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QoL patches for UT2004.
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UT2004 freezes when in windowd mode #4

Closed NOOTLORD closed 11 months ago

NOOTLORD commented 11 months ago

Bug: game freezes when u have the game in windowed mode but the window is not selected/in focus. All sounds still play in the background suggesting that the engine itself is still doing its game loop correctly but it seems the DX8 renderer just dies.

(Edit it seems to be the renderer because when i use a wrapper like dgVoodoo it fixes this issue, both dx9 and 11/12 work correctly)

Release used: v3369.1-alpha-7

How to reproduce: Start UT2004 in windowed mode and then click away from the window to deselect/unfocus it, wait 5/6 seconds and watch the game freeze (works in both the main menu and in any offline/online match)

If u require more info feel free to reach out, sadly no errors where generated

aldehir commented 11 months ago

The freezing comes from mouse input messages not being processed. For some reason the input tick is hindered when out of focus for a few people. Knowing the renderer might be the culprit will help in further diagnosing this issue, so thank you for that information. I'll see what I can find out.

NOOTLORD commented 11 months ago

Hmm alright, ye i was just curious if a different renderer would fix it and well it did :P If u require more testing after u made some changes to it feel free to reach out 😄