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How to hear the game when tabbed out in CS:S

Type snd_mute_losefocus 0 in your game console and the game keeps playing sound while you are in another window.

snd_mute_losefocus

Toggles muting the game when you alt tab out of it.

snd_mute_losefocus <0|1>

Examples

snd_mute_losefocus 0

Keep sound when tabbed out.

Values

ValueWhat it does
0 Off
1 On

Arguments

0|1Required
1 turns it on, 0 turns it off.

What it does

With 1 the game goes silent when it is not the active window. Set 0 to keep hearing the game while you are in another window.

Use it in your game

Type it in your own game console: turn on the developer console in the game's settings, then press the key under Esc. To keep it, put the line in cstrike/cfg/autoexec.cfg.

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