dnormX Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I'm rocking BigBox on a second monitor (TV) and can't find a setting to let it keep running when the window is out of focus. I can do it with Retroarch just fine, so can play games while clicking around on my main monitor, but BigBox itself pauses whenever I click away. I can live with it, but would be nice if I could simultaneously use my main screen while say... My wife is navigating BigBox. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 pretty sure it is designed to stop running while not in focus intentionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Yeah that always annoyed me when i had it running on my second screen, completely defeats the purpose of putting it on the second monitor for me, but its not just Launchbox/Bigbox a lot of apps do the same thing. You can use Display Fusion to force it to stay focused on the second screen, but its pay software and costs about £30/$30. https://store.steampowered.com/app/227260/DisplayFusion/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent47 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 15 minutes ago, neil9000 said: Yeah that always annoyed me when i had it running on my second screen, completely defeats the purpose of putting it on the second monitor for me, but its not just Launchbox/Bigbox a lot of apps do the same thing. You can use Display Fusion to force it to stay focused on the second screen, but its pay software and costs about £30/$30. https://store.steampowered.com/app/227260/DisplayFusion/ FYI: It's ~$14 in a Humble software bundle atm here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnormX Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 Thanks guys! Humble Bundle purchased! Out of curiosity, why design it so it pauses out of focus? Not complaining, just wondering what the logic is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 I would assume for when you launch games on a single monitor PC you don't want it running in the background using resources playing videos and music and such while you are trying to play games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnormX Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 That does make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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