Settings Performance

Settings: Performance

The Performance settings page (PerformanceSettingPage) is where you decide how Sucrose should react to system conditions so your wallpaper never gets in the way of real work or drains a laptop. Every condition (the workstation locking, an app going full screen, the battery getting low, CPU/GPU/RAM/network crossing a threshold, and more) maps to one of three actions — Close, Pause, or Resume. All of these settings persist to Backgroundog.json and are enforced by the background monitor service, Backgroundog-Service, which must be enabled via the master Performance Counter switch. This page documents every control, its key, default, and range.

Contents

• Where to find it
• The PerformanceType action model
• Master controls
• System resource rules & thresholds
• Network rule, thresholds & units
• Operating‑system condition rules
• Laptop / battery rules
• Application‑state rules
• Heavy vs Light pause
• Notes
• See also

Where to find it

In the Portal, open Settings (top toolbar gear) → Performance (icon DesktopPulse16).

The PerformanceType action model

The recurring control on this page is a PerformanceType ComboBox with three values:

Value	Meaning
Resume	Keep the engine running (default for most conditions)
Pause	Pause rendering for that condition (see Heavy vs Light pause)
Close	Kill the live engine entirely for that condition

When a condition's action fires, the Backgroundog-Service closes, pauses, or resumes the wallpaper engine accordingly. See Performance-Rules for the end‑user explanation of these rules.

Master controls

Setting	Control	Key	JSON file	Default	Range / options	Effect
Performance Counter	ToggleSwitch	PerformanceCounter	Backgroundog.json	true	true / false	Master switch; starts/kills the Backgroundog monitor service
Pause performance type	ComboBox	PausePerformanceType	Backgroundog.json	Light	Heavy, Light	Whether "Pause" is a light pause or a heavy thread‑suspend
Communication type	ComboBox	CommunicationType	Backgroundog.json	Transmission	Pipe, Signal, Transmission	How Backgroundog pushes live data to engines (see IPC)

System resource rules & thresholds

Setting	Control	Key	JSON file	Default	Range / options	Effect
Processor performance	ComboBox	ProcessorPerformance	Backgroundog.json	Resume	Close / Pause / Resume	Action when CPU usage exceeds its threshold
→ Processor usage threshold	NumberBox	ProcessorUsage	Backgroundog.json	70	0–100 (%)	CPU % that triggers the rule
Graphic performance	ComboBox	GraphicPerformance	Backgroundog.json	Resume	Close / Pause / Resume	Action when GPU usage exceeds its threshold
→ Graphic adapter	ComboBox	GraphicAdapter	Backgroundog.json	(empty = first/auto)	from enumerated GPUs	Which GPU to monitor
→ Graphic usage threshold	NumberBox	GraphicUsage	Backgroundog.json	70	0–100 (%)	GPU % that triggers the rule
Memory performance	ComboBox	MemoryPerformance	Backgroundog.json	Resume	Close / Pause / Resume	Action when RAM usage exceeds its threshold
→ Memory usage threshold	NumberBox	MemoryUsage	Backgroundog.json	80	0–100 (%)	RAM % that triggers the rule

Network rule, thresholds & units

Setting	Control	Key	JSON file	Default	Range / options	Effect
Network performance	ComboBox	NetworkPerformance	Backgroundog.json	Resume	Close / Pause / Resume	Action when network activity exceeds the configured thresholds
→ Network adapter	ComboBox	NetworkAdapter	Backgroundog.json	(empty = first/auto)	from enumerated adapters	Which NIC to monitor
→ Upload value	NumberBox	UploadValue	Backgroundog.json	800	0–99999999	Upload threshold value
→ Upload unit	ComboBox	UploadType	Backgroundog.json	Kilobyte	StorageType units	Unit for the upload threshold
→ Download value	NumberBox	DownloadValue	Backgroundog.json	10	0–99999999	Download threshold value
→ Download unit	ComboBox	DownloadType	Backgroundog.json	Megabyte	StorageType units	Unit for the download threshold
→ Ping value	NumberBox	PingValue	Backgroundog.json	100	0–1000 (ms)	Ping threshold in milliseconds
→ Ping host	ComboBox	PingType	Backgroundog.json	"Bing"	from Network.GetHost()	Host used to measure ping

Operating‑system condition rules

Setting	Control	Key	JSON file	Default	Effect
Lock (workstation locked)	ComboBox	LockPerformance	Backgroundog.json	Close	Action when the workstation is locked
Sleep	ComboBox	SleepPerformance	Backgroundog.json	Close	Action when the system enters sleep
Console (user switch)	ComboBox	ConsolePerformance	Backgroundog.json	Close	Action on fast‑user‑switch / console disconnect
Session (logoff)	ComboBox	SessionPerformance	Backgroundog.json	Close	Action on session logoff
Screen Saver	ComboBox	ScreenSaverPerformance	Backgroundog.json	Pause	Action while the screensaver runs
Virtual (VM)	ComboBox	VirtualPerformance	Backgroundog.json	Resume	Action when running inside a virtual machine
Remote (RDP)	ComboBox	RemotePerformance	Backgroundog.json	Resume	Action during a remote‑desktop session

Laptop / battery rules

Setting	Control	Key	JSON file	Default	Range / options	Effect
Battery	ComboBox	BatteryPerformance	Backgroundog.json	Resume	Close / Pause / Resume	Action when battery drops below its threshold
→ Battery usage threshold	NumberBox	BatteryUsage	Backgroundog.json	50	0–100 (%)	Battery % that triggers the rule
Battery Saver	ComboBox	BatterySaverPerformance	Backgroundog.json	Resume	Close / Pause / Resume	Action while Windows Battery Saver is on

Application‑state rules

Setting	Control	Key	JSON file	Default	Effect
Full Screen (app maximized)	ComboBox	FullScreenPerformance	Backgroundog.json	Resume	Action when a foreground app is full screen
Focus (app focused)	ComboBox	FocusPerformance	Backgroundog.json	Resume	Action when an app has focus over the desktop

Heavy vs Light pause

The Pause performance type (PausePerformanceType) decides what a "Pause" action actually does:

• Light (default) — pauses rendering only; the engine process keeps running and resumes quickly.
• Heavy — suspends the engine's threads (including any browser child processes and the Aurora‑embedded application), freeing more CPU/GPU at the cost of a slower resume.

Choose Heavy if you want maximum resource recovery during conditions like full screen or lock; choose Light for snappier resumes.

Notes

• The whole page is inert unless Performance Counter is on — it is the master switch that runs the Backgroundog-Service. Turning it off disables all condition rules.
• The default rule set is tuned to stop wallpapers when they're not visible and you're not interacting (Lock/Sleep/Console/Session = Close, Screen Saver = Pause) while keeping them running everywhere else (Resume).
• Communication type also controls how the engine receives the live Audio/System data feed used by reactive web wallpapers; the default is Transmission (TCP loopback). See IPC and Create-Web-Architecture.
• Thresholds are checked against the selected adapter/GPU; leaving the adapter empty uses the first/auto‑detected device.

See also

• Performance-Rules — the end‑user explanation of the Close/Pause/Resume rules and defaults
• Backgroundog-Service — the service that enforces these rules and pumps live data
• IPC — Pipe / Signal / Transmission communication and the CommunicationType setting
• Settings-Overview — how settings are stored and applied
• Settings-All-Keys — every setting in one master table