Display + Discord Streaming Issues

[Violet Toadstool]

Hi just got into this game and loving it :)

Last night I was trying to stream for a friend over Discord (in a DM if that matters), and we found that in fullscreen display mode the game didn't stream properly at all, the stream was just frozen. It worked fine in windowed/windowed fullscreen, but then I found 1) I couldn't fullscreen with F11 or Alt+Enter and 2) windowed fullscreen wasn't actually fullscreen (could still see the taskbar).

Running on Windows 11 through Steam, two monitor setup. Never had an issue like this with any other game or app I've streamed for people.

[Ron Bippinbits]

Hi,

Thanks for reaching out! To address the issue, try using windowed or windowed fullscreen mode for streaming. Run both Discord and Steam/Dome Keeper as administrator, and ensure Discord is set to capture the specific game window instead of the entire screen. If windowed fullscreen still shows the taskbar, try hiding it or checking that your monitor scaling settings are consistent. If the problem continues, please share your GPU and monitor setup with us.

[Violet Toadstool]

Originally posted by Ron Bippinbits:

Hi,

Thanks for reaching out! To address the issue, try using windowed or windowed fullscreen mode for streaming. Run both Discord and Steam/Dome Keeper as administrator, and ensure Discord is set to capture the specific game window instead of the entire screen. If windowed fullscreen still shows the taskbar, try hiding it or checking that your monitor scaling settings are consistent. If the problem continues, please share your GPU and monitor setup with us.

Thanks so much for the response! Windowed fullscreen displays as expected now, I just had to restart the game, so at least that issue is fixed.

However I'm still having issues streaming over Discord, even with your suggestions. Two main issues:
- Streaming to Discord and playing the game will run smoothly at first, but after a few minutes the game will begin to lag heavily and eventually crash, which also messes up Discord and I have to close and relaunch the application. I don't have this issue streaming any other game (Astroneer, Hades, and PlateUp! to name a few).
- The stream doesn't update unless I'm in Windowed mode, either Windowed Fullscreen or Fullscreen will cause the stream to appear frozen to viewers. Again, haven't had this issue with any other game.

nVidia GeForce GTX 1080 with dual monitor setup.

[Ron Bippinbits]

Originally posted by Violet Toadstool:

Originally posted by Ron Bippinbits:

Hi,

Thanks for reaching out! To address the issue, try using windowed or windowed fullscreen mode for streaming. Run both Discord and Steam/Dome Keeper as administrator, and ensure Discord is set to capture the specific game window instead of the entire screen. If windowed fullscreen still shows the taskbar, try hiding it or checking that your monitor scaling settings are consistent. If the problem continues, please share your GPU and monitor setup with us.

Thanks so much for the response! Windowed fullscreen displays as expected now, I just had to restart the game, so at least that issue is fixed.

However I'm still having issues streaming over Discord, even with your suggestions. Two main issues:
- Streaming to Discord and playing the game will run smoothly at first, but after a few minutes the game will begin to lag heavily and eventually crash, which also messes up Discord and I have to close and relaunch the application. I don't have this issue streaming any other game (Astroneer, Hades, and PlateUp! to name a few).
- The stream doesn't update unless I'm in Windowed mode, either Windowed Fullscreen or Fullscreen will cause the stream to appear frozen to viewers. Again, haven't had this issue with any other game.

nVidia GeForce GTX 1080 with dual monitor setup.

Please check the following things:
- Discord is updated and running on the latest version
- Ensure your NVIDIA GTX 1080 drivers are up to date
- In Discord's settings, under "Voice & Video," enable Hardware Acceleration if it's off or turn it off if it's already enabled, as this setting can vary depending on your system.
- Reduce the stream resolution and frame rate in Discord (e.g., 720p at 30fps) to see if it mitigates lag and crashing.
- Enable "reduce particles" and "render half resolution" in the game's options
- Make sure there isn't a background processess or other applications like overlays interfering with the performance of your system

[Violet Toadstool]

Thanks for the suggestions, turning off hardware acceleration in Discord settings seems to have done the trick.

I guess my question now is why? I haven't needed to do that for any other game, and tbh it's a hassle having to turn it off just to stream DK when everything else streams just fine.

[Ron Bippinbits]

Discord relies on GPU acceleration for efficient streaming. If a game is particularly demanding or has a specific rendering pipeline, it might not work well with Discord's encoding. I can imagine that other Godot games might have this issue as well.

[jd]

Hey, I have the same issue on both Minecraft and Balatro (these are the only games I have tried). Streaming only works in windowed, not bordless windowed or fullscreen.
I've been looking for someone with the same problem. Turning off hardware acceleration did not work for me. I'll send a bug report to Discord

[IcyG]

Originally posted by mr. take that risk:

Hey, I have the same issue on both Minecraft and Balatro (these are the only games I have tried). Streaming only works in windowed, not bordless windowed or fullscreen.
I've been looking for someone with the same problem. Turning off hardware acceleration did not work for me. I'll send a bug report to Discord

I have tried the exact same two games and I have the exact same experience.

[jins]

Originally posted by IcyG:

Originally posted by mr. take that risk:

Hey, I have the same issue on both Minecraft and Balatro (these are the only games I have tried). Streaming only works in windowed, not bordless windowed or fullscreen.
I've been looking for someone with the same problem. Turning off hardware acceleration did not work for me. I'll send a bug report to Discord

I have tried the exact same two games and I have the exact same experience.

i also have this issue now been going through everything to try to find a fix, you guys have any luck?