App not running after lock screen are lock and unlocked

[Deviljiho]

So, I tried the app, and there's this 1 second delay when turning on after sleep. There's also a 1 second delay even when I lock the screen and unlock it right after. I already enabled high priority start with Windows and chose the option to keep running when display asleep.

Is this problem common, or just a thing with Windows 11?

[Tim]

It depends on the type of wallpaper you are using and if you have an antivirus app. Configure any antivirus app to ignore the Steam and wallpaper_engine directory as they can cause significant slowdowns. Also, make sure the "Safe start after hibernation" option is disabled as it fully restarts the app when Windows is unlocked (even if hibernation isn't used).

We're not aware of this being a Windows 11 issue, however, we don't offer support for Windows 11 yet as it's still under active development and still subject to changes.

[Biohazard]

You likely enabled the "safe start after hibernation" option which makes the program restart as a precaution to unstable graphics driver nonsense in Windows. Besides this option and the "display asleep" option there should be nothing else that makes the program stop automatically. Windows 11 might have some kind of fade or wallpaper overlay effect when returning to the desktop and this might even change in behavior until Windows 11 fully releases.

You can disable the option "safe start after hibernation" and see if everything works fine for you without it. But hibernation in Windows is just not a flawless feature and since Windows 11 isn't even released yet I wouldn't be surprised if the graphics driver might still go haywire after hibernation. On Windows 10 that issue only affects very few people though.

[Deviljiho]

Originally posted by Biohazard:

You likely enabled the "safe start after hibernation" option which makes the program restart as a precaution to unstable graphics driver nonsense in Windows. Besides this option and the "display asleep" option there should be nothing else that makes the program stop automatically. Windows 11 might have some kind of fade or wallpaper overlay effect when returning to the desktop and this might even change in behavior until Windows 11 fully releases.

You can disable the option "safe start after hibernation" and see if everything works fine for you without it. But hibernation in Windows is just not a flawless feature and since Windows 11 isn't even released yet I wouldn't be surprised if the graphics driver might still go haywire after hibernation. On Windows 10 that issue only affects very few people though.

Originally posted by Tim:

It depends on the type of wallpaper you are using and if you have an antivirus app. Configure any antivirus app to ignore the Steam and wallpaper_engine directory as they can cause significant slowdowns. Also, make sure the "Safe start after hibernation" option is disabled as it fully restarts the app when Windows is unlocked (even if hibernation isn't used).

We're not aware of this being a Windows 11 issue, however, we don't offer support for Windows 11 yet as it's still under active development and still subject to changes.

No I actually disabled all the safe start options from the beginning, since it was said to be just a fix.
Also, I only use Windows Defender, and after reading your comment have excluded all steam folders [i.imgur.com] from virus scans. I restarted Windows, and the problem still persisted.
These[i.imgur.com]
pictures [i.imgur.com] show my settings in the app.
here's the video of how to recreate the problem[i.imgur.com]

[Biohazard]

Try using the stock "Neon Sunset" wallpaper, does it happen with that as well?

[Deviljiho]

I deleted that wallpaper, so I re-downloaded it. It was made by you right? I think now it's slightly faster, but there's still a gap. Here's the video[imgur.com] link .

[Biohazard]

Okay, thanks. It's just a very optimized scene wallpaper, this was the reason for the test.

You still had the option "laptop on battery" set to "stop" can you please disable this temporarily to see if this is somehow affecting it?

This is definitely not how the program behaves for me when unlocking the screen on Windows 10. Like I mentioned, it's possible that Windows 11 simply overlays the static wallpaper for a moment or it even goes as far as making the entire desktop window reset. It doesn't look like this comes from anything intentional that the program is doing itself, although you could still try resetting the whole configuration with the "reset" button in the settings to be absolutely sure of that.

In any case, if this is a new Windows 11 behavior and outside of the program there is little we can do about it. However we already added a new feature to copy an image of the live wallpaper for the static wallpaper of Windows. This would make the transition less jarring so that's going to be the best that is possible if this is some internal Windows 11 change. Since Windows 11 is still not finished it also may not do this anymore when it gets released. If something makes the desktop window/explorer reset then that's probably not something intentional.

[Deviljiho]

Er... Somehow, someways, today after I woke up and tried restarting it, there's no gap anymore. Like, I tested with a bunch of wallpapers, and now they're all just there. No gaps after sleep, or after lock screen. This is pretty jarring for me bc yesterday, while talking with you, I already tried restarting a bunch of times, messed around with some of the playback options and startup options, only to return to the setup like in those 2 pictures I posted bc nothing worked. NOW it decided to work after no fixing.

And while I was using a laptop, it was on AC all the time, so I don't think it'd be bc of that.

Still, thanks for sitting down with me and try to solve the problem.