From 1bc1c7910a0bd593fa57e44f41319ead4d34b6ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sesouthall <sesouthall@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 18:28:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add a switching time option to give the user's machine time
 to minimize, then pause, then unpause the next game.

---
 GameShuffler/Form1.Designer.cs | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 GameShuffler/Form1.cs          | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/GameShuffler/Form1.Designer.cs b/GameShuffler/Form1.Designer.cs
index 604a297..964c144 100644
--- a/GameShuffler/Form1.Designer.cs
+++ b/GameShuffler/Form1.Designer.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ namespace GameShuffler
             refreshButton = new Button();
             stopButton = new Button();
             label7 = new Label();
+            label8 = new Label();
+            switchingTimeTextBox = new TextBox();
             SuspendLayout();
             // 
             // runningProcessesSelectionList
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ namespace GameShuffler
             // label5
             // 
             label5.AutoSize = true;
-            label5.Location = new Point(465, 389);
+            label5.Location = new Point(456, 389);
             label5.Name = "label5";
             label5.Size = new Size(77, 25);
             label5.TabIndex = 8;
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ namespace GameShuffler
             // label6
             // 
             label6.AutoSize = true;
-            label6.Location = new Point(465, 426);
+            label6.Location = new Point(456, 426);
             label6.Name = "label6";
             label6.Size = new Size(77, 25);
             label6.TabIndex = 9;
@@ -169,11 +171,30 @@ namespace GameShuffler
             label7.TabIndex = 12;
             label7.Text = "Press PageUp to move to the next game";
             // 
+            // label8
+            // 
+            label8.AutoSize = true;
+            label8.Location = new Point(539, 389);
+            label8.Name = "label8";
+            label8.Size = new Size(167, 25);
+            label8.TabIndex = 13;
+            label8.Text = "Switching time (ms)";
+            // 
+            // switchingTimeTextBox
+            // 
+            switchingTimeTextBox.Location = new Point(710, 389);
+            switchingTimeTextBox.Name = "switchingTimeTextBox";
+            switchingTimeTextBox.Size = new Size(50, 31);
+            switchingTimeTextBox.TabIndex = 14;
+            switchingTimeTextBox.Text = "100";
+            // 
             // Form1
             // 
             AutoScaleDimensions = new SizeF(10F, 25F);
             AutoScaleMode = AutoScaleMode.Font;
             ClientSize = new Size(800, 593);
+            Controls.Add(switchingTimeTextBox);
+            Controls.Add(label8);
             Controls.Add(label7);
             Controls.Add(stopButton);
             Controls.Add(refreshButton);
@@ -208,5 +229,7 @@ namespace GameShuffler
         private Button refreshButton;
         private Button stopButton;
         private Label label7;
+        private Label label8;
+        private TextBox switchingTimeTextBox;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/GameShuffler/Form1.cs b/GameShuffler/Form1.cs
index acba2be..a90dfbf 100644
--- a/GameShuffler/Form1.cs
+++ b/GameShuffler/Form1.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ namespace GameShuffler
 
         int minShuffleTime = 0;
         int maxShuffleTime = 0;
+        int switchingTime = 0;
         List<Process> gamesToShuffle = new List<Process>();
 
         Process? currentGame = null;
@@ -82,21 +83,31 @@ namespace GameShuffler
             if (!int.TryParse(minTimeTextBox.Text, out minShuffleTime) || minShuffleTime < 0)
             {
                 MessageBox.Show("Minimum shuffle time must be a positive number");
+                return;
             }
 
             if (!int.TryParse(maxTimeTextBox.Text, out maxShuffleTime) || maxShuffleTime < minShuffleTime)
             {
                 MessageBox.Show("Maximum shuffle time must be a positive number greater than minimum shuffle time");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (!int.TryParse(switchingTimeTextBox.Text, out switchingTime) || switchingTime < 0)
+            {
+                MessageBox.Show("Switching time must be a positive number");
+                return;
             }
 
             if (!RegisterHotKey(this.Handle, RemoveGameKeyId, 0x0000, RemoveGameKey))
             {
                 MessageBox.Show("Failed to initialize remove game key");
+                return;
             }
 
             if (!RegisterHotKey(this.Handle, NextGameKeyId, 0x0000, NextGameKey))
             {
                 MessageBox.Show("Failed to initialize next game key");
+                return;
             }
 
             foreach (var processString in runningProcessesSelectionList.CheckedItems)
@@ -155,9 +166,11 @@ namespace GameShuffler
                 if (currentGame != null && gamesToShuffle.Count > 1)
                 {
                     ShowWindow(currentGame.MainWindowHandle, 7);
+                    Thread.Sleep(switchingTime/2);
                     SuspendProcess(currentGame);
                 }
 
+                Thread.Sleep(switchingTime/2);
                 StartNewGame();
 
                 Thread.Sleep(rand.Next(minShuffleTime, maxShuffleTime)*1000);