Game keeps minimizing to desktop?
Am I the only one having the game keep minimizing to desktop? I played fine for 5 hours then suddenly my game minimized itself. The game is still running, I can hear the music, but I can't get it to ...
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JoostinOnline wrote:
To me it seems like it was happening whenever I'd get an achievement. It's stopped happening though. I'm note sure if that's because I moved on to Mass Effect 3, or if it it's something else.
Yes, it happens if you get an achievement.
In that moment you get an achievement an Origin overlay is displayed on the right bottom corner of the display, and if a program that also has an overlay, like discord, is running in the background an interference between this too prompts Windows to "think" that an other application window got priority over the game and minimizes it.
@holger1405 It also happens when no other program is running (maybe OBS is causing it as well, but it has no overlay), only Origin.
So far I've tested it only with Mass Effect (haven't played ME2 or ME3).
It also only happens once. After the first minimization, no further minimizations occur.
So far I've tested it only with Mass Effect (haven't played ME2 or ME3).
It also only happens once. After the first minimization, no further minimizations occur.
OBS is a Steaming and Broadcast software, so there are without a doubt overlay and hookup APIs used.
Easiest way would to disable OBS and test.
It is also possible that the Origin overlay alone can cause this problems on some systems.
Hey all,
I just recently recorded with OBS again but this time had Origin In-Game disabled (it still displayed the FPS counter and showed achievements and friends going on/off/playing). It did not minimize when either notification appeared. With Origin In-Game enabled, it'd have minimized on the first notification (and only once, for me).
So if your game minimizes or keeps minimizing, try disabling Origin In-Game in the Origin client settings.
