PC -Origin's overlay (Shift + F1) is active even when disabled (Performance)

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Product: Battlefield 2042Platform:PCPlease specify your platform model. PCAMD or Nvidia Model Number 6900XTEnter RAM memory size in GB 32Are you using any software with an overlay? YesIf yes, can you list them here? Origin - thats the point of this reportIf you disable this software, does that have any effect? YesWhich part of the game is the issue happening in? MultiplayerWhich part of the mode? ConquestPlease select your region EuropeOn which server did this happen? EveryWhen did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) 30.11.2021Summarize your bug Origin overlay (Shift + F1) is active even when fully disabled in OriginSettings. There is no "casual" way to disable it. If disabled by not loading/deleting the .dll inside of origin the game runs much smoother. This has to be fixed, I use a beefy mashine but can tell the differnece, two friends reported much better frametime stability und less laggy gameplay, too. Please reproduce this and apply thiis easy fix. I bet the overlay is active for every PC Player even when we were sure to have it diabled for performance reasons. Nobody has to be forced to use a overlay. On some configurations overlays have a massive impact.How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Disable the Overlay in Origins main settings and Origins game settings. Open the game, press Shift + F1. See the now visable Origin overlay that keept waiting for key inputs since we installed the game.What happens when the bug occurs? Worse perfomance compared to no overlay.What should be happening instead? Overlay should be not loaded in game if we disable it.‌Origins overlay (Shift + F1) ist active even when disabled, There is a smoothness/performance impact.

ea_atic · Answer

@SterlingARCH3R&nbsp;@SZett&nbsp;&nbsp;

If you go to game properties, the first new window you can disable Origin in the game and that should work.&nbsp;

/Atic

sterlingarch3r · Answer

Yes, I noticed this, too. In the meantime, you should bind SHIFT + F1 to something very difficult (practically impossible) to combo hit while in-game to prevent accidentally hitting the keys. I do SHIFT + Pause. I also set the Windows shortcut right below the Origin In-Game keyboard shortcut to something obscure, too (i.e. SHIFT + Scroll Lock).

sterlingarch3r · Answer

@EA_Atic&nbsp;Thanks I just remembered that there's a setting for each game, too lol, in case one wants to disable Origin In-Game for all games except for some.

szett · Answer

Hi, thanks for your quick reply. But: Did you press Shift+F1 in the game yourself after disabling it in both places? ;-)

Im asking, because the overlay still pops up (Shift + F1) ingame. Thats for me (Play Pro) and a friend (buyed Version)... even when disabled in origin's global- AND in this individual per game setting. That's the reason I opend this report. Is it just for us, or for everone? ;-)

Only renaming the overlays corresponding .dll file in origins install folder prevented the overlay from beeing loaded and active all the time. Thats no nice "fix" for the typical user.

The overlay is active in the background even when the shortcut is not pressed (...waiting for the shortcut). So just changing the hotkeys does not improve the performance.

The game decides itself to load the .dll inside origin, it seems. No matter what the settings in Origin are. This should not be the case. It 100% affects performance on my System.

Please look into it.

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