Any way to make the game run in the background?

[Mo]

I can't just sit there and watch a cutscene, I have to be doing something else on my other monitor. Is there any way to make the game keep running while it's not the active screen? Kind of a dealbreaker for me.

[Aboushy]

windowed mode?

[Mo]

The game still pauses regardless of the mode you stick it in when you alt tab.

[Itsuke]

Use your phone

[SupDos]

Yep, you can do so with Special K, https://steamcommunity.com/app/1113000/discussions/0/2441461920666858712/

Seems that the thread is down atm due to Steam spam filters, but once it's up download and copy the files to the game's install folder, make sure to edit the ini to 1920x1080 if you're running 1080p, then enable background in Special K settings

[Kaldaien]

Unfortunately, that feature is not as powerful in this game as it is in most.

For most games, I am able to make it run while you have keyboard / mouse input focused in a different application and still accept gamepad input. That feature doesn't work here :-\

Nonetheless, the background render feature will do what the OP wants, just not what _I_ wanted when I designed it :)

[SupDos]

Messaggio originale di Kaldaien:

For most games, I am able to make it run while you have keyboard / mouse input focused in a different application and still accept gamepad input. That feature doesn't work here :-\

Wait, what do you mean? I can click on a program on my second monitor and get mouse/keyboard input, and the game still accepts game pad input while focused on a different window. Am I missing something you're saying here?

[Viper]

You cannot make an app run that doesn't have focus...unless it s designed to run in the background. For example a WIndows Service..

[Kaldaien]

Messaggio originale di SupDos:

Messaggio originale di Kaldaien:

For most games, I am able to make it run while you have keyboard / mouse input focused in a different application and still accept gamepad input. That feature doesn't work here :-\

Wait, what do you mean? I can click on a program on my second monitor and get mouse/keyboard input, and the game still accepts game pad input while focused on a different window. Am I missing something you're saying here?

There's something wrong with your system then, DirectInput 8 stops polling gamepad input when the keyboard is focused in a different application.

If the game used XInput, it'd be a different story. But DirectInput sinks its input thread the second another app is activated.