Chrome and firefox no longer allow new opened windows to continue until focused?!

[DreamRJ]

So I noticed for about the last 2 weeks that something has seriously changed....... When I open multiple tabs and move them to new windows for example and have 2 slots playing in each window, in the past it would let me play them while that window was not in focus or minimized it would still continue autoplay in the background..

But now it will not let me do this what so ever. When I move a new tab to a new window it completely pauses it and does not continue until it is focused........

So for example doing the battle nights at Videoslots casino are now more painful.

I also noticed it does it on YouTube videos too. If I open multiple tabs and put each tab in a new window each with its own video playing, it pauses them all until I go back to them......?

Is anyone else having this same issue now?

It is really really frustrating, it appears gone are the days of multi tasking and watching and playing various slots at the same time.........

Thanks in advance.....

 

[ESCJAMIE]

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So I noticed for about the last 2 weeks that something has seriously changed....... When I open multiple tabs and move them to new windows for example and have 2 slots playing in each window, in the past it would let me play them while that window was not in focus or minimized it would still continue autoplay in the background..

But now it will not let me do this what so ever. When I move a new tab to a new window it completely pauses it and does not continue until it is focused........

So for example doing the battle nights at Videoslots casino are now more painful.

I also noticed it does it on YouTube videos too. If I open multiple tabs and put each tab in a new window each with its own video playing, it pauses them all until I go back to them......?

Is anyone else having this same issue now?

It is really really frustrating, it appears gone are the days of multi tasking and watching and playing various slots at the same time.........

Thanks in advance.....

Yup new update with chrome, its horrible, if you make the tabs just smaller than full screen then it works like before but if you are on a full screen tab the one behind it wont work at all

 

[dionysus]

I'm in firefox and it lets me use multiple windows and did on Monday's battles.

To test, I currently have 2 songs in 2 different tabs on youtube and both songs are playing as I'm posting here.

 

[DreamRJ]

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Yup new update with chrome, its horrible, if you make the tabs just smaller than full screen then it works like before but if you are on a full screen tab the one behind it wont work at all

Ok at least I know I am not alone then. I had a feeling it might have been an update...... But resizing the windows does not help at all really. I really got no idea why they even did this update then. It has to be one of the most stupidest things to add in an update!

I'm in firefox and it lets me use multiple windows and did on Monday's battles.

To test, I currently have 2 songs in 2 different tabs on youtube and both songs are playing as I'm posting here.

I tested it in firefox and it is the same as in chrome for me.........

 

[sufferinsilence]

I'm in firefox and it lets me use multiple windows and did on Monday's battles.

To test, I currently have 2 songs in 2 different tabs on youtube and both songs are playing as I'm posting here.

On Chrome sound will keep on going but video or anything else will stop so the video will be frozen or a slot will stop playing...

This has been a bug, or feature (?), in an earlier version of Chrome too. I don't like Firefox, it does something funny with my internet connection for some reason I can't figure out.

 

[dionysus]

I tested it in firefox and it is the same as in chrome for me.........

weird
just tried again, and still both songs play; and thats whether i have both songs same window, 2 tabs, or 2 different windows..still works

 

[DreamRJ]

Hang on a minute. I just clicked about in chrome and it said restart to complete a new update. Version 86.0.4240.111 - the version I had before the update was Version 86.0.4240.75

I now just tested it on YouTube again and now it lets me open Multiple videos playing at the same time in tabs or windows again? Maybe they have now fixed it again? And it was just a bug?

Firefox though is still the same @dionysus.

I will test it on slots when I have the money to play 2 at the same time and see if it is now fixed or not.......

 

[DreamRJ]

I will miss the Thursday battle night too. But I saw the slot choice anyway and they are bad picks lol....... So I am not missing much...

 

[Kroffe]

I swapped to Edge when i first noticed it 2ish weeks back.
Firefox is a bit shit for slots imo, but Edge works just as well, if not better than chrome.

 

[CertaCas]

I have the same problem with Chrome, slots stop playing and sound turns back on even when I have manually muted it when the window gets focus. I'm on 86.0.4240.111 as well but I still have the problem.

My workaround is to have every window be visible on my monitor, even if it's just a tiny sliver they keep running. I work on a 34" ultrawide so it's not really a problem, only annoyance is that I can't snap windows to a certain position anymore, they all have to overlap and still be visible, whatever window I click.

Hopefully this gets sorted or somebody figures out what has changed.

 

[Downsman]

I prefer Edge over Chrome...Firefox never seems as smooth as the other two for slotting.

 

[shadow123]

Anyone else having problems with slow graphics with Chrome on pc ?,Mecca and Grosvenor are almost
unplayable now due to slow game loading stuttering reels,its painful.
Using opera now which works fine,but prefer to use Chrome.Spent hours trying to bottom the problem
but it sounds like its down to an update.Dont think you can load previous versions of chrome without
a lot of messing about, i was hoping to run a pre update one to check it out out

 

[Downsman]

Google Chrome is up to date
Version 86.0.4240.111 (Official Build) (64-bit)

On Sky at the moment with the above version of Chrome..all running smooth.
Using a Win 10 laptop.

 

[09237653]

If anyone works out a fix for this let us know cos its fricking annoying.
For now a work around I found is to use non maximized windows.

 

[judgenico]

Anyone else having problems with slow graphics with Chrome on pc ?,Mecca and Grosvenor are almost
unplayable now due to slow game loading stuttering reels,its painful.
Using opera now which works fine,but prefer to use Chrome.Spent hours trying to bottom the problem
but it sounds like its down to an update.Dont think you can load previous versions of chrome without
a lot of messing about, i was hoping to run a pre update one to check it out out

yep same here doing my head in chrome and edge thought id try on my phone similar issues on chrome glad ive seen this thread thought it was strange

 

[shadow123]

Only getting problems on pc, on phone and tablet chrome is fine,tried 2 pc,s exactly the same.

 

[DreamRJ]

Yep the issue is not fixed. So it appears I am not alone then.....

I suppose I will have to use Edge for the battle nights and battle weekends at VS then....

I hope it gets fixed soon, it is the most irritating thing ever implemented in chrome!

 

[deanparkr]

Thank-goodness I came across this thread. I assumed originally that this was some new crazy UKGC thing to enforce that slots have to be visible at all times when playing!

Hopefully Chrome will address this issue soon.

 

[Reelsoffun]

Thank-goodness I came across this thread. I assumed originally that this was some new crazy UKGC thing to enforce that slots have to be visible at all times when playing!

Hopefully Chrome will address this issue soon.

Don't give them ideas FFS!! lol

 

[09237653]

Found the fix for this:

Open Chrome and type in the address bar chrome://flags/ then go to or search for " Calculate window occlusion on Windows " and disable it.

enjoy.

 

[Kroffe]

Found the fix for this:

Open Chrome and type in the address bar chrome://flags/ then go to or search for " Calculate window occlusion on Windows " and disable it.

enjoy.

 

[Oscar Arnhem]

Found the fix for this:

Open Chrome and type in the address bar chrome://flags/ then go to or search for " Calculate window occlusion on Windows " and disable it.

enjoy.

thx M8

 

[sufferinsilence]

Found the fix for this:

Open Chrome and type in the address bar chrome://flags/ then go to or search for " Calculate window occlusion on Windows " and disable it.

enjoy.

 

[DreamRJ]

Found the fix for this:

Open Chrome and type in the address bar chrome://flags/ then go to or search for " Calculate window occlusion on Windows " and disable it.

enjoy.

OMG, thanks soo much for this fix...... I wonder what else that setting does though. I hope it does not affect or cause other issues to arise down the line lol. But thanks a lot

I have a feeling that google will delete this flag soon so we can not disable it They do this all the time....... at least the battle weekend next week will be much more bearable now

 

[09237653]

Its apparently there for PCs with low memory but seeing as most PCs from the last decade or so have 8gb-16gb or more it shouldn't be a problem, I suppose it might cause issues on a system with 4gb or less especially if you have a lot of windows open as Chrome can be a ram hog.