ZDoom

One feature that became unexpectedly popular was i_soundinbackground - which prior to 4.8.0 had the unexpected consequence of pausing the game when it was false.

In 4.8.0 this changed. I might've been too busy to act on the foresight that this would've caused confusion - and I also forgot to add it as an option to the menu.

To restore i_soundinbackground's original behavior, i_pauseinbackground must be set to false. The two variables are now split and act independently. If you have pause in the background enabled then the game stops - period - sounds included. However, if pause in background is disabled but sound is also disabled, the game will still run, just without sound.

This will be addressed in the 4.8.1 release.

Thanks for the heads up. It’s good to know that i_soundinbackground behavior changed in GZDoom 4.8.0. Setting i_pauseinbackground to false sounds like a simple workaround to get it working as expected. I'll keep an eye out for the 4.8.1 update as well.