trujuice 56 Posted November 19, 2015 I know that I have already made this statement before but not officially in the suggestion section. But please implement proper window mode. I run in window mode now but the game pauses video feed if the DayZ game window is not active. I hate this because if I get a message/email/call/etc in on one of my other screens I cannot interact with it without making sure I am in a safe place or exit altogether. Please DayZ Dev team implement correct game windowing. Some of us like to multitask while playing. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OnionOfShame 138 Posted November 19, 2015 If you add -nopause to your launch parameters it should fix this issue. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trujuice 56 Posted November 19, 2015 Oh, where oh where have you been all my DayZ life! Thanks Onion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cash81 506 Posted November 19, 2015 But that breaks immersion... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OnionOfShame 138 Posted November 19, 2015 But that breaks immersion...Do you mean windowed mode breaks immersion? In that case I agree to an extent, it's a tradeoff. Running the game in windowed mode increases my FPS significantly and allows me to safely use the -winxp launch parameter which increases it even further (for those who don't know, it increases FPS but stops you from alt+tabbing without crashing), and personally I find extremely low framerate more immersion-breaking than the window. This is why DayZ needs a borderless windowed mode! However there are ways to alleviate the issue somewhat. If you make your window color one which does not contrast with the game colors greatly (personally I use a dark bluish teal color but I'm sure there are better colors) and set the Taskbar to auto-hide when you open the game, the windowed effect is much less apparent. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cash81 506 Posted November 20, 2015 Do you mean windowed mode breaks immersion? In that case I agree to an extent, it's a tradeoff. Running the game in windowed mode increases my FPS significantly and allows me to safely use the -winxp launch parameter which increases it even further (for those who don't know, it increases FPS but stops you from alt+tabbing without crashing), and personally I find extremely low framerate more immersion-breaking than the window. This is why DayZ needs a borderless windowed mode! However there are ways to alleviate the issue somewhat. If you make your window color one which does not contrast with the game colors greatly (personally I use a dark bluish teal color but I'm sure there are better colors) and set the Taskbar to auto-hide when you open the game, the windowed effect is much less apparent.So the only safe way to use -winxp launch is by running in windows mode? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OnionOfShame 138 Posted November 21, 2015 So the only safe way to use -winxp launch is by running in windows mode?It's the only way that I know of personally, but I'm sure there are other workarounds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cash81 506 Posted November 21, 2015 It's the only way that I know of personally, but I'm sure there are other workaroundsWhat OS are you using currently? Im running win10 and am thinking of trying out -winxp launch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OnionOfShame 138 Posted November 22, 2015 What OS are you using currently? Im running win10 and am thinking of trying out -winxp launch Personally I'm running on windows 8. I hAve a friend who playS on windows 10 and I think this launch parameter crashes his game on startup, but I'm not quite sure that was the cause. I'd test it yourself to find out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
