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c/games · by clanginator@lemmy.world · 2y

Nyrna - a Linux/Windows tool to suspend/resume games and applications

https://github.com/Merrit/nyrna

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6862577

This doesn't do anything particularly revolutionary, but it does give you a nice GUI with the ability to assign hotkeys to suspend/resume.

Useful if you want console-like game suspend to quick-switch between games, or if you're just trying to save on the electricity bill.

EDIT to add: suspended apps stay in RAM/VRAM, so be aware of your specs/game requirements if you're trying to achieve console-like "game switching". Also, could be incredibly useful for mobile gamers to save on battery/cool down the device a bit while not playing for a minute or two.

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Haui@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 2y (6 replies)

I recently found out that a game I played froze when my pc went into auto suspend. Does this help with it too? Thanks for making this.

ogeist@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

According to the FAQ it doesn't help for your case. But they suggest another too. Maybe give that a look.

Haui@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 2y

Thanks! Will do!

clanginator@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I maybe wasn't clear, I didn't make this, I just found it and figured folks here could benefit from knowing about it!

But no clue if it'll help with that, worth a shot tho.

Haui@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 2y

Thanks for clearing that up. Thanks for sharing then. Maybe someone else knows this.

Dyskolos@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)
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Haui@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2y

Thanks for the tipp! Currently, I have a bit of a problem with hibernation. My proprietary gpu driver sends me to blackscreen and forces me to hard reboot. So that I might need to fix first. :)

rikudou@lemmings.world · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I'd love that integrated into Steam Deck.

LiveLM@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Not the same as native integration, but there is a decky plugin that does this:
https://github.com/popsUlfr/SDH-PauseGames

rikudou@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 2y

Thanks, will check it out!

Moneo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Thank you for edit OP. I was wondering if this would be a good solution to trying to play 3 mins of Dark Souls while waiting for my rocket league teammates to join up. If I run two games at once my PC usually freaks the fuck out.

(still a cool app, thanks for the link)

Also I just noticed this is a crosspost, oops.

Anduin1357@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y

Is this any different from Windows suspend/resume? The feature built into task manager seems to free up RAM on the system.

uis@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

At some point I thought about CRIU

wim@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y (4 replies)

I made a similar thing a couple of years ago, but there is no UI or configurability: https://github.com/wvdschel/pause_process

clanginator@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Nice! If I wasn't using the custom hotkey I'd jump to this for sake of keeping things lightweight. Thanks for sharing.

wim@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

It has a global hotkey, but it's hardcoded to the pause button (Fn+P on most keyboards that lack a pause button).

clanginator@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Yeah, I just use pause for music, and I have a macropad with f13-18 so I just set one to trigger suspend.

wim@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y

Makes sense.