March 2024 : can you have the game running in background on single player

[momopovich]

Title.

[wkitty42]

do you mean when you ALT-TAB out to look at something else?

[Musashi]

yes ,, if MP is disabled

[wkitty42]

Originally posted by Musashi:

yes ,, if MP is disabled

that's what i thought, too... i know i've done it in the past... but i just now turned off MP and tabbed out only to see that blue bar sliding back and forth across the bottom middle of the game screen... sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't and the only thing i normally switch is MP on/off...

[Drasta Septim]

In my expirience normally the game pauses if it runs in the background, unless you currently have a refiner-menu open.

[momopovich]

Originally posted by wkitty42:

Originally posted by Musashi:

yes ,, if MP is disabled

that's what i thought, too... i know i've done it in the past... but i just now turned off MP and tabbed out only to see that blue bar sliding back and forth across the bottom middle of the game screen... sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't and the only thing i normally switch is MP on/off...

I've always had the game pausing with a blue bar when playing with MP off.

If MP is enabled, the game still pauses after alt tab, unless an other player is inside the system.

So far the game still seems to act like this. A way to keep it running in background would be a gamechanger for me.

[Nettle]

Originally posted by Drasta Septim:

unless you currently have a refiner-menu open.

Certain aspects continue to cogitate even when the game is paused. Weather, for example.

Terrible storm headed your way? Hit <Esc> and wait five minutes. It's really quite silly.

[Grimmslayer73]

Alt/tabbing to another window will pause the game and can sometimes cause low FPS when you switch back. For some reason NMS and youtube hate each other. I like to listen to music when I play and switching between the two can cause crashes.

[momopovich]

Originally posted by Drasta Septim:

In my expirience normally the game pauses if it runs in the background, unless you currently have a refiner-menu open.

Typically id like to have the game in background running when I pulse drive or enter a station.

With sound playing too so Im notified when something happens. I just tried with my personal refiner and it keeps working, but there is no sound.

[Amocles]

If you hold down alt and press enter you can throw the application into a window... Once it's in a window you might be able to click on another application and still have the game window active.

[Amocles]

Originally posted by Amocles:

If you hold down alt and press enter you can throw the application into a window... Once it's in a window you might be able to click on another application and still have the game window active.

Also, try borderless and then alt tab.

[Nettle]

A virtual machine would fit the bill, I think. Wouldn't do performance any favours though.

[momopovich]

Originally posted by Amocles:

If you hold down alt and press enter you can throw the application into a window... Once it's in a window you might be able to click on another application and still have the game window active.

That doesn't work.

I can select "bordered" in the options and have the game on a small window, but it still pauses if I select other applications.

I always play borderless, doesn't work either.

[Musashi]

well if you have MP enabled and as soon as other players are in your instance, the game will not be paused.

https://youtu.be/rgxK6sLSisE

[momopovich]

Originally posted by Musashi:

well if you have MP enabled and as soon as other players are in your instance, the game will not be paused.

https://youtu.be/rgxK6sLSisE

I know that

Originally posted by momopovich:

If MP is enabled, the game still pauses after alt tab, unless an other player is inside the system.

I would like to have that option when being alone in the system.

[Musashi]

should work if you are in bordered .. and alone ...