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I have XCOM 2 open in windowed mode. On loading screens (they're very long) or dialog sequences I would like to tab out to do other things, like read my emails. Yet I don't think XCOM 2 is working while I'm tabbed out. The animations are all paused. The mission briefing dialog is paused. When I put the attention back on the XCOM2 window it resumes.
How do I make sure it's still running even if I'm not on the window?
After getting your squad together, if you rename your squad member in the customization settings, if you change the name to a specific name the game will make it a "special" XCOM hero. There are two others you can get as XCOM heroes, all discovered through the default.ini configuration settings:
;SUPER SOLDIERS!!
;Sid Meier BodyPartTemplateConfig=(PartType="Head",
TemplateName="Supersoldier1_M",
ArchetypeName="Head_Supersoldier1.ARC_Head_Supersoldier1",
Gender=eGender_Male, Race=eRace_Caucasian, SpecializedType=true)
;Beaglerush BodyPartTemplateConfig=(PartType="Head",
TemplateName="Supersoldier2_M",
ArchetypeName="Head_Supersoldier2.ARC_Head_Supersoldier2",
Gender=eGender_Male, SpecializedType=true) ;VanDoorn
BodyPartTemplateConfig=(PartType="Head",
TemplateName="Supersoldier3_M",
ArchetypeName="Head_Supersoldier3.ARC_Head_Supersoldier3",
Gender=eGender_Male, SpecializedType=true)
So basically, you just need to rename your squad member to either:
In order to get an XCOM hero!
For reference, Peter Van Doorn is a famous NPC you can rescue in XCOM: Enemy Unknown.. Sid Meier is a famous developer who is the creator of the Civilization series and director of Creative Development for Firaxis Games. Beaglerush is a famous XCOM streamer and youtuber.
The survivor of the old war is simply a regular, normal recruit, but wearing an XCOM Enemy Unknown outfit. This is based of a developer's tweet here:
The soldier has a randomized name, will be equipped with "Resistance Warrior Kevlar Armor", and will have a unique bio, e.g.:
A survivor of the old war, Min Ho was a ranking officer within X-Com when the organization fell. He is rumored to have survived the ill-fated pre-war X-Com operation later referred to as the "Kiryu-Kai Disaster".
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I haven't tested this yet for XCOM 2 but I did this in Xcom EU by modifying the baseengine.ini file:
bPauseOnLossOfFocus=FALSE
This file is a standard Unreal Engine file so it should be there for Xcom 2 as well.
Look in: XCOM 2 installation folder/engine/config.
Will double check this when I get home.