Fri May 30, 2014 1:41 pm
If you mean that you start to record in "game mode" in a game, then alt-tab to Windows desktop to confirm it's recording, then it is very normal for Action! to stop recording, as you're not into your game anymore. For that technique to work, you would have instead to choose to play your game in "fullscreen (windowed)" mode, and choose the "active screen" recording with Action!. That way you could alt-tab, see the big "R", alt-tab back to the game, without stopping the recording.
On the other end, in the recording itself, you would see your desktop, while you switched to it, to check. The BEST way to confirm Action! is recording, is by actually using the HUD. Not sure why you completly disabled it. With it you get graphical confirmation, IN your game, that it is recording!