Paused game unpauses when pressing shift+tab to view Steam while in game

Age of Empires II: DE II - Report a Bug
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:arrow_forward: GAME INFORMATION

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  • GAME BUILD #: 101.102.17051.0
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10

:arrow_forward: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

:point_down: DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL (below). LIMIT TO ONE BUG PER THREAD.
Paused game unpauses when pressing shift+tab to view Steam while in game. This happens at least when I’m playing campaigns and want to chat / browse achievements / etc. The game is automatically paused when jumping to Steam view, thought, and that is a good feature. My hypothesis is that the quality of life feature was added at some point to pause the game when jumping to the Steam view, but this functionality also unpauses the game when it was already paused before pressing shift+tab.

:arrow_forward: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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  • 25% of the time / matches I play (SOMETIMES)

:arrow_forward: REPRODUCTION STEPS

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Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Go to any game (the issue should be present at least in single player)
  2. Pause the game
  3. Press shift+tab to see Steam view, game unpauses itself but it definitely should not unpause

:arrow_forward: EXPECTED RESULT

:point_down: What was SUPPOSED to happen if the bug you encountered were not present?
If the game is paused and you shift+tab, the game should stay paused and should not unpause.

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Thanks for this report, I talked with the team about your suggestion :slight_smile:

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:arrow_forward: GAME INFORMATION

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  • GAME BUILD #: 85611
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10

:arrow_forward: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

:point_down: DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL (below). LIMIT TO ONE BUG PER THREAD.
Normally, when opening the steam overlay whilst in game, the game is paused. This is desirable.
However, when the steam overlay is opened whilst the game is paused, the game will unpause itself.
Notably, the game will also unpause itself when the player is in an menu, which isn’t normally possible in singleplayer.

:arrow_forward: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

  • 100% of the time / matches I play (ALWAYS)

:arrow_forward: REPRODUCTION STEPS

Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Start a singleplayer game.
  2. Make sure there’s some movement happening on the screen.
  3. Press escape.
  4. Open the steam overlay.
  5. Notice how your units are moving around again behind all the menus.

Alternatively:

  1. Start a singleplayer game.
  2. Open the steam overlay. This pauses the game.
  3. Close the steam overlay. The game remains paused.
  4. Open the steam overlay again. The game is now unpaused.

:arrow_forward: EXPECTED RESULT

:point_down: What was SUPPOSED to happen if the bug you encountered were not present?
Opening the steam overlay should never unpause the game.
Ideally, opening or closing the steam overlay should behave the same way as opening and closing any menu (main menu, diplomacy, objectives) in game. Since hte steam overlay and an ingame menu can be open at the same time, opening or closing the steam overlay whilst in any menu shouldn’t alter the game’s state at all.

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