career mode it does not make it past the "generating characters" screen as it switches back and forth with the planet background every few seconds. During campaign mode the game gets to the Leopard dropship background before switching starts.
Other things I tried:
- running in windows mode
- putting video settings to lowest possible mode
- changed resolution
- changed monitors
- changed monitor output from Display Port to HDMI (and tried all the ports on the video card)
- disabled virus software and any non-essential background programs
So far, no joy.
I have included the latest output_log file.
Cheers

 

[AndrewT]

I think this issue comes from outside the game, some new or updated app or utility. Disable any overlays (aside form Steam's) such as Discord.

If nothing, please install and run the free utility Speccy. Send its output to a text file and attach that here, thanks.