Also posted in the forums, but figured I'd open an issue too:
I'd like to request an advanced option for Disabling controllers when launching / then re-enabling them after the launched game is closed, similar to the option to disable Audio thats already present.
Reason:
For some reason, several windows games I play do NOT disable kodi input in the background (I think it depends on if the game is displayed windowed or not). I was playing Firewatch, and I could hear movie audio starting and stopping. Took me a while to figure out that my game inputs were being also input into Kodi in the background and causing all kinds of mayhem. Also happens on a few other games I have (Windows 10 PC playing mainly GOG games).
Note that I already do this in my addon, and it works just fine. You can disable Kodi controller input with:
Also posted in the forums, but figured I'd open an issue too: I'd like to request an advanced option for Disabling controllers when launching / then re-enabling them after the launched game is closed, similar to the option to disable Audio thats already present.
Reason: For some reason, several windows games I play do NOT disable kodi input in the background (I think it depends on if the game is displayed windowed or not). I was playing Firewatch, and I could hear movie audio starting and stopping. Took me a while to figure out that my game inputs were being also input into Kodi in the background and causing all kinds of mayhem. Also happens on a few other games I have (Windows 10 PC playing mainly GOG games).
Note that I already do this in my addon, and it works just fine. You can disable Kodi controller input with:
And then re-enable it after return to kodi with: