From 047e1e8b74923b11da12643730e3644d8c707ca9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rachael Alexanderson <madame-rachelle@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2025 21:42:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] - remove priority changing code entirely - replace with
 `vid_lowerinbackground` which activates FPS capping in background

---
 src/common/platform/win32/i_input.cpp | 12 ------------
 src/d_net.cpp                         |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/common/platform/win32/i_input.cpp b/src/common/platform/win32/i_input.cpp
index 5c25c30190..fb6ff300f2 100644
--- a/src/common/platform/win32/i_input.cpp
+++ b/src/common/platform/win32/i_input.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ EXTERN_CVAR(Bool, i_pauseinbackground);
 
 
 CVAR (Bool, k_allowfullscreentoggle, true, CVAR_ARCHIVE|CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
-CVAR (Bool, i_allowprioritychange, true, CVAR_ARCHIVE|CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
 
 static void I_CheckGUICapture ()
 {
@@ -486,17 +485,6 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc (HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 
 	case WM_ACTIVATEAPP:
 		AppActive = (wParam == TRUE);
-		if (!i_pauseinbackground && i_allowprioritychange)
-		{
-			if (wParam)
-			{
-				SetPriorityClass (GetCurrentProcess (), INGAME_PRIORITY_CLASS);
-			}
-			else if (!noidle && !(sysCallbacks.NetGame && sysCallbacks.NetGame()))
-			{
-				SetPriorityClass (GetCurrentProcess (), IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS);
-			}
-		}
 		S_SetSoundPaused (wParam);
 		break;
 
diff --git a/src/d_net.cpp b/src/d_net.cpp
index d7eb63bd5b..07586bbad4 100644
--- a/src/d_net.cpp
+++ b/src/d_net.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ extern FString	savegamefile;
 
 extern short consistancy[MAXPLAYERS][BACKUPTICS];
 
+extern bool AppActive;
+
 #define netbuffer (doomcom.data)
 
 enum { NET_PeerToPeer, NET_PacketServer };
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ static int	oldentertics;
 extern	bool	 advancedemo;
 
 CVAR(Bool, vid_dontdowait, false, CVAR_ARCHIVE|CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
+CVAR(Bool, vid_lowerinbackground, true, CVAR_ARCHIVE|CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
 
 CVAR(Bool, net_ticbalance, false, CVAR_SERVERINFO | CVAR_NOSAVE)
 CUSTOM_CVAR(Int, net_extratic, 0, CVAR_SERVERINFO | CVAR_NOSAVE)
@@ -1885,6 +1888,9 @@ void TryRunTics (void)
 	if (vid_dontdowait && ((vid_maxfps > 0) || (vid_vsync == true)))
 		doWait = false;
 
+	if (!AppActive && vid_lowerinbackground)
+		doWait = true;
+
 	// get real tics
 	if (doWait)
 	{