Games using wayland if unfocused might crash or timeout from servers

[AzureMaris]

I was playing PEAK on Steam using the following environment variables: LD_PRELOAD="" PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 mangohud game-performance %command%.

I noticed that if I focus on another window, PEAK will eventually disconnect from the servers. This issue does not occur when using KDE Plasma.

Additionally, when PEAK is running in windowed mode, it crashes if it's not focused during launch. I've observed similar behavior in other games as well — for example, Minecraft running through Wayland crashes if it doesn't have focus at startup.

[vaxerski]

use the keep rendering windowrule

[UjinT34]

If OBS helps try render:direct_scanout = 0. OBS should block DS by blocking HW cursors. Some games aren't happy with losing focus while DS is active. Might be a DS deactivation bug or some weird wine interaction with fake "exclusive" fullscreen.

[kensad-ops]

isn't direct_scanout default value is 0 already ?

[AzureMaris]

yes, direct_scanout default value is 0

[AzureMaris]

@vaxerski if it is alright, can u reopen this?

[vaxerski]

sure

[MithicSpirit]

The issue here might be that renderunfocused doesn't work with Wine's/Proton's native Wayland backend. I have also been having issues with this in all games I've tested when vsync is on (Warframe, PoE2, Eve), and there have been similar reports on the discord (here).

[PixsaOJ]

I dont use this rule

[MithicSpirit]

Well, then maybe you should try it. See vaxerski's comment above.

[PixsaOJ]

I don't really know which rule is keep rendering windowrule. is it render_unfocused_fps

[MithicSpirit]

@PixsaOJ The window rule is render_unfocused (see https://wiki.hypr.land/Configuring/Window-Rules/#dynamic-effects). This makes it so clients are rendered even when they're not visible (although, as I mentioned above, it may have issues with native wayland clients rather than xwayland). The framerate at which these clients are rendered is configurable with the setting render_unfocused_fps; the default of 15 should be more than good enough.

[PixsaOJ]

Ah no effect then. Ive tried applying it using tags or fullscreen apps. fps goes lower than 15.

[OrigamingWasTaken]

I'm also getting this issue with THE FINALS, using wayland on proton-ge.

[alper-han]

I had similar issues, setting direct_scanout=0 resolved the problem.
proton-ge & nvidia & PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 & Fullscreen
Path of Exile 2

[PixsaOJ]

Overwatch and Marvel Rivals have this issue, could be after update to nvidia 590.

Overwatch also disconnects from servers.