Game keeps minimizing down to the task bar

[IshagI_97]

Have this nice game since the beginning, but can't play it anymore due to minimizing. The log in screen flashes on screen then the game minimizes to the taskbar. Reinstalled and tried settings on my computer but the problem stays...

Sad because I played the game a lot before.

[aksel_bugbyte]

Hi!

Don't worry. We should be able to get this working again.

Can you give me your operating system and graphics card?
After it minimizes, you can't open it again?
Do you have another monitor hooked to the computer? Either directly or connected via a hub?

[IshagI_97]

OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Home
Version 10.0.22621 Build 22621

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
Vivobook_ASUSLaptop X7600PC_N7600PC
x64-based PC
Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11370H @ 3.30GHz, 3302 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU

After I open it again It keeps minimizing, time after time.
Played on this laptop, no other monitor(s).

[aksel_bugbyte]

Thanks!

And previously when you played you played on this same computer? Was something updated in-between, like windows? Or has stayed the same?

Can you try to see if there is a setting like this:

Under multiple displays in windows settings uncheck the 'Minimize windows when a monitor is disconnected'.

Even if you do not have an external monitor we could try this.

Additionally, do you think the game is still running after being minimized. It is not crashing?
You can see the install folder: Steam\steamapps\common\SpaceHaven

Is there any "crash.txt" in there? If so, give some of the top of the text here.

I also found this:
https://superuser.com/questions/1746587/windows-11-fullscreen-games-minimize-or-get-interrupted

Do you have "conexant" installed? If you do not need it try uninstalling it and running the game.

[IshagI_97]

Hi, thanks for the fast response!

The game keeps running (minimized) and doesn't generate a crash report. All the other suggestions didn't work for me.

Seems it's a resolution problem (for my computer). But reinstalling doesn't solve the problem. Managed to fast click and skip the log-in screen while the screen tried to minimize. Strangely the main menu shows and stays expanded. Set the resolution to max, and no problems with starting. Tried other lower ones (because the text is so small in high resolution), and the problem begins again. So some resolutions work, but most start the minimizing loop.

It would be handy if there was an option to reset these values (after re-installing). Strangely on the faulty resolutions the system doesn't reset to it's previous resolution?
So the game got stuck for me after a Windows 11 update. I had lowered the resolution before that with no problems at all. But I think the loop should be avoided when a "wrong" resolution is chosen...

But it's running again! Although with some small text but better then nothing!

By the way, thanks for the fun game!

[aksel_bugbyte]

OK! Good to know.

There is a "UI scaling" in the options in the game. It should work to give you a bit bigger text, while keeping resolution high. You can set it to 1.2 for example and give it a go.

Otherwise there is a settings.xml file in the install folder which can be edited to start with a specific resolution. It can be used if the problem appears again and it is hard to get working otherwise.