“Hours played” should exclude idle time paused/in menus

[HAL-9000]

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[Tanoomba]

Steam has no way of knowing if a game is paused or not.

[d3str0y3r]

Steam has no way of knowing what you are doing in the game. That is why time play is just how long the EXE for the game has been running.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

HAL-9000님이 먼저 게시:

“Hours played” should exclude idle time paused/in menus

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Let me plug in an old controller with heavy stick drift.

Or have the many hours spent messing with my inventory in CS:GO not count as well, since I'm not actually playing the game, right?

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/3/3887226156980206582/

[Lil C]-[ew C]-[ew is ☂д☂]

I think there is or there was ''idleing'' status when you leave hanging the game.

[kitt]

why

[Anonymous Helper]

HAL-9000님이 먼저 게시:

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How would that work when only things Steam sees is when you start the program and shut it down? It can't see anything you're doing in the program.

[HAL-9000]

If they can detect Shift + Tab to open the overlay within a game I'd wager they could measure/detect inputs in-game.

[Aachen]

HAL-9000님이 먼저 게시:

If they can detect Shift + Tab to open the overlay within a game I'd wager they could measure/detect inputs in-game.

Why are those two cases analogous? How does one discern menu inputs from others?

[Brian9824]

HAL-9000님이 먼저 게시:

If they can detect Shift + Tab to open the overlay within a game I'd wager they could measure/detect inputs in-game.

They cannot. They can represent a specific input, they can't tell that you are pressing keys in a menu vs in a game. They can't even tell if you have a menu open or the game paused.

All they see from the game's end is the exe is running. They get no other input about what is happening in the game.

[Crashed]

Tanoomba님이 먼저 게시:

Steam has no way of knowing if a game is paused or not.

They would have to add a Steamworks API, and games would have to opt in.

If one wants to go by focus, keep in mind many games can run in borderless window mode, and continue to play when the window is out of focus.

[Knee]

How about a question directed at the root of the problem: why are you worried about other people's play time?

[MoonC A T]

Knee님이 먼저 게시:

How about a question directed at the root of the problem: why are you worried about other people's play time?

I think this may be another refund unfair thread.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

MoonC A T님이 먼저 게시:

Knee님이 먼저 게시:

How about a question directed at the root of the problem: why are you worried about other people's play time?

I think this may be another refund unfair thread.

If so, August 28th is was a month ago.

[Crazy Tiger]

HAL-9000님이 먼저 게시:

If they can detect Shift + Tab to open the overlay within a game I'd wager they could measure/detect inputs in-game.

So many games have idle time in them. There are whole genres build around it.

Input isn't a reliable way to check playtime.

[76561198407601200]

HAL-9000님이 먼저 게시:

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Exit the game when not in use.