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How to fix the game pauses when minimized

By snowcat

This guide contains instructions on how to fix the problem of pausing the game when it is minimized or covered.

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snowcat
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Category: Modding or Configuration

Languages: English

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31 Dec, 2021 @ 2:02am

19 Apr, 2024 @ 3:20am

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Guide Index

Overview

Introduction

Steps

Comments

Introduction

I am not good at English, so I am writing this guide using machine translation.
Therefore, there may be some parts that are not correct.

The Japanese version of this guide (and the cause of the problem) can be found here.
このガイドの日本語版(および不具合の原因)はこちらから見ることが出来ます。

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2701810314

Addendum (4.19.2024): We have released a mod that fixes this problem!
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3226515778

Steps

1. Open the following file.

Steam\steamapps\common\Cookie Clicker\resources\app\start.js

2. Find the following code.
It's probably in line 36.

3. Add the following code to the top of the webPreferences property.
(Don't forget the comma after "false")

backgroundThrottling: false,

If it looks like this image, you are good to go.

Restart CookieClicker after saving and it should work fine.

12 Comments

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sambrands 14 Apr @ 12:26am

Does having the game in the background also affect cookie production? Like when it's not minimized, but just not in focus.

jag 20 Oct, 2024 @ 6:47am

How do I know it worked?

James 26 Sep, 2023 @ 4:55am

worked for me, thanks!

Feyniphia Raybrandt 10 May, 2023 @ 3:45am

Thank you!

ONLY AT TheNovimatrem@gmail.com 19 Jan, 2023 @ 4:11am

Thank you very much

Faelar Heal-Leaf 25 Nov, 2022 @ 9:18am

Dude I have been looking for a guide to fix this for a while now. You're a life safer

Porky Pig 16 Feb, 2022 @ 9:58am

Thank you

frod 24 Jan, 2022 @ 12:09pm

Ok this really changed my game, thanks ! I recommend everyone running the game 24/7 to do this

paju 23 Jan, 2022 @ 8:56am

jeffallen55 15 Jan, 2022 @ 11:47am

@SinisterShadow, you need to edit the .js rather than run it. You can use basically any text editor. I used WordPad.

And thank you @snowcat for this guide! This had been such a pain.

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