[SOLVED] Window focus problem on Windows with Vulkan

RetroArch Windows devices
#1

OK, I know the title is not very explanatory. :smiley: I’ll try to be more clear : on Windows 10, with Vulkan, every time I launch a game, or press F1 to go to the menu, the whole screen goes black : that’s because Windows loses Retroarch’s window’s focus and I have to Alt + Tab to the Retroarch window. Everytime. It’s pretty annoying, especially when you try a lot of different settings for a game and so, you have to go to the Retroarch menu a lot.

Retroarch is set to “Fullscreen = yes” and “Windowed fullscreen = no”. Is anyone else experiencing this ?

#2

yes. its a big problem. And it annoys the hell out of me too. I wish there was a way to fix it.

#3

Are you using a frontend by chance? I have a lot of issues with window focus because of my HyperSpin setup. Sometimes if it isn’t pulled up for at least 5 seconds before I launch RetroArch again it takes the focus off of RA and does this.

#4

Yes, I use EmulationStation. Tomorrow I will try to launch RetroArch without the frontend to see if that’s the problem.

#5

So, I just tested without the ES frontend and the problem still occurs. :confused:

#6

I have exact same issue. Been bugging me for weeks. Wondered if changing video driver would help. Isolated problem to Vulkan. Googling then found this thread.

#7

This might be fixed as of the latest retroarch nightly. They recently fixed a problem with nvidias vulkan drivers.

#8

It is fixed indeed ! Amazing, thanks a lot to the devs ! :smiley:

#9

Yep, switching to the nightlies worked for me. Thanks!