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HTML5 game pauses?

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Solvius

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When I run my HTML5 game in a tab and I go to an other tab, then the game pauses.
Can I make it so that the game will keep on running when I am in a other tab?
 
YellowAfterlife

YellowAfterlife

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This is a thing enforced by browser - if the tab is inactive, the game is only allowed one "frame" per several seconds. This is best workarounded by measuring the time since last frame (via current_time, for example) and applying the changes in bulk when user switches back to the game.
 
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Solvius

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YellowAfterlife said:
This is a thing enforced by browser - if the tab is inactive, the game is only allowed one "frame" per several seconds. This is best workarounded by measuring the time since last frame (via current_time, for example) and applying the changes in bulk when user switches back to the game.
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Thank you. Thats not a option for my game. I have enemy's running around and such so I have no changes in bulk. The game actually needs to run along.
 
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