Any way to minimize / tab out on Mac?

[Claan22]

Running Big Pharma on Mac OS X El Capitan, I can't find a way to minimize or tab out of the game when in full screen mode. Cmd + Tab doesn't work, and neither does Cmd + M or 3-finger swipe. I've never seen a full-screen program that didn't support this.

It is very frustrating, as there are always times when playing games that I need to respond to a message, or do a search for clarity on some aspect of the game. It's been years since I've dealt with full-screen games that didn't support this nicely.

Is there some hotkey I'm missing? Is there any solution to this, besides running in Windowed Mode?

Thanks for the great game.

[Twice Circled]

Hi Claan22, thank you for bringing this to my attention. It turns out I can fix this by changing a single setting in Unity when I build the game.

I will push out an update to fix this early this week. :)

[Claan22]

Thank you so much! Incredible!

[Twice Circled]

Hi Claan22, I have some bad news.

I went ahead and changed the setting that I mentioned in my earlier post, created a build and put it on my Mac. I tested it and the Cmd + Tab works great but unfortunately, bundled with this functionality is the menu bar and dock.

You're probably familiar with this, when you mouse over the top of the screen the menu bar pops down, when you mouse over the bottom, the dock pops up.

Now, Big Pharma supports edge-scrolling and while this might not be everyone's scroll method of choice, it's still relatively popular with some gamers. With the dock and menu bar activated, this becomes very distracting, as every time you try to scroll up or down, they pop out.

I've spent the best part of a day trying to find a solution to either:
- Disable the menu bar and dock while maintaining Cmd +Tab ability.
- Make the option toggleable, so players can choose which they prefer. Cmd + Tab plus menu and dock or none of the above.

Alas, after many failed attempts I have concluded it is impossible with the current way it is handled via the Unity engine. It is hard-coded (literally) into the game and I can only choose one way or the other.

After much contemplation, I've decided to leave the setting where it is (no menu bar, dock or Cmd + tab) as I think the distraction of the menu bar and dock may prove more annoying to more players. In other words, the lack of Cmd + tab may be the lesser of two evils.

It is an understatement to say that I am frustrated by the current situation. I am going to create a support request with Unity to see if they can improve matters.

I'm sorry there was not more I could do.

[Claan22]

That's alright - thanks for the update. As a programmer myself, I know how annoying it is when you think you've found the solution and then realize there are drawbacks that aren't worth it.

Hopefully there is some workaround or alternative you can find - it seems like the issue is one that all Unity Mac games have.

As an alternative, is there any way to have an in-game hotkey to Minimize the game? Or else an option to allow the Macbook F3 hotkey (which shows all your open windows - I forget the name of the feature) to work?

[Twice Circled]

I can certainly look into it :) . I've added it to my list.