[web] Cookie Clicker tooltips

[L7vanmatre]

So, when you go to Cookie Clicker on a normal browser and mouse over to the right of the screen, to the buildings and the upgrades, you see a little tooltip explaining on what it is, correct?

Well, ever since the previous update, I haven't been able to get it to work. On the updates before that, I could change the antialiasing to x4 then back to x0, a little window would pop up and say "would you like to reload this page?" To which I double click "yes" because 2 windows appear from it, right after each other. Only when it's done that at double-click speed, do the tooltips at the right stay.

https://youtu.be/SbLDZxR5uhY Depicted as in this video.

Anyone else have this issue?

Windows 10
GTX 1050Ti (A.K.A. Nvidia card)

[Biohazard]

Does changing the FPS setting in Wallpaper Engine make any difference?

I don't seem to have this bug myself right now, is there anything else installed that modifies the desktop perhaps? Although, I can't see anything like that in the video.

[L7vanmatre]

Originally posted by Biohazard:

Does changing the FPS setting in Wallpaper Engine make any difference?

I put it to 10, and then 60, and then 30 (Cookie Clicker's framerate cap). There is no difference. (Though I don't even see a framerate difference even at 10, to be honest.)

Originally posted by Biohazard:

I don't seem to have this bug myself right now, is there anything else installed that modifies the desktop perhaps? Although, I can't see anything like that in the video.

Hmm, nope. I do have a watermark asking me to "activate Windows" as I am using the Windows 10 Limited Edition, but as far as I know, that shouldn't do anything, should it?

I'm also running it locally. I didn't use the "enter website" thing (honestly I somehow missed it) and downloaded the entirety of Cookie Clicker, put the files in the proper order to make it work, then simply had Wallpaper Engine run the .html file after checking it in a browser. I also have unstable internet so I can't have it connect to the internet every time I start WE.

I'll try running the "enter website" thing and see if the issue is there as well. In retrospect, I should have tried that first.

[L7vanmatre]

I can confirm, the bug still happens when I use the "open from URL" thing. (I made it more hastily as it is 6 in the morning)

https://youtu.be/ts4b9uaI_lg

[Biohazard]

I used the open from URL feature myself, yes, but if that doesn't work either then I guess there's no point.

How do any of the other interactable wallpapers work? The Windows activitation... may be related? I don't know yet. The whole click support works by checking the window you clicked on/hover over and then forwarding the event to the web browser used for the wallpaper.

I can't think of an easy way to debug that, but maybe you could try i.e. the stock sheep wallpaper or other web wallpapers and see if any have similar issues with mouse input?

[L7vanmatre]

Originally posted by Biohazard:

I used the open from URL feature myself, yes, but if that doesn't work either then I guess there's no point.

How do any of the other interactable wallpapers work? The Windows activitation... may be related? I don't know yet. The whole click support works by checking the window you clicked on/hover over and then forwarding the event to the web browser used for the wallpaper.

I can't think of an easy way to debug that, but maybe you could try i.e. the stock sheep wallpaper or other web wallpapers and see if any have similar issues with mouse input?

Hmm, I'll try that. Thank you, by the way, for trying to help. I was kind of expecting a "well, Wallpaper Engine isn't made to run Cookie Clicker" or something similar, and honestly it's a fair point.

I do want to point out, that when hovering over Legacy (a new feature and button in Cookie Clicker), the tooltip stays (but it is also a static tooltip as well). And the buttons I hover over, stay highlighted, but when a non-static tooltip comes up, like hovering the mouse over achievements and buildings that follow the mouse, it only appears for what seems like, one frame. It could be a problem with Cookie Clicker itself considering that the buildings tooltip is older than the Legacy tooltip? Or maybe a problem with a tooltip that follows the mouse itself?

Not sure if that helps, but wanted to let my brain ramble on the problem. What I find to be the most strange, though, is that if I refreshed the page twice at a specifc speed with the "Javascript confirm" window by changing Anti-Aliasing twice, then quickly double clicking "ok" on the popping up "Javascript confirm" windows, it suddenly works properly and such. Since the previous update that skipped past the confirm window, I couldn't do that anymore, so the strange work-around was lost. I'll try doing other web-wallpapers concerning mouse position and then try to look for something with a dynamic tooltip.

[Biohazard]

I was able to reproduce the issue in Chrome, by clicking outside of Chrome and then hovering over the buttons in cookie clicker.

So it must be related to how some focus events are handled. For the web wallpaper I never tell the website that the mouse 'left' the screen though, so it's puzzling.

[L7vanmatre]

Originally posted by Biohazard:

I was able to reproduce the issue in Chrome, by clicking outside of Chrome and then hovering over the buttons in cookie clicker.

So it must be related to how some focus events are handled. For the web wallpaper I never tell the website that the mouse 'left' the screen though, so it's puzzling.

Hmm, actually, now that I think about it, I did have to tell Cookie Clicker to turn off the "decrease resource-use outside of focus" option because it was lowered all the time.

[L7vanmatre]

Uhh, so I updated Windows since W10 was harassing me about it, and the problem is suddenly fixed.

No Windows update fixed this problem until the "Creator's Update", so... weird.

I guess it's fixed now...? I'll post here again if the problem ever comes back. Thank you, anyways!

[L7vanmatre]

Yup, booted up my PC today and the problem is back. :I

My only idea is that maybe Cookie Clicker is for some reason "out of focus" from the start.

[Biohazard]

Do you know if it maybe has any ads or similar that might cause it? I think I have all popups blocked, but maybe there is an embedded ad taking focus?

I couldn't reproduce it within Wallpaper Engine so I'm not sure how well any focus tricks I could try would work out.

[L7vanmatre]

Originally posted by Biohazard:

Do you know if it maybe has any ads or similar that might cause it? I think I have all popups blocked, but maybe there is an embedded ad taking focus?

I couldn't reproduce it within Wallpaper Engine so I'm not sure how well any focus tricks I could try would work out.

Nope. I downloaded all the assets of Cookie Clicker so I could run it locally, so it doesn't have any ads.

Also, anything else you want me to provide? Specs or anything else? It seems (to me anyway) like something about loading it up since loading it twice at double-click speed fixes it, somehow. (Judging from the Javascript prompt anyway, that I make the window come up twice and doubleclick the "okay" to the "refresh page?" button)

[Biohazard]

Can you try it out on the beta branch? I added some focus events and cookie clicker does seem to react to them as I was hoping, because doing the inverse, I could reproduce the behavior.

It should send focus/out of focus events by clicking inside or outside of the wallpaper respectively.

[L7vanmatre]

Originally posted by Biohazard:

Can you try it out on the beta branch? I added some focus events and cookie clicker does seem to react to them as I was hoping, because doing the inverse, I could reproduce the behavior.

It should send focus/out of focus events by clicking inside or outside of the wallpaper respectively.

Oh hey, it's working again, I think that did it! Thank you! :D

EDIT: But it does seem to not be out of focus when I click and drag a window but that doesn't mean I'm complaining, but thought you might want to know.

[Biohazard]

Yeah I have to take a closer look, but at least it looks like it's on the right way.