Feature Request - Specify a window/app to pause/unpause instead of active window

[JReming85]

Hi there,

Loving the program so far and seems to be better then my previous setup of using Cheat Engine to pause the process or set the speed to 0.01

However could you possible add a new feature to add a hotkey to suspend a predefined window/application?

I mainly use this for gaming, and I generally use a controller while also not having the game window as active.. (browsing web, watching videos or anime, etc) and would like to just pause without needing to click back into the game.

Think this is a feature you would be interested in implementing?

[Merrit]

We could probably add an optional command line argument, so that it would be possible to specify maybe the executable you want suspended - something like:

nyrna --toggle --exe=darksouls.exe

Then just add that command to a shortcut for your system, and create as many as you like. Would that work for your uses?

[JReming85]

That would work, but I would also like a hotkey so I can easily trigger it from my controller.

I am sure I can figure a way to run a link/cmd via a macro but would be so much easier if I could just set a special hotkey

Thanks

[Merrit]

I will give it some thought :)

[JReming85]

Appreciate it

[Merrit]

I added the ability to assign a hotkey to specific apps.

Please give this a try and let me know if that works for you. :)

Nyrna-Windows-Portable.zip
Nyrna-Linux-Portable.tar.gz

[JReming85]

You are a rockstar!!! Testing it now

[JReming85]

Not sure whats goings on but it keeps crashing on Win 11 for me Faulting application name: nyrna.exe, version: 2.16.0.0, time stamp: 0x64c94c5b Faulting module name: ucrtbase.dll, version: 10.0.22621.436, time stamp: 0xf5fc15a3 Exception code: 0xc0000409 Fault offset: 0x000000000007f61e Faulting process id: 0x0x79B4 Faulting application start time: 0x0x1D9C4C0572AEEFC Faulting application path: C:\Users\Jeremyr\AppData\Roaming\Nyrna\nyrna.exe Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\ucrtbase.dll Report Id: e687ee2d-9680-427b-abea-3ea184d5ba0c Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID:

[Merrit]

That is weird. I'll spin up a Windows 11 machine so I can test it.

[JReming85]

Appreciate it, might be time to reinstall windows on my main pc… or switch to linux full time

[Merrit]

Alright, think I have fixed that now. Please give this one a try. 🤞

Nyrna-Windows-Portable.zip
Nyrna-Linux-Portable.tar.gz

[JReming85]

This is awesome, thank you again for working on this!

[Merrit]

I'll take it that means it works for you 😁

[JReming85]

Sorry for the late update. Yes it was working great.

Seemed to have a bit of delay in the game I was playing but will test it with others tonight

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[JReming85]

2 big issues so far

1. I can't change the global hotkey. It crashes right before/after it captures the new one
2. It is extremely slow to pause/unpause, both globally and specific windows.

Log error
  ERROR ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  ERROR │ PathAccessException: Cannot delete file, path = 'C:\Users\Jeremyr\AppData\Roaming\com.example\nyrna\log.txt' (OS Error: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
  ERROR │ , errno = 32)
  ERROR ├┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄
  ERROR │ #0   _checkForErrorResponse (dart:io/common.dart:55)
  ERROR │ #1   _File._delete.<anonymous closure> (dart:io/file_impl.dart:315)
  ERROR │ #2   <asynchronous suspension>
  ERROR │ #3   LoggingManager.initialize (package:nyrna/logs/logging_manager.dart:37)
  ERROR │ #4   <asynchronous suspension>
  ERROR │ #5   _VerboseLoggingTileState.build.<anonymous closure> (package:nyrna/settings/settings_page.dart:114)
  ERROR │ #6   <asynchronous suspension>
  ERROR ├┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄
  ERROR │ ⛔ Uncaught platform error
  ERROR └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

[Merrit]

That's weird. Does it crash if you try to bind different keys, or have you just tried one? Maybe try something like Ctrl + F10? More Windows testing!

Thanks for providing such helpful info to help troubleshoot! 💙

[JReming85]

My keyboard has F1-F22 and I generally use F23-F24 for my controller. It was originally set to F24 and I tried setting F15, F19, F20, Insert, Delete No combos but can give it a shot later today. Also it looks like it's having trouble accessing the logging file and I have seen that same error attached up to 3 times when toggling verbose logging on/off Hope this helps, lmk if you need me to try anything else

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[Merrit]

Confirmed the crash on my end by using Insert, think I've fixed that bug - should fix the same issue with other keys if it was the same problem.

Also fixed an issue with the logger, at the least it shouldn't cause a crash now.

Please give this build a shot :)

Nyrna-Linux-Portable.tar.gz
Nyrna-Windows-Portable.zip

[JReming85]

Looking good,

Logging just shows There was an issue creating the log file. but I feel you already know that.

Can set/change both global + specific hotkeys just time.

1 thing I noticed, which you might not have implemented yet is the Verbose Logging is not persistent across restarts and the still 3-5 sec actual pause delay.

But great job!

[Merrit]

Logging just shows There was an issue creating the log file. but I feel you already know that.

Yeah, Windows being Windows. I will continue looking into it, thanks for bringing it to my attention! :)

Verbose Logging is not persistent across restarts

That will be in the next build.

pause delay

Might not be a whole lot to do about this, Windows makes this sort of thing nearly impossible. I'll add it to the todo list to see if it can be improved.

Can set/change both global + specific hotkeys just time.

🎉 Glad to hear it is working now! Thanks again for the troubleshooting, you gave great info and it was a big help. 💙

[JReming85]

Looking forward to the next build. Just want to say the previous official release does an instant pause for me, just the specific app build delays the pause.

[Merrit]

Hmm, after testing it some more I can only reproduce the issue on Windows 11; both Windows 10 and Linux suspend instantly, though for me it also happens with the most recent stable build.

[Merrit]

@JReming85

Windows performance should see a marked improvement with v2.17.0. 🎉

[JReming85]

Awesome, thank you!