I have brought this up before, but I really think something should be done. However, I'd rather get some agreement on the matter before committing any changes.
Warzone currently pauses everything when it loses focus. This has two shortcomings: 1. Some people (such as myself) likely want to be able to play with Warzone in a window and, for instance, let their tanks drive across the map in the background while they talk on IM or work on something. If the game pauses when it's not the foreground window, this doesn't work. 2. Warzone doesn't just pause the gameplay, but it pauses everything else when it is in the background. This includes the menu. To see what I mean, run Warzone in a window and, as soon as it creates the window, change to another application while it loads. The loading bar will run until it is done loading and then appear to lock up, until you give focus back to Warzone. Once you do that, the menu will display. Any argument in favor of #1 being correct behavior notwithstanding, this is simply wrong. What I propose is this: 1. Fix #2 above. There is no justification for the game doing that. 2. Provide an option to let the user select from three modes when the game is in the background: a) Pause and mute b) Mute only c) Neither pause nor mute This should let everyone be happy. Any thoughts? Ari _______________________________________________ Warzone-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/warzone-dev
