The screen enter into sleep mode during the game

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Hello,

My Windows 10 settings are set to 5 minutes to put the screen into sleep mode.
In game, after 5 minutes without moving the mouse (I’m driving with a FFB Wheel), the screen turns into sleep mode and the game pauses. I just have to move the mouse, and press the continue button to continue the race, but it’s boring.
Waiting for a better solution I’ve set my Windows 10 settings to 15 minutes, no more problem during short races, but is there another way to solve the problem, or is it a known issue that will be fixed soon ?
My screen is an Asus PG279Q, G-sync mode on.

Thanks.

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Wait, so you’re complaining to the forza community about a Windows problem?

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How can you be sure that’s a Windows problem ?
I don’t know if it’s a Windows problem or not, but what I know is that I only have this issue with FM7.
I can play Battlefield 1 (remaining in the game menu for more than 5 minutes without moving the mouse) or Dirt Rally during hours, my screen will never turn into sleep mode like in FM7.
I didn’t post to complain, rather to ask if I was the only one to have this problem, and how to fix it.
Maybee there is only a setting to be set correctly somewhere in the game settings, or in Windows ?
I switched to Windows 10 just a few days ago and I’m still discovering this OS.
Instead of bringing an answer that serves no purpose or nobody, next time tries to post an intelligent answer, and for my part I sincerely apologize for asking for help to the Forza community, for what seems to me to be a problem related to the game, more than to Windows.
Thank you and have a nice day.

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I think it’s a little bit of both, both forza7 and windows10 components, since they work together, both forza7 AND windows10 need to be without issues.

Forza has it’s own internal game-breaking bugs, and it uses Windows10 Xbox-app Components, Windows10 UWP (Universal Windows Platform) / WinRT (Windows Runtime), a Metro appx basically.
So they are interconnected with eachother. If your windows10 is corrupted in some way with the xbox components, or the UWP part, it won’t work either.

It’s kinda like a analog, or modular system, or a house of cards, remove a card and the house will collapse.

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have you never played a game on windows before? Windows doesn’t count the xbox controller input as the pc being used so unless you use the keyboard or mouse screen will go black. Turn it off. Disable it completely. Most gamers already know this and have turned it off. Other programs and apps do the same. Steam sets you to away after a set amount of time when you’re using a controller as well.

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I checked yesterday to be 100% sure, when playing Dirt Rally for exemple, I don’t touch anything else that my FFB Wheel, and the screen never go black and pause the game…
Yes I know that I can turn off the screen saver fonction, or I can change the setting each time I want to play, but if this problem occurs it have to be solved one day or another.

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There are options in device manager to turn off “allow the computer to turn off this device to save power” for USB hubs and such.
Check these categories in windows device manager “Human Interface Devices” and “Universal Serial Bus Controllers”

Also in control panel - power options - advanced power options - there is a option called “usb selective suspend setting”
But you can also set power options to “high performance plan”

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For me the game with a wheel on XBOXOneX is because of this fact unplayable. It is impossible to use the wheel alone, you could not even start the game, but if you start the game, you can use the wheel, but you could not disable the controler.
I did not find any place to switch of the sleep mode, not in windows and also not ingame.
You could not run a race with more than 2 laps without touching the pad and that is only the problem in FM7, PCars and Assetto Corsa both work fine with wheel.
Environment: XBoxOneX, Elite Controller, Fanatec CSW V2

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Weirdly arrogant post. This is NOT a standard Windows problem. I play Dirt, F1, Project Cars, and other racing games, and I play DCS and MSFS and other flight games. I also play loads of games with a gamepad. Windows NEVER tries to sleep or set my monitor to sleep with any of those programs.
This is explicitly a Forza Horizon problem–something with the game not communicating to the computer that there is a multimedia app playing, which typically prevents this sort of thing.

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This recently began on my end as well. When I first installed it, I did not have the issue. After a few days (past couple of days) it started.

Before posting here, I did extenssive testing. All the usual things. And yes, you can shut off your sleep for the monitors. That seemed excessive for a game being installed. As mentioned earlier, it doesnt happen in other games.

I am a long time tech. Long time. :slight_smile: Anyways, what Horizon 6 is behaving like is as though it is not in “focus”. A term used to speak about the active window that Windows sees. Like it was being pushed behind anbother one.

Overlays.

Steams Overlay is on by default. You video cards is as well. I shut both off, screen timeout set to 5 minutes and played. Screens did not go to sleep.

I turned Steams back on and it still hasnt gone to sleep after about 20 minutes of drive time.

My virdict is it is Forza with the issue as the overlay for my video card does not interfere with any other game. That said, it can only be shut off globally in the card, which is not ideal. However, if people choose to, they can use the MS Official Software to turn it off (for now) for Forza. Until they figure it out and get it fixed. I will leave instructions for both methods. This is a Horizon 6 issue.

Option 1: Use Advanced Tools for Specific Games (PC Profile Inspector)

Advanced users use the NVIDIA Profile Inspector to block the overlay from hooking into specific executables.

  1. Download and open the NVIDIA Profile Inspector.

  2. Search for the specific game using the profiles dropdown.

  3. Scroll down to find the “unknown settings” button and click it to reveal deeper registry tweaks.

  4. Look for the setting \(0x809D5F60\) and change the value to \(0x10000000\).

  5. Apply your changes. The NVIDIA overlay will no longer hook into that game when launched.

Option 2: Disable the Overlay Globally

If certain games crash or you simply want the overlay out of your way permanently, you can disable it across your system.

If you are using the NVIDIA App:

  1. Open the NVIDIA app from your system tray.

  2. Navigate to the Settings menu.

  3. Click on Features, then NVIDIA Overlay.

  4. Toggle the switch to Off.

If you are using GeForce Experience:

  1. Open NVIDIA GeForce Experience from your system tray.

  2. Click the Gear icon (Settings) in the top right corner.

  3. On the General tab, scroll down to the IN-GAME OVERLAY section.

  4. Toggle the switch to the left to turn it Off.

Side note: If no input is detected from wheel/gamepad and it reaches its timeout, they will go to sleep like they are supposed to.