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Question Is it possible to keep app running even when minimized?

Discussion in 'Windows' started by Klausbdl, Aug 25, 2023.

  1. Klausbdl

    Klausbdl

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    I'm developing a V-Tuber app and I'd like to keep the app running properly even when minimized. I already tried checking the "Run in Background" setting but it still freezes when I minimize the app (click the _ button on the window's top right).
    I searched the web and I only found this thread that doesn't have a proper solution: Run Unity App Minimized on Windows - Questions & Answers - Unity Discussions. Thank you.
     
    Klausbdl, Aug 25, 2023
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  2. Tautvydas-Zilys

    Tautvydas-Zilys

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    Which platform are you targeting? Run in background should prevent the app pausing when minimized.
     
    Tautvydas-Zilys, Aug 28, 2023
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  3. Klausbdl

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    For Windows. I use the app as a greenscreen to display an avatar that moves and talks. When I start capturing the app's window in OBS and minimize it, I can see the avatar freezing.

    Video I recorded demonstrating:

     
    Klausbdl, Aug 28, 2023
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  4. Tautvydas-Zilys

    Tautvydas-Zilys

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    Are you sure the game is actually pausing? From what I can tell in your video, you make the character move by moving your mouse. It is expected that your game will not receive mouse input when the game is minimized. It shouldn't be pausing, though.

    Perhaps you can print stuff to the log in your Update() function? That should demonstrate that it keeps running even when minimized.
     
    Tautvydas-Zilys, Aug 28, 2023
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  5. Klausbdl

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    Yes, I think I notice the problem. Yes, I'm using the cursor position to move the avatar's head, so when the window is minimized, its like the screen is at the bottom corner, so there's no "area" for the cursor to move the head around.
    I just run the same test again and I noticed the head moving just a tiny bit, so that proves the app isnt pausing.
    This is one of those problems that you find the source of it after posting on the forum :confused:
     
    Klausbdl, Aug 28, 2023
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