diff --git a/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4VIDEO.cpp b/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4VIDEO.cpp
index 1982a4b..f560208 100644
--- a/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4VIDEO.cpp
+++ b/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4VIDEO.cpp
@@ -3432,6 +3432,44 @@ DPLRenderer::DPLRenderer(
 		mPresentParams.BackBufferWidth = screenWidth;
 		mPresentParams.BackBufferHeight = screenHeight;
 	}
+	else
+	{
+		//
+		// PIN THE WINDOWED BACKBUFFER (Gitea #56, and #50 -- the same bug).
+		//
+		// These were left at 0 for the windowed case, which tells D3D9 to derive the
+		// backbuffer from the device window's client area at CreateDevice time.  Fine
+		// at startup -- but the device-lost recovery path saves and restores
+		// mPresentParams around Reset(), so it faithfully preserves the ZEROS and
+		// Reset re-derives the backbuffer from whatever the client area is at THAT
+		// moment.
+		//
+		// Field consequence: a player resizes or maximises the window (harmless by
+		// itself -- the cockpit layout lives in backbuffer space and the hit-test maps
+		// client -> canvas), then the device is lost (alt-tab, Steam overlay, monitor
+		// sleep, UAC prompt, RDP, driver hiccup).  On recovery the backbuffer silently
+		// becomes the NEW client size while gBTCockpitCanvasW/H still describe the
+		// startup canvas -- so panels are drawn for one geometry and clicks are mapped
+		// in another.  Buttons drift off their artwork, and at a big enough mismatch
+		// nothing is clickable at all (#50, "none of my MFDs clickable" while other
+		// players' worked).  It needs BOTH steps in that order, which is why the
+		// operator -- who never resizes the cockpit window -- has never seen it.
+		//
+		// Recording the client rect here yields exactly what D3D would have derived,
+		// so startup behaviour is unchanged, but the save/restore now preserves a REAL
+		// size and Reset can never silently pick a different one.  (Do NOT use
+		// screenWidth/screenHeight: those are the app's -res values, default 800x600,
+		// while the cockpit-surround window is sized independently -- pinning to them
+		// would shrink the backbuffer and break the composite.)
+		//
+		RECT rc;
+		if (hWnd != NULL && GetClientRect(hWnd, &rc)
+			&& rc.right > rc.left && rc.bottom > rc.top)
+		{
+			mPresentParams.BackBufferWidth  = (UINT)(rc.right - rc.left);
+			mPresentParams.BackBufferHeight = (UINT)(rc.bottom - rc.top);
+		}
+	}
 
 	HRESULT hr;
 
@@ -8067,6 +8105,45 @@ void
 	}
 }
 
+//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+// BTVerifyCockpitCanvasAfterReset (Gitea #56)
+//
+// The cockpit-surround layout is computed in BACKBUFFER space and clicks are
+// mapped client -> backbuffer through gBTCockpitCanvasW/H (L4VB16.cpp
+// BTCockpitMouseDown).  With the windowed backbuffer now pinned at CreateDevice
+// this should always agree -- so a mismatch here means the surface was re-created
+// at a different size behind our back, which is exactly the state where panels
+// draw in one geometry and clicks land in another.  Say so, and re-sync, rather
+// than drift silently for the rest of the session.
+//
+static void BTVerifyCockpitCanvasAfterReset(LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 device)
+{
+	extern int gBTGaugeCockpit, gBTCockpitCanvasW, gBTCockpitCanvasH;
+	if (device == NULL || !gBTGaugeCockpit || gBTCockpitCanvasW <= 0)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+	IDirect3DSurface9 *back = NULL;
+	if (FAILED(device->GetBackBuffer(0, 0, D3DBACKBUFFER_TYPE_MONO, &back))
+		|| back == NULL)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+	D3DSURFACE_DESC desc;
+	if (SUCCEEDED(back->GetDesc(&desc))
+		&& ((int)desc.Width != gBTCockpitCanvasW
+			|| (int)desc.Height != gBTCockpitCanvasH))
+	{
+		DEBUG_STREAM << "[resize] Gitea #56: backbuffer is " << desc.Width << "x"
+			<< desc.Height << " after Reset but the cockpit canvas is "
+			<< gBTCockpitCanvasW << "x" << gBTCockpitCanvasH
+			<< " -- clicks would be mis-mapped; re-syncing" << std::endl;
+		gBTCockpitCanvasW = (int)desc.Width;
+		gBTCockpitCanvasH = (int)desc.Height;
+	}
+	back->Release();
+}
+
 //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 // Execute Method, performs the rendering of one frame
 //
@@ -8801,6 +8878,8 @@ void DPLRenderer::ExecuteImplementation(RendererComplexity, RendererOrigin::Inte
 		mPresentParams.BackBufferCount = bbCount;
 		mPresentParams.BackBufferWidth = bbWidth;
 		mPresentParams.BackBufferHeight = bbHeight;
+
+		BTVerifyCockpitCanvasAfterReset(mDevice);	// Gitea #56 guard
 	}
 
 	ticks = HiResNowTicks();
@@ -9079,6 +9158,8 @@ void DPLRenderer::ExecuteIdle()
 		mPresentParams.BackBufferCount = bbCount;
 		mPresentParams.BackBufferWidth = bbWidth;
 		mPresentParams.BackBufferHeight = bbHeight;
+
+		BTVerifyCockpitCanvasAfterReset(mDevice);	// Gitea #56 guard
 	}
 	}
 }