0004480: Two tweaks to help dual monitor users - DEV Arcen

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0004480	Valley 1	Gameplay Idea		Oct 1, 2011 10:37 pm	Jan 27, 2012 2:23 pm

Reporter	FallingStar	Assigned To
Status	closed	Resolution	open
Product Version	0.511

Summary	0004480: Two tweaks to help dual monitor users
Description	A couple small things I noticed while playing that are very minor annoyances. 1) It would be nice if the game auto paused when it loses focus. From alt+ tab -- or in dual monitor setups I've found myself aiming towards the edges at a boss and ending up going off the edge of the game into the other screen and clicking it, which caused the resolution to snap back to normal desktop as I listened to bad things happen to my character. 2) Slightly bigger boundaries on the strategic map to scroll view. Can be a bit hard to get the little patch that moves things without wandering over onto the other screen.
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Internal Weight	Feature Suggestion

zebramatt Oct 3, 2011 9:29 am reporter ~0015412	I support (1) strongly. I also support (2), though much less strongly.

jerith Oct 3, 2011 9:42 am reporter ~0015416	Autopausing might be problematic in multiplayer. I'm not sure if it's feasible with Unity, but it might be possible to add an option (defaulting to off!) to have the game steal the mouse cursor and not allow it to leave the bounds of the game window. This would let you alt-tab out, but would make it less likely that you accidentally click outside the game window and suddenly type a whole string of movement commands to your boss in Skype or whatever. This kind of behaviour is incredibly hostile to people who haven't specifically asked for it, though, so it really shouldn't be the default.

zebramatt Oct 3, 2011 9:47 am reporter ~0015419	"I'm not sure if it's feasible with Unity, but it might be possible to add an option (defaulting to off!) to have the game steal the mouse cursor and not allow it to leave the bounds of the game window. This would let you alt-tab out, but would make it less likely that you accidentally click outside the game window and suddenly type a whole string of movement commands to your boss in Skype or whatever." In many ways, that's better anyway.

GrimerX Oct 25, 2011 12:14 am reporter ~0017101	+1 on the multimon "lost focus" fix. I'm okay with having the mouse fixed to the game window, as long as I can alt-tab out of it easily (I often have the browser open into the wiki, or whatever)

tigersfan Jan 27, 2012 2:23 pm reporter ~0018252	Unfortunately, this isn't possible yet with the Unity engine. Hopefully soon.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Oct 1, 2011 10:37 pm	FallingStar	New Issue
Oct 3, 2011 9:27 am	tigersfan	Internal Weight	=> Feature Suggestion
Oct 3, 2011 9:27 am	tigersfan	Status	new => considering
Oct 3, 2011 9:29 am	zebramatt	Note Added: 0015412
Oct 3, 2011 9:42 am	jerith	Note Added: 0015416
Oct 3, 2011 9:47 am	zebramatt	Note Added: 0015419
Oct 24, 2011 2:44 am	zebramatt	Relationship added	parent of 0004983
Oct 25, 2011 12:14 am	GrimerX	Note Added: 0017101
Jan 27, 2012 2:23 pm	tigersfan	Note Added: 0018252
Jan 27, 2012 2:23 pm	tigersfan	Status	considering => closed
Apr 14, 2014 9:30 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Category	Suggestion - Gameplay => Gameplay Idea